The Corbin Board of Education recognized one of its school leaders Thursday for earning, “Principal of the Year” honors. Tom Greer, principal at the Corbin Educational Center received the award during the Kentucky Alternative Education Summit in Lexington in July. “That is not...

Faculty, staff and students at the University of the Cumberlands are joining together Thursday to attempt to set an official world record. The record in their sights involves placing 3,000 cooked hotdogs end to end. The current record is 2,496. Andrew Underwood, Dean of Student...

The City of Corbin has a new recreation director and new main street director. You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not a Member? Join Us

The last step authorizing the renovations to Corbin Independent Schools’ flagship building has been taken and work is set to begin in September. At a special called meeting of the board of education Tuesday night, the board awarded the bids on the $7 million project that will...

A Whitley County grand jury returned indictments against three Williamsburg residents Monday in connection with a home invasion robbery that occurred in May. You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not a Member? Join Us

A Laurel County Sheriff’s deputy and his K-9 partner returned to duty Thursday, one day after they were exposed to a quantity of fentanyl, which police described as a highly dangerous drug that can be fatal when inhaled. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs...

The City of Corbin has a new recreation director and new main street director. At the regular called monthly meeting Monday night, the City Commission voted unanimously to hire Hope Gibson to head the recreation department and Aaron Sturgill to head Corbin Downtown. Gibson and...

A Corbin couple charged in the murder of the woman’s mother, Sherry Rose, in June were indicted Friday by a Laurel County grand jury. Joseph Craig McFadden, 31, and his wife, Christie Elizabeth McFadden, 28, were each indicted on charges of murder, theft by unlawful taking of the...

Corbin High School’s “Roastin’ Redhounds” junior chef team is moving onto the final four in the state competition. The team of Kendell Lewis, Rachel Standifer and Sierra Johnson defeated Taylor County in the opening round of the 15-team competition. The girls were so fun on stage...

Whitley County’s Third District will be getting a new constable sooner than most voters anticipated. During the May Primary election, incumbent Third-District Constable Dorman Patrick Jr. lost his bid for re-election to former Third-District Constable Jim Thornton by a vote of...

A Williamsburg man is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $50,000 cash bond for allegedly sending a nude picture of himself to a person who he apparently thought was a teenager but was instead the girl’s mother. Robin Gobel, 39, of Letha Petrey Road,...

A Woodbine man, who had been facing charges of attempted murder and wanton endangerment stemming from a 2016 domestic dispute, has passed away. You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not a Member? Join Us

A Williamsburg woman will be spending the next two months behind bars after showing up intoxicated to her doctor’s office recently with her two small children. You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not a Member? Join Us

A Corbin woman is facing theft and disorderly conduct charges after police say she faked her own kidnapping, badly. You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not a Member? Join Us

Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley says that a trio of suspected self-inflicted gun-related deaths over about a 24-hour period this weekend all appear to be unconnected. The first deceased person was James King, 19, who was pronounced dead about 1:30 a.m. Saturday from a...

Dave Huff, one of Corbin most prominent citizens, passed away Saturday at a Lexington hospital at the age of 85. Huff was probably best known as founder of Huff Pharmacy, originally located in downtown Corbin, but later moved to Cumberland Falls Hwy. before its sale and closure...

A Keavy man allegedly took doughnuts among other items when he broke into a Corbin home in late July. Williamsburg Police Officer Justin Taylor served Willie Dean Cox, 45, with a second-degree burglary warrant about 1:32 p.m. Saturday near US25W in Williamsburg, according to his...

The Kentucky Attorney General says workers in the Knox County portion of Corbin are entitled to a tax credit on a portion of the Knox County Occupational Tax as they are also paying the Corbin Occupational Tax. The letter announcing the ruling , which was addressed to Mayor...

Corbin firefighters were able to put recent rope rescue training and the city’s ladder truck to good use Wednesday morning after a homeless man, who was apparently living under the Center Street Bridge, suffered some type of injury. “We actually have been training pretty heavily...

George Hays Road could be reopened again for traffic by weeks end. “You might be able to drive it this weekend,” said Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison. Akins Construction began work to repair the road Monday morning. George Hays Road partially collapsed on April 17 into Briar...