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Overdose call leads to multiple arrests

Corbin Police officers responding to a reported drug overdose on Main Street early Friday morning arrested three people on charges of trafficking methamphetamine and possession of heroin. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

Operation Winter Frost results in 22 arrests

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office made 21 arrests as part of Operation Winter Frost on Friday. The arrests were the result of undercover drug investigations conducted by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. The individuals arrested were lodged in the Knox County Detention Center....

Complaints lead to ten drug-related arrests in north Corbin

The investigation of suspected drug activity at two locations in north Corbin Tuesday afternoon resulted in 10-drug related arrest. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested eight people at a residence off of Foley Road, off of Byrley Road, and two others at a residence off of...

Gray man one of five people arrested on drug trafficking warrants

A Gray man was one of five people Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested last Wednesday on indictment and arrest warrants stemming from an investigation into drug trafficking. James E. “Snowman” Martin, 74, was arrested on an indictment warrant charging him with first-degree...

Search warrant leads to two arrests on drug charges in Gray; search for third suspect continues

Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people Friday in connection with more than three ounces of crystal methamphetamine located at a Gray residence, while a third suspect remains at large. Deputies arrested Laura Hammons, 28, of Gray, and Jade C. Carroll, 21, of Corbin....

Three Corbin residents among 10 people arrested on drug, wanton endangerment charges

Three Corbin residents were among 10 people arrested by Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday afternoon while investigating a lead that had developed in a burglary case. According to Sheriff John Root, deputies arrested, 29-year-old Bo Johnson, 28-year-old Heather Johnson...

Laurel deputies arrest alleged mastermind of staged gas station robbery

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies have identified and arrested a second suspect in the staged robbery at the Marathon gas station off Exit 29 that took place on November 30. According to Sheriff John Root, deputies have charged 29-year-old Christopher Mason with one count of...