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Area high school football teams enter postseason play this week

Winter workouts, spring camps, long practices in the blazing summer heat, pre-season scrimmages and eleven weeks of regular season battles on the gridiron have all led up to this – the start of the 2023 Kentucky High School Athletic Association high school football playoffs.

Routine traffic stop leads to recovery of drugs, stolen excavator

A routine traffic stop Saturday evening resulted in the discovery of methamphetamine and marijuana. It also resulted in a search warrant at a Corbin home where police found drugs and an excavator, which had been reported stolen from Hazard, according to a Corbin Police Department...
Posted On 25 May 2023
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Body of missing Hazard man recovered from Laurel River Friday morning

After nearly 80 hours of searching, the body of a Hazard man was recovered Friday morning from the Laurel River below the Laurel Lake dam. Woodbine Search and Rescue, along with other first responders had been searching for 22-year-old Tyler Russell since Saturday night when he...

Search continues for Hazard man swept away Saturday at Laurel Lake spillway

The search is continuing for a Hazard man, who was swept away Saturday night when the gates were opened at the Laurel Lake spillway, but officials say it is likely now a recovery effort. Personnel from multiple agencies in Whitley and Laurel County were called to the scene at...

Corbin woman, Lily man among four arrested in connection with kilo of methamphetamine Sunday

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies seized one kilogram of methamphetamine Sunday that they say was targeted to be distributed in Whitley and Laurel counties, arresting four people in the process. Whitney Phelps, 21, of Corbin, Jerry Wayne Caldwell, 47, of Lily, Jerrica Combs, 28,...

Whitley County falls to Hazard in regular season football finale, 24-20

The Whitley County Colonels ended their regular season with a tough test when perennial Class A powerhouse Hazard paid a visit to Colonels Stadium. However, 384 yards of total offense was not enough to overcome four turnovers, including an interception in the closing seconds, as...