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The Corbin Tourism Commission passed its 2016/17 $1.362 million budget Tuesday night with one small amendment. The commissioners agreed to give an additional $1,000 to the Corbin Varsity Club to help sponsor the annual Pigskin Classic football event and the Cumberland Falls Invitational Basketball Tournament. When the commission discussed the budget at a workshop in May, the commissioners approved at total of $6,000, which included $2,000 for the Cumberland Falls Girls Invitational Tournament. At the meeting held later in May, Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel told the commissioners that the girl’s tournament was not held in 2015 and the varsity club had no plans for it to return in 2016. That money was taken...

The Whitley County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in locating a man, who allegedly fled from police following a motor vehicle pursuit. On June 8, the sheriff's department received information about a stolen 2014 Kia Optima from Carlisle County, Kentucky, that might be located in Whitley County. "According to the complaint, 23-year-old Jeremy Tyler Lynn had stolen the vehicle and might be in the Mud Creek area," Sheriff Colan Harrell said in a release. Sgt. Kirk Mays and Deputy Joe Prewitt searched the area. "A vehicle matching that description approached their location, changed direction of travel and eventually drove through a field with deputies in pursuit. After the vehicle came...

It was absolute pandemonium in the Knox School Board Annex as the board voted 3-2 in favor of rescinding the March 15 and March 22 actions to cancel the superintendent’s contract and renew Superintendent Kelly Sprinkles’ contract for another four years. The audience waited anxiously as each of the board members were asked to cast their vote. When all the votes were cast, the crowd exploded with excitement. The board’s two no votes - Merrill Smith and Peggy Gray - came as no surprise to anyone, as they continued to hold their ground. Gray and Smith, along with former board member Dexter Smith, shocked the community when the three voted in...

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office has issued a “Golden Alert” for a 71-year-old man who may have travelled through southern Laurel and Whitley Counties en route to McCreary County. Miller According to Sheriff John Root, Douglas Macarthur Miller left a home on Sally’s Branch Road approximately three miles east of London about 9:30 p.m. Monday, driving a gray GMC pickup truck. “He may be going to McCreary County to Marshes Siding on Lick Creek Road where he resides,” Root said, noting Miller reportedly has unspecified mental and physical disabilities. Miller is described as a white male, 6’2”, 190 pounds, with brown eyes, long gray hair and wearing blue jeans, a green shirt and...

What began as a complaint about a possible drunk driver Sunday night in Keavy, ended with the recovery of stolen merchandise from a local dollar store and the arrest of a Corbin woman on multiple charges including shoplifting and. Thirty-four-year-old Misty Johnson was arrested about 5:45 p.m. in the parking lot of the Dollar General Store at the intersection of Ky. 312 and Ky. 770. According to Sheriff John Root, Deputy Rick Cloyd responded to the initial complaint of possible drunk driver that had pulled into the store’s parking lot. When Cloyd spoke with the driver, later identified as Johnson, he said she appeared to be under the influence. “In addition Deputy Cloyd...

A Rockcastle County woman was arrested Monday morning for allegedly robbing a woman outside a local convenience store. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies charged 28-year-old Sabrina Brumagen of Mount Vernon with one count of second-degree robbery in connection with the incident that allegedly occurred outside the store on U.S. 25 in southern Laurel County. The victim reportedly told deputies that a woman had grabbed her by the neck and forced her to the ground before rifling through her pockets and purse and taking her cash. Sheriff John Root said through the course of their investigation, deputies developed information on the possible whereabouts of a suspect, leading them to a motel in London. Acting on...

A woman was found unresponsive last Tuesday after a tip led Deputy Jonas Saunders, with the assistance of Deputy James Fox, to three people who were passed out in the Friendly Mart parking lot in Woodbine around 9 p.m.   The phone-in tip to Whitley County E911 stated that two men and one woman appeared to be passed out in their gold Chevrolet Cavalier. When Deputy Saunders located the vehicle, the occupants were not alert.   The driver of the vehicle, Brian T. Smith, 34, of Russell Springs, and the male passenger, Harold Smith, 68, of Bimble were awakened and questioned.   The female passenger, who was located in the rear passenger area of the...

An apartment on Davenport Lane in Lily was damaged by fire Monday morning. Lily and West Knox firefighters were called to the scene off of Robinson Creek Road at 9:48 a.m. Lily Fire Chief Paul Collins said when firefighters arrived smoke was coming out of the door. One witness said smoke was also rolling out off the roof. A woman and her small child were inside the apartment at the time. Collins said the woman grabbed the child and ran out the door. “She said she heard popping and cracking sounds coming from the kitchen near the stove and refrigerator,” Collins said. Firefighters had the blaze knocked down within a few minutes, containing the damage to...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies attempting to serve arrests warrants at a Woodbine residence Wednesday reported finding two bags of crystal methamphetamine, assorted prescription drugs and drug paraphernalia. Deputy James Fox arrested 44-year-old Glennis Reed Nantz and 21-year-old Glennis Kody Nantz at the residence on Ky. 26. According to Sheriff Colan Harrell, Deputy James Fox along with Lt. Dennis Foley, Sergeant Kirk Mays and Deputy Jonas Saunders went to the residence to serve warrants in search of the men. Harrell said the deputies found drug paraphernalia and digital scales. In one bedroom deputies recovered the two bags of methamphetamine and two bags containing what is believed to be prescription drugs, along with a...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court has been approved for a $131,000 federal grant that will be used to purchase four advanced cardiac monitors to be used in the county’s EMS ambulances. Amber Owens, Director of County Projects for the Whitley County Fiscal Court, said the Physio Control Lifepak 15 monitors/defibrillators are “top of the line” equipment and will give emergency personnel and medical professionals another added edge in order to save lives. “If we have a patient in the back of an ambulance, they will allow us to send the information from the monitors to the emergency rooms crews even before we get there,” Owens said. “It definitely benefits patients. Any...