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Officer assaulted during joint drug investigation

A Woodbine man is facing 15 criminal charges, including assaulting an officer and criminal abuse, after police officers from two agencies executed a search warrant at his residence Monday evening. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...
Posted On 31 Jan 2024

Barbourville woman indicted for allegedly shooting woman at Knox Co. business

A Barbourville woman has been indicted by a Knox County grand jury in connection to a June incident in which she allegedly shot another woman through during an altercation at a Knox County business. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...

Two arrested in connection to recent business burglaries

UPDATE: Two more men have been arrested following a continued investigation into multiple burglaries at area businesses that targeted stealing ATM machines. Shannon Davidson, 30, of Barbourville, and Kody Davidson, 31, of Middletown, Ohio, were arrested Wednesday evening in...
Posted On 31 Aug 2022
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Agents seize over $2 million, more than 10,000 diverted Oxycodone pills

Investigators from the DEA Criminal Diversion Group, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Manchester Police Department arrested 12 people, and seized approximately 10,000 diverted oxycodone pills and...
Posted On 12 May 2022
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Series of separate drug busts take 2.5 pounds of meth off area streets

Through a series of unconnected investigations in three counties over a three-day period, local law enforcement agencies took about 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine and $3,500 cash off the streets. The DEA, the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department, the Corbin Police Department...
Posted On 24 Mar 2021

Gray man charged with running from, fighting with B’ville Police

A Gray man was arrested early Friday morning in Barbourville for allegedly fleeing from and then fighting with Barbourville Police. 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

Woman’s reason for allegedly taking school bus unclear

It is unclear why a Henry County woman ended up in Whitley County either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning and why she allegedly stole a Whitley County school bus that was recovered in Barbourville early Sunday afternoon. “That’s two questions that I can not answer,”...
Posted On 13 May 2019

Corbin man arraigned for alleged fifth DUI

A Corbin man was arraigned in the Knox County District Court for his alleged fifth DUI in ten years. Bob Cox, 33, of Corbin, appeared in the Knox County District Court where Judge John Chappell entered a not guilty plea on his behalf and assigned him a public defender. Cox was...
Posted On 09 Jan 2019
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Corbin man accused of stealing minivan from Barbourville lumber company

A Corbin man who allegedly stole a minivan was under the influence of drugs when police found him and the van at a Barbourville store Friday morning. 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...