Linda Carpenter

A plan to donate Corbin East School and some surrounding property to the Corbin Housing Authority for a low-income housing project hit a brick wall last week as state officials said the idea is illegal.

Rockholds resident Sharon Helton, like most would in these tough economic times, was at first excited when she received the notification letter in the mail from "Reader's Digest" informing her that she'd won a $185,000 sweepstakes drawing.

A troubled and legally ensnared 43-acre tract of prime commercial land in south Corbin, at one time slated to be the site of a Harley Davidson dealership, has been purchased by the owners of Baptist Regional Medical Center.

Officials say damage caused to Corbin's 5,000-seat arena by a runaway vehicle participating in this past weekend's Inaugural Bluegrass Super Pull will be costly to repair, but shouldn't inhibit the facility from hosting scheduled events on its current calendar.

A Rocholds man died in a single-vehicle accident in the Cripple Creek community of Whitley County Sunday, and authorities think “distracted driving” may have been the cause.