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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...

BREAKING: Corbin Police arrest suspected driver in fatal hit-and-run crash

Corbin Police have made an arrest in the case of a fatal hit-and-run incident on U.S. 25E early Wednesday morning. Captain Coy Wilson, the department’s public affairs officer, said Major Rob Jones arrested the 46-year-old John Melton at Corbin Manor Apartments in north Corbin...

Jones gets six-months for fleeing police three times

Bryan Earl Jones is proof that you can only run from the law for so long and so many times before it catches up to you. Over the course of three months, Jones has run away on foot from police officers four times, according to Whitley District Court records. Read this story and...
Posted On 24 Aug 2016

Laurel deputies warn of ‘police’ phone scam

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Department is asking residents to be mindful of a new phone scam involving individuals who claim to be with the police department. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said the scammers are telling residents that money is...

Corbin Police K-9 unit chases down suspected drug dealers

Corbin Police Capt. Coy Wilson did the driving and his K-9 Luka did the sniffing that led to the arrest of two Corbin residents on multiple drug-related charges Tuesday morning. Twenty-eight-year-old Edward Clark and 24-year-old Martha House were each arrested following the...
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