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The Corbin City Commission approved the first reading of a measure Friday morning that would raise the minimum wage for the city’s employees to $9 per hour. At a special called meeting at city hall, the commission voted 3-1 in favor of the proposal. Mayor Willard McBurney joined...

Former Whitley County School District Chief Financial Officer Leigh Burke is charged with theft and abuse of the public trust in connection with missing funds from the school district. A May 24 jury trial has been scheduled for a former chief financial officer for the Whitley...

Two Williamsburg residents are behind bars in the Whitley County Detention Center for allegedly stealing a vehicle last month. Third-District Constable Dorman Patrick Jr. arrested Sarah M. Bingham, 24, and Ricky Lee Powers Jr., 27, at their 1844 Louden Road residence about 4:30...

Officials from Baptist Health Corbin joined faculty, staff and students at Oak Grove Elementary School Thursday to dedicate the Project Fit America equipment. “Project Fit America is a wonderful addition to the Oak Grove PE program,” said Physical Education Teacher Gina Conley,...

Two full years after an audit of the Knox County Fiscal Court, the 2014 results have finally been released from the state auditors office. While there were no real issues concerning the misuse or misplacement of money, the audit found several instances of improper procedures. The...

Kentucky State Police Post 11, working in conjunction with the Laurel County Health Department, will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on October 22. According to Trooper Lloyd Cochran, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, a collection point...

Approximately 500 firefighters will descend upon Corbin this weekend for the annual Southeastern Kentucky Firefighters Association’s 42nd annual Fall Fire School. Corbin Firefighter Andy Melton, one of the event organizers said the firefighters will be coming from across the...

Portions of two Williamsburg streets will be closed off to all traffic starting late Friday afternoon and going through early Sunday morning for repairs and sealing. Starting at 5 p.m. Friday, South Third Street will be closed from the red light at the intersection of Cumberland...

A vague “threat” accidentally sent via text message to a Corbin Middle School student Wednesday caused police to take cautionary measures before the start of the school day. Hannah Goins, a spokesperson for the Corbin Independent School District, said the message was apparently...

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Department is investigating allegations that a man beat a woman with a baseball bat in a wooded area near Corbin last Friday evening. The incident apparently occurred at about 7:00 p.m. in the woods near Dorthae Road about nine miles south of London....