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Corbin man facing numerous charges after leading police on high-speed chase

A Corbin man is facing multiple charges, including DUI, after leading vehicle enforcement on a high-speed pursuit through the streets of Corbin Thursday night. Thirty-five-year-old Roy L. Garland was arrested after running his 1998 Nissan Frontier pickup truck off the road at the...

Corbin Christmas parade scheduled for Saturday

Downtown Corbin will come alive with the sights and sounds of Christmas Saturday as the tourism commission presents the annual Christmas parade. Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel said at least 25 different groups have already signed up to take part in the parade, adding that...

Trio charged with diverting bingo money from Corbin-based charity

Two Corbin residents have been indicted for allegedly diverting over $110,000 from a Corbin charity’s charitable gaming efforts, and a third woman is accused of diverting over $3,000 from the same charity’s charitable gaming efforts. Read this story and more for just...
Posted On 25 Nov 2016

Audit shows Corbin with $1 million surplus

The annual audit of the City of Corbin shows the city’s financial situation continues to improve. At the regular meeting of the city commission Monday night, Wallace Smallwood of Cloyd and Associates, PSC presented the final audit to the commission. Read this story and more for...

Running for office in Corbin was truly a great experience

When I filed to run for Corbin City Commission in January, I knew it was going to put the shackles on my ability to talk about city politics in this column for awhile. Election laws make it pretty well taboo to do so. So, I kept quiet. Now, all bets are off. The voters have...

IRS: Corbin hypnotist and author owes almost $1 million in back income taxes

The Internal Revenue Service has filed paperwork in U.S. District Court in London claiming that a Corbin man owes almost $1 million and seeking a judgment to collect the taxes along with interest and penalties. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

Long-vacant downtown Corbin building may be getting new owner

The project to turn the former Thomasville Furniture building in downtown Corbin into apartments and commercial space may soon be in private hands. Officials with the Greater Corbin Housing Authority confirmed Tuesday that a contract is pending to sell the building at the corner...

Corbin trolley rollout delayed

The trolley is painted and has been repaired. The stop signs are printed and ready to be hung. Corbin Main Street Manager Andy Salmons said as soon as the drivers are ready, the trolley will roll. Salmons explained that one of the two drivers hired in early October, Joe Breacher...

Corbin man arrested with counterfeit $100 bills

A Corbin man is behind bars after being arrested Thursday morning with two counterfeit $100 bills. Whitley County Sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Shelley charged Roy Lee Wells, 54, with two counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and lodged him in the Whitley County...
Posted On 28 Oct 2016

Corbin man facing two counts of child abuse

Corbin Police say a 53-year-old man was drunk when he allegedly kicked a four-year-old girl and picked up an eight-year-old by the hair and slung her around early Tuesday morning. Corbin Police Officer Steve Meadors arrested Charles Hatfield of Corbin about 3 a.m. at his...