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Rotary Park playground to reopen next week

The new playground equipment at Rotary Park in Corbin has been installed and the facility is expected to be reopened next week. Workers with Miracle Recreation of Kentucky and Tennessee were at the site on Wilson Street late last week installing the red, white and blue colored...

Corbin City Commission hears plans for replacement of Rotary Park playground equipment

With the playground at Rotary Park now in pieces, the City Manager Marlon Sams is taking bids to replace it. At the regular work session meeting of the commission Monday night, Sams said he sent out a request for proposal to replace the equipment and is expecting at least three...

Rotary Park playground closed until equipment can be replaced

The playground at Rotary Park in Corbin has been closed after the equipment failed inspection. Corbin City Manager Marlon Sams said the equipment, which was installed more than 15 years ago, has been found to be structurally unsound when the results an inspection performed in...

‘Ozzy’s Play Place’ dedicated at New Hope Ministries Sunday

One local church dedicated a playground Sunday to the memory of a child that lived only three months and 23 days, but inspired countless people with his indomitable will to live. “Ozzy’s Play Place” is located at New Hope Ministries, located on KY Hwy. 1232 just outside of...

‘Rugged Redhounds’ raise $3,000 for new playground

The Corbin Primary School Parent Teacher Organization is on a mission to expand the school playground and it received a boost Thursday from a group of “Rugged Redhounds.” Corbin Primary students solicited pledges from family, friends and neighbors to be paid in return for them...