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A Knox County Deputy has been officially cleared by the Grand Jury after fatally shooting a Flat Lick man during an altercation on June 29. “The State Police investigated the incident,” said Kentucky State Police Public Affairs Officer Shane Jacobs. “We presented all of our...

A Corbin man arrested in May after leading state police on a high-speed chase through Corbin was indicted Friday in Knox Circuit Court. Thirty-seven-year-old Jason Sevier was indicted on charges of first-degree fleeing or evading police, first-degree wanton endangerment,...

The last of the four Knox County residents who admitted to their respective parts in a conspiracy to file false federal tax returns, collecting more than $125,000 in refunds, were sentenced in London last week. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

To the Editor: At its regular monthly board meeting June 16, the Board of Directors of the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously in opposition to the recent decision by City Commission to enforce the city’s 1 percent occupational tax on workers in the Knox...

Once again, the Knox County School system has come under fire by the Kentucky Department of Education. An April 3-6 on-site review of the school district’s instructional performance saw the administration lacking in several areas. The Kentucky Department of Education and AdvancED...

A Corbin couple has been indicted in Knox County for allegedly abusing their three-year-old child. A Knox County grand jury returned indictments Friday charging 42-year-old Creighton Hill, Jr. and 45-year-old Yvonne Hill each with one count of first-degree criminal abuse. Read...

Silence fell among the crowded district courtroom as 15 or more radios went off at once. Firemen from every volunteer fire department in the county listened carefully to see if they must call their meeting short and respond to a call. Thankfully, there was not an emergency, but...

While local leaders in Corbin and Laurel County have monitored with interest attempts in the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislative amendments that would change the laws on annexation, it’s a measure that has not been filed yet that could have the biggest impact of all. An...

There wasn’t an empty chair left in the room as the Knox County Board of Education began their meeting Tuesday afternoon. Once seats were filled, people began to line along the walls and sit in the floor. All were eager to hear the outcome of the meeting. For weeks, the community...

Knox County deputy jailers had their hands full Friday, Feb. 26, with the excessive number of inmates they have to haul over and back from circuit court. But, by that time, however, the worst was nearly over. The Knox County Detention Center is set up for 35 inmates; however,...