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Corbin PD responds to fewer calls in 2023, but make more arrests

During 2023, the Corbin Police Department answered fewer calls than it did during 2022, but it issued more citations, made more total arrests, and opened more criminal cases than in the prior year, according to a News Journal analysis of the agency’s annual reports for 2022 and...
Posted On 15 Jan 2024

Corbin man being held in jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bond in burglary, theft case

Thanks to in part to an anonymous tip, a Corbin man is facing burglary and theft charges in connection to the recent theft of an ATV. 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 10 Jan 2024

Arrest made in local murder case

Michael Connor The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department opened up a murder investigation after the body of a Corbin man was discovered inside his home on Saturday. On Tuesday, Sheriff Bill Elliotte announced that an arrest has been made. Read this story and more for just $.99...

Corbin man arrested after swinging chair at people on Main Street

If the allegations are true that he got drunk and assaulted multiple people inside a bar before swinging a chair at people on Main Street just two days before Christmas, then there’s a good chance that a Corbin man didn’t make Santa’s nice list this Christmas. Read this story and...
Posted On 03 Jan 2024

Joint police investigation leads to recovery of marijuana, other drugs

A joint operation between the Caryville Police Department in Tennessee and the Corbin Police Department resulted in the arrest of a Tennessee man late Thursday evening on a drug trafficking charge at a Corbin motel. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe...
Posted On 03 Jan 2024

Corbin police arrest ‘porch pirate’

Corbin police arrested one person Saturday morning in connection with a “porch pirate” case, according to a Corbin Police Department release. 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?...
Posted On 03 Jan 2024

Wilson praised for going ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty

The Corbin City Commission spent several minutes during its regularly scheduled monthly meeting Monday recognizing a pair of Corbin police officers for outstanding working, including Assistant Police Chief Major Coy Wilson for going above and beyond the call of duty. Corbin Mayor...
Posted On 23 Dec 2023

Corbin police arrest recover stolen package

A Corbin man, who is accused of stealing packages from a porch at a Corbin residence early Sunday morning, was apprehend about an hour later by police, according to a Corbin Police Department release and an arrest citation. Malachi Souch Read this story and more for just $.99...
Posted On 20 Dec 2023

Corbin Police Department gets its newest K-9 officer, Dolly

The Corbin Police Department now has a new K-9 unit named Dolly. “Dolly has been placed with her handler K-9 Officer Brentley Patrick. Both Patrick and Dolly have been and will continue to undergo training until they can nationally certify and hit the road. A huge shout out to...
Posted On 14 Dec 2023

Police seize about 1.3 pounds of meth while executing pair of search warrants

A joint investigation by the Corbin and Williamsburg police departments resulted in the seizure of about 1.3 pounds of methamphetamine between drugs found at a local hotel and drugs found in a storage unit Friday, according a Corbin Police Department release. Read this story and...
Posted On 13 Dec 2023