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The Corbin Police Department is conducting a "murder investigation" in connection with a fatal shooting during the early morning hours Sunday, according to a Corbin Police Department release. The incident occurred in a business parking lot in North Corbin. The victim has been identified as Dustin Deaton, 28, of Barbourville. He suffered a fatal gunshot wound, according to the release. Detective Robbie Hodge is continuing the investigation. Assisting at the scene were Patrolman First Class Brentley Patrick, Patrolman Jonas Saunders, the Corbin Fire Department, Knox County EMS, Kentucky State Police and the Knox County Coroner’s Office. “The Corbin Police Department offers its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Deaton during...

Demolition work on the buildings destroyed by the Jan. 20 Main Street blaze in Williamsburg is 99.9 percent complete, Mayor Roddy Harrison told the Williamsburg City Council during its monthly meeting Monday. Harrison said there is a little more gravel, which needs to be pushed to fill in some holes. The site has been demolished down to the concrete and will remain concrete and gravel for the time being. Harrison noted demolition of this nature is usually taken down to the dirt, but local officials decided it would be better to leave the concrete for now He said the surface has been smoothed out with all the “toe stumps” taken out. The surface is...

The Williamsburg City Council has formally accepted a $1.5 million Kentucky Infrastructure Authority grant to pay for construction of an additional water tower. During its regular monthly meeting Monday, the council approved a resolution accepting the money and authorizing Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison to sign any documents related to the city receiving the grant money. During the last legislative session, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and 82nd Rep. Nick Wilson helped secure the funding. Harrison said officials initially thought about placing the new water tank on 10th Street just above Briar Creek Park but are now looking at placing it on 11th Street near the University of the Cumberlands practice soccer field. The...

Makenna Hibbard was crowned Homecoming Queen on Oct. 9 during Corbin’s football game against Harlan County. She was escorted by Louey Horvath. (Photo by HUNTER JUAREZ)

Due to the weather, turnout for the 2026 Corbin October Fest was limited, but the event still drew a number of vendors and classic cars and trucks in conjunction with the final Cumberland Valley Cruise-In of the season.

The wooden bridge on Fifth Street in Williamsburg, which goes over the railroad tracks, is expected to reopen by late next week. The city sent out a Reach Alert on Oct. 6 noting the bridge would be closed for repairs until further notice. Mayor Roddy Harrison told the Williamsburg City Council during its regular monthly meeting Monday CSX is supposed to be back next week to repair the bridge. It should reopen by Oct. 22 or Oct. 23 and be drivable. He said plans are for the bridge to be replaced later, but it should be open in time for the annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. The Turkey Trot is an annual 5-K...

Corbin High School recognized the 1976 Football State Champion team last Friday. The team defeated Mayfield with a final score of 6-0. Archie Powers was the head coach (Photo by Hunter Juarez)

Are there any places in Williamsburg selling kratom and is there anything the city can do to regulate or prevent its sale? These were two of the questions discussed during the Williamsburg City Council’s monthly meeting Monday as Councilman Richard Foley broached the issue. “It is being sold as a feel good drug. Who knows what is in that thing,” Foley said. Foley noted kratom frequently sells in gas stations and suggested having the Williamsburg Police Department visit several locations in the city to see if it is being sold there. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), kratom commonly refers to an herbal substance, which can produce opioid and stimulant-like...

Kentucky Senator Chris McDaniel was sitting on his couch in 2019 when it was announced then Gov. Matt Bevin had issued over 400 pardons and commutations during his final days in office. He first learned about it from a friend, Joe Heil, who was the manager of a restaurant called Barleycorn’s. Heil was asking if it was true Bevin had commuted the death sentence of convicted murderer and rapist Gregory Wilson. Wilson had been convicted killing one of Heil’s waitresses, Deborah Pooley, in 1988. Wilson had been paroled from an Ohio prison less than 30 days earlier on a charge of rape when he kidnapped Pooley. He raped her multiple times, murdered...

If Corbin Independent Board of Education members David Hannah, Ben Childers and Kim Croley seek re-election two years from now, they will likely have opposition. Local resident Brian Thorpe noted he did not meet residency requirements to run for the Corbin Independent Board of Education this year but said he would be running for the school board in two years. “I am not a yes man. I will not agree to everything they want me to agree to. I will not shut up when they tell me to shut up. I am going to be here for you guys,” Thorpe told those in attendance at Thursday’s monthly Corbin Independent Board of...