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Photo Gallery: CMS football wins back-to-back state championships

  The Corbin Middle School Eighth Grade Football Team won its second consecutive state championship Saturday beating Paducah Middle School at East Jessamine High School. (Photos by Crystal Roberts and Mark White)
Posted On 19 Nov 2021

Corbin’s Marching Redhounds take 2nd at Midstates Championship

The Corbin High School Marching Band rode off in style with a police and fire department escort on its way to the Midstates Championships in Ohio.  The band received the reserved grand champions award for its show “Voodoo.”  The students came in second place with a difference of...

$100,000 scratch off ticket sold at Gordon Hill convenience store

A Corbin convenience store recently sold a $100,000 winning lottery ticket. A London man, who wishes to remain anonymous, claimed a Break Fort Knox scratch-off ticket on Oct. 26, the Kentucky Lottery wrote in a release. He purchased the $30 scratch-off at Circle K on Gordon Hill...
Posted On 04 Nov 2021

Storybook Walk: ‘It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’

  Local youngsters recently enjoyed the storybook walk for “It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown,” which took place in downtown Williamsburg. Above, Charles Adam Petrey, 10, used an umbrella to stay dry during the event. Hannah Hodge, 7, just missed the...
Posted On 29 Oct 2021

WCHS presenting ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ Thursday-Saturday

Whitley County High School Drama’s first production of the season is based on a classic spooky book and will arrive this week just in time for Halloween. Thursday through Saturday, The Colonel Players will be presenting “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” at the Whitley County High...
Posted On 27 Oct 2021

Ohio man flees McCreary County deputies, W’burg police in stolen vehicle

An Ohio man is behind bars in the Whitley County Detention Center after allegedly leading police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle from McCreary County into Whitley County early Monday morning. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...
Posted On 20 Oct 2021

Golden Alert issued for missing Whitley County man

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department issued a Golden Alert Wednesday evening for a missing man. Larry Gene Hamblin, 68, was last seen on Sept. 22 between 2 – 4 a.m. at 535 Bennett Branch Road in Williamsburg. He is described as a 5’11” white male...
Posted On 13 Oct 2021

Vehicular homicide defendant apologizes, victim’s family forgives

Sometimes justice isn’t locking someone up for decades or the rest of their life for a crime, even when it involves the taking of a life. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 01 Oct 2021

KSP investigating Wednesday shooting in Whitley County

Kentucky State Police are conducting a death investigation in Whitley County stemming from a shooting death that occurred Wednesday afternoon. Master Trooper Scottie Pennington, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, identified the deceased as Derrick L. Cook, 43, of...

Corbin man arrested after firing shotgun near house guest

A Corbin man was arrested early Monday morning for firing a shotgun near a man who was staying at his home. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us