A creeping mudslide behind the Corbin Center for Technology and Community activities became a more urgent problem early Monday morning as heavy rains caused large amounts of rock and mud to begin slipping at an alarming rate.
Steady, soaking rains Saturday and most of the day Sunday set the stage for flash flooding early Monday morning in Corbin as saturated ground was unable to handle torrential downpours overnight.
An abandoned suitcase at a local medical office put Corbin police on high alert Sunday evening over fears of what the strangely placed item may contain.
A local orthopedic surgeon, the founder of MRI Research Institute of Kentucky, is accusing his former business partner of lying about his qualifications, misusing equipment and failing to pay back a loan through a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in London last week.
Authorities in Whitley County are looking for the man they say led police on a wild chase Sunday evening and was able to get away on foot through a heavily forested area.