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Cost overruns force halt to work on Sander’s Park; Tourism Commission to debate project’s future

Unexpected cost overruns have brought a halt to work on a downtown Corbin park dedicated to Kentucky Fried Chicken Founder Harland Sanders, and the city's Tourism and Convention Commission will decide next Tuesday during a special meeting whether to take control of the project...

Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin remembered as ‘quiet professional’

Hundreds of family members, friends and members of the community gathered at Corbin Funeral Home Tuesday to bid farewell to Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin.

Construction of new Pleasant View Elementary delayed by bond market

The Whitley County Board of Education is still planning to build a new Pleasant View Elementary School but construction won't start as soon as expected and the building is going to be smaller than originally planned.

Posted On 21 Aug 2013

Corbin pair arrested after meth found in motorcycle bags

Two Corbin residents were arrested on drug related charges Friday after police pulled them over while they were riding their motorcycle.

Dixon wins third annual NIBROC Just Lose It weight loss competition

Les Dixon said he was planning to drop some of the excess weight he had packed on and the $1,000 prize to the winner of Nibroc: Just Lose It dangling out there was just extra incentive when he signed up for the competition in April.

Fire that gutted Corbin home Monday investigated as possible arson

The cause of a fire that caused substantial damage to a home on Fourth Street in Corbin is under investigation, and police say the blaze happened the same day renters at the residence were evicted.

Former Knox Co. Judge Executive shoots three; turns gun on self

Why? It?s a question investigators are still trying to figure out after a former Knox County Judge-Executive shot three people in Bell County Tuesday morning, and then apparently turned the gun on himself a short time later in the cemetery where his parents are buried.

Posted On 14 Aug 2013
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McConnell uses Corbin stop to bash Obama record; says he would set different agenda

In his visit to Corbin Tuesday, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) launched a scathing assault on the policies of President Barack Obama, saying that if re-elected next year he plans to continue to oppose ideas he said are damaging to Kentucky and the rest of the nation.

Corbin to take legal action against top 10 worst tax avoiders

Corbin city officials are starting from the top in their efforts to tackle the issue of delinquent property taxes by taking 10 worst offenders to court in an effort to collect the money.

W’burg police confiscate 33 marijuana plants, cite three people for cultivation

In less than 24 hours this past weekend, Williamsburg police seized 33 marijuana plants and arrested three people and cited another for marijuana cultivation.

Posted On 07 Aug 2013