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Wreck closes I-75 north for 30 minutes Friday

Northbound Interstate 75 in Corbin was closed to traffic for approximately 30 minutes Friday afternoon following a wreck that blocked both lanes. Corbin firefighters said the Ford Explorer went off the roadway at approximately 4:15 p.m. It came back across, overturning in the...

Truck hits Edward Jones building during two-vehicle crash Wednesday

A two-vehicle wreck on Main Street in Corbin Wednesday morning resulted in the Edward Jones building being struck. The accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Roy Kidd Avenue. Corbin Police Lt. Coy Wilson said that Dora Smith-Epperson, who...
Posted On 01 Aug 2018

Medical emergency leads to Monday afternoon crash

If someone hadn’t seen the accident, officials aren’t sure how long an elderly Williamsburg woman would have been sitting in her crashed vehicle that went down an embankment Monday afternoon. “It could have been much worse given where she was at. Most likely nobody would have...
Posted On 18 Jul 2018

Moped driver injured in head-on collision with car

A moped rider was injured Friday afternoon in a head-on collision with a car on Old Barbourville Road. West Knox Fire Department and Knox County EMS were called to the scene off of the Corbin bypass at approximately 3:45 p.m. Deanna Burlew, the driver of the Chevrolet Monte...

Two injured during Monday crash

Two people were transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash late Monday afternoon that resulted in their SUV flipping over on its top in a ditch. The accident happened on Ky. 26 between Woodbine and Rockholds shortly before 5 p.m. Pamela Carr, 45, was driving a...
Posted On 12 Jun 2018

Rockholds man extricated, airlifted following Friday crash

A Rockholds man was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center for treatment of injuries he sustained in a single-vehicle wreck on New Zion Church Road Friday afternoon. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies identified the man as Ralph Jones, 51. Jones was reportedly...

One injured during Monday crash in Williamburg

One driver was taken to the hospital and another was cited for having no insurance following a Monday morning crash in Williamsburg. The crash happened shortly before noon on US25W near the entrance to Firestone Industrial Products and Dollar General. Sandie Lawson, 48, of...
Posted On 17 Jan 2018

Update: No injuries in wreck involving CHS band bus

One of two schools buses carrying members of the Corbin High School band was involved in a hit-and-run wreck Sunday morning. Band Director Jimmy Cornn said none of the 24 students and adults on the bus were injured when a tractor-trailer truck backed into it. Cornn said the band...

Knox County man killed in Thursday bypass crash

A Knox County man was pronounced dead at Baptist Health Corbin Thursday from injuries he sustained in a crash on the Corbin bypass. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley identified the victim as 70-year-old Mack Baker of Barbourville. The wreck occurred about 12:15 p.m. near at the...

Former Corbin BOE member injured in crash

A former Corbin Board of Education member is at the University of Kentucky Medical Center recovering from injuries she sustained in a car crash last Thursday. Sixty-four-year-old Debbie Cook of Corbin was taken by ambulance to Baptist Health Corbin and then transported to UK with...