A charred shirt lays near hotel in south Corbin where authorities say Kennethy Turvey, of Missouri, set himself on fire early Friday morning in an attempt to commit suicide.

Witnesses told police and emergency personnel that a man, later identified as Kenneth Patrick Turvey, doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire about 4 a.m. Friday morning behind the Holiday Inn Express in Corbin.

A tanker truck loaded with fire-retardant liquid blocked traffic on the Cumberland Gap Parkway when it was turned on its side near Stewart Road Tuesday afternoon.

Corbin resident Freddie Bruce Hodge, pictured with his restored 1940 Cadillac LaSalle.

The race for Corbin City Commission received and unexpected twist Monday as a Poplar Street resident officially filed to be a write-in candidate on the November General Election ballot.

Meghan Roehrich

Twelve-year-old Meghan Roehrich was the victim of a hit-and-run driver on the Cumberland Falls Highway Monday, but police caught the man allegedly responsible for the crash a short time later.

A Bimble man suffered cuts to his arm Friday afternoon in a rollover accident on Fifth Street in downtown Corbin — apparently caused by a mechanical malfunction in his vehicle.

A north Corbin residence was totally destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, and one member of a local fire deparment is helping the family affected by the blaze by accepting donations of clothing and other essential items.