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Local churches serve officers for Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

What better way to show a group of people that you love and appreciate them than filling their bellies with a delicious meal?

Corbin Police Department answered over 1,000 calls in May

The Corbin Police Department answered 1,149 calls during the month of May. Officers issued 142 total citations for traffic or criminal offenses, and made 87 total arrests. Out of those arrests, there were 30 criminal arrests and 57 warrants served according to a Corbin Police...
Posted On 13 Jun 2022

Operation Joy feeds 87 families

The sixth annual Operation Joy food basket donation event, which is organized by Corbin Area Technology Center criminal justice students and Kentucky State Police veteran and law enforcement teacher Tackett Wilson, delivered food to 87 families. Law enforcement agencies from...

Pursuit leads to recovery of $55k Jeep

A $55,000 jeep was recovered after a two-county car chase Sunday. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Area first responders receive a meal of appreciation served by Cattlemen’s Association

Most people try to escape or hide from dangerous or sometimes deadly situations. Not so with the nation’s first responders. The first responders are the ones who run toward danger and trouble, many times placing their lives on the line to defend, protect, and/or rescue victims of...

Fate of surplus weights at Corbin Recreation Department raise questions

The Corbin City Commission has declared numerous weight and exercise equipment from the recreation center as surplus property, but there are questions concerning what will become of it. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

Former Corbin commissioner Alan Onkst dies

UPDATE: Funeral arrangements for Alan Onkst have been announced. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at Central Baptist Church in Corbin. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. at Central Baptist Church. A former Corbin city commissioner and public servant died Tuesday night. Alan...

Three Laurel County deputies on paid leave following fatal shooting

Three Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies remain on paid administrative leave pending the investigation of a fatal shooting Sunday afternoon. Kentucky State Police are conducting the investigation into an incident in which 45-year-old Anthony S. McDaniel of London was shot and...

Florida man injured in shootout with W’burg Police

A Florida man lead police on a lengthy vehicle pursuit in Whitley County Tuesday afternoon in a stolen vehicle while shooting at police officers before being shot himself towards the end of the chase. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird said that the suspect, who Kentucky State...
Posted On 15 Nov 2017

Corbin police forced to kill runaway mule

Corbin Police were forced to shoot and kill a runaway mule last Thursday that couldn’t be captured after it escaped from a local man who owned the animal. According to Corbin Police Capt. Coy Wilson, the mule was shot by Maj. Rob Jones, with a rifle, at the request of the mule’s...
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