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SUV strikes Corbin apartment building

Residents were shaken but uninjured Friday afternoon when an SUV ran into an apartment building on Gordon Street in Corbin. Corbin Police Officer Estes Rhodes said the elderly female driver of the Ford Explorer was backing out of the parking lot at Hillside Apartments just before...

One person airlifted, interstate shut down following Monday crash

One person was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center Monday following a two-vehicle wreck on Interstate 75 in Whitley County. The woman, whose name has not been released, was one of three people extricated after a Ford Taurus station wagon rear-ended a Buick...

Corbin Police searching for occupants of vehicle that struck house on Gordon Street

Corbin Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident involving an SUV and a house. Police and firefighters were called to the scene at 612 Gordon Street near Blair Park at approximately 3:20 p.m. to a report that a vehicle had struck a house and the occupants had fled the...

Fire damages Fourth Street home in Corbin

A Corbin home was damaged by fire early Saturday morning. Corbin firefighters were called to the home at 401 West Fourth Street at 1:48 a.m. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they reported heavy smoking coming from the home. The fire had sparked in a sparked bedroom in the...

Annual fire school event coming to Corbin

More than 225 firefighters are coming to Corbin, the site of the Southeastern Kentucky Firefighters Association’s annual fall fire school this weekend. The firefighters will be in the area Friday through Sunday, taking part in a combination of classroom work and field training,...

Update: One killed, one airlifted in truck collision on Corbin bypass

Update: The identities of a Cumberland Valley Electric truck driver, who was killed, and a UPS tractor trailer driver, who was airlifted from the scene after their trucks collided on the Corbin bypass (Highway 3041) Wednesday morning, have been released. Firefighters and...

Arson suspected in Monday fire on Moore Hill

A fire that destroyed a home on Moore Hill Ave. Monday morning is under investigation. West Knox and Lily responded to the scene near Ott Road in Corbin at approximately 4:45 a.m. West Knox Fire Chief Darryl Baker said firefighters had been called to the same scene at...

Wreck closes I-75 north for 30 minutes Friday

Northbound Interstate 75 in Corbin was closed to traffic for approximately 30 minutes Friday afternoon following a wreck that blocked both lanes. Corbin firefighters said the Ford Explorer went off the roadway at approximately 4:15 p.m. It came back across, overturning in the...

Corbin leaders put brakes on new fire truck purchase

The Corbin Fire Department still needs a new pumper truck, but it may not be getting one that the Corbin City Commission voted to purchase last week. 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...
Posted On 19 Sep 2018

Corbin firefighters use rope rescue to lift injured man

Corbin firefighters were able to put recent rope rescue training and the city’s ladder truck to good use Wednesday morning after a homeless man, who was apparently living under the Center Street Bridge, suffered some type of injury. “We actually have been training pretty heavily...
Posted On 15 Aug 2018