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Whitley Co. deputies, Corbin Police, W’burg Police chase stolen car Friday morning

No charges have yet been filed, but Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating following a vehicle pursuit in Corbin early Friday morning that ended when the stolen vehicle crashed. According to Sheriff Todd Shelley, the pursuit began on Barton Mill Cutoff where Lt....

Corbin woman charged with child abuse

A Corbin woman was arrested Wednesday morning on one count of child abuse. Elizabeth J. Henderson, 36, was taken into custody following an investigation that began when Corbin Police located a male juvenile riding on a bicycle who said he had been assaulted. “The juvenile...

Corbin Police: Man under arrest for public intoxication spit in officer’s face

A Bowling Green man was arrested Saturday night in Corbin for allegedly spitting in a police officer’s face. Corbin Police arrested Richard Bill Logsdon, 42, on charges of third-degree assault on a police officer and alcohol intoxication in a public place. Officer Adam Dailey...

Corbin Police searching Barton Mill area for man who fled from traffic stop

Corbin Police are searching for a man in the Barton Mill area, whom they say fled from the scene of a traffic stop. Lt. Coy Wilson, the department’s public affairs officer, said the unidentified male, along with a female passenger, fled the scene off of Fifth Street Road. Police...

Tennessee woman facing robbery charge after shoving store clerk at Pleasant View Dollar General

A Tennessee woman is facing a robbery charge in connection with a shoplifting incident at a Whitley County Dollar General that turned physical. Corbin Police arrested Latoya D. Dople, 34, on a warrant stemming from the Jan. 15 incident charging her with second-degree robbery....

Corbin man charged with first-degree assault, DUI

A Corbin man, who was allegedly intoxicated when he attempted to drive off in his father’s car Tuesday night dragging him in the process, has been charged with assault. Corbin Police arrested Jesse Ray Collier, 18, on charges of first-degree assault, operating a motor vehicle...

UPDATE: WD Bryant burglar broke glass out of door; tried to take chainsaw

Corbin Police are asking for the public’s help to identify the individuals involved in a burglary at W.D. Bryant, and possibly a Corbin storage building, early Thursday morning. Video surveillance captured the male subject in a blue hooded sweatshirt taking a backpack blower and...

Corbin Police investigating early morning burglary at WD Bryant

Corbin Police are asking for the public’s help to identify the individuals involved in the burglary at WD Bryant early Thursday morning. Video surveillance captured the male subject in a blue hooded sweatshirt taking a backpack blower and string trimmer. He fled the scene in an...

Corbin Police accommodate woman who demanded to be arrested

For once, police gave in to a suspect’s demands, handcuffing and hauling a Corbin woman to the Whitley County Detention Center after she demanded that she be arrested early Saturday morning. Corbin Police arrest Emily Suzanne French, 31, at her apartment on West Seventh Street at...

Corbin man who led police on two-high speed chases admits he smoked meth

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man, who led law enforcement on one high-speed chase that began on Cumberland Falls Hwy., and then a second chase that ended on Paris Karr Road in Laurel County early Wednesday morning, admitted to smoking methamphetamine prior to...