Public Records

A Burgin man is facing 21 criminal charges after allegedly robbing a Corbin hardware store early Thursday evening and leading police on a short vehicle and foot pursuit in downtown Corbin. Judge Fred White entered a not guilty plea Monday for Isaac Walter Gilreath, 42, during his Whitley District Court arraignment on charges of speeding 26 mph over limit or greater, second-degree robbery, first-degree fleeing or evading police (motor vehicle), second-degree fleeing or evading police (on foot), first-degree criminal mischief, second-degree wanton endangerment, second-degree wanton endangerment (police officer), operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance, third-degree terroristic threatening, falsely reporting an incident, menacing and a...

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE Pursuant to Application Number 918-0504, Renewal 1 In accordance with KRS 350.055, notice is hereby given that Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, Kentucky 40701 has applied for renewal of a permit for a combination surface & auger/HWM coal mining operation located 5.25 miles east of Rockholds in Knox & Whitley Counties.  The proposed operation will disturb 574.42 surface acres and underlie 1053.24 acres and the total area within the permit boundary will be 574.42 acres. The proposed renewal area is approximately 5.25 miles east of Rockholds in Whitley & Knox County Kentucky and is approximately 0.64 miles east of KY...

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Winer Emerand – complaint (credit card debt collection). LVNV Funding LLC vs. Beverly A. Cupp – complaint (credit card debt collection). Velocity Investments LLC vs. Todd Galindo – complaint (contract). Martha Ellen Blanton vs. Harold David Blanton Jr. - petition for dissolution of marriage. JPMorgan Chase Bank vs. Amanda Collins – complaint (credit card debt collection.) Hannah Steadman vs. Brady Steadman - petition for dissolution of marriage. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company A/S/O Shelby Monhollen vs. Timothy Mann and Ecoshield Transport – complaint (automobile). Bobby Ray Lawson Jr. vs. Briana Ashley Lawson – verified petition for dissolution of marriage. Marie C. J. Iocsak vs. Quality Restaurant Concepts LLC, doing business as Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill...

Barbara Sulfridge and Harold Sulfridge to Barbara Sulfridge and Harold Sulfridge, no monetary amount listed (consolidating properties), tract of land near Fifth Street. Joann Brown and Ada Lee Bailey to Leroy A. Gilbert Jr., trustee, to Brown Commercial LLC, love and affection, property at 443 North US25, Williamsburg. JoAnn Brown and Ada Lee Bailey to Kaitlin Brown, Hailey Brown and Jayce Brown, love and affection, property at 456 North US25, Williamsburg. Blake’s Fork Enterprises LLC to Wanda M. Hoskins, $135,000, tract of land near Wolf Creek State Road. Sarah Abrams to Brian Abrams, no monetary amount listed (terms of civil court case), tract of land near D.P. Gibbs Road and KY-1193 (Bee Creek...

Rebekah Rose Cunningham, 18, of Corbin, Dollar Tree, and Declan William Fulling, 18, of Afton, Tennessee, Taco Bell. McKenzie Leigh Slone, 24, of Corbin, an assistant manager, and James Henry Sutton III, 29, of Corbin, a supervisor. Emily Raechel Patterson, 24, of Corbin, Taco Bell, and Will Nelson, 23, of Corbin, U.S. Army. Cari Leigh Ann Shelton, 39, of Corbin, self-employed, and Jesus Enrique Ortega Gonzalez, 33, of Corbin, a truck driver. Mercedes Lynn Craft, 21, of Williamsburg, a machine operator, and Larry Joseph McKiddy, 23, of Williamsburg, unemployed.

The Whitley County Grand Jury has indicted two Williamsburg residents for murder in connection with the drowning death of a 16-month-old boy on the Fourth of July. The grand jury issued its monthly report Monday and indicted Robin L. Siler, 57, and Jasmine S. Siler, 22, both of 615 Jr. Rowland Road, charging them with murder, first-degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), and possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with the incident. Commonwealth’s Attorney Ronnie Bowling confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Jasmine Siler was the child’s mother. On July 4, Robin Siler and Jasmine Siler are accused of individually or in complicity with another manifesting extreme indifference to human life by wantonly...

PUBLIC HEARING CANCELLED Public Hearing for District Facility Plan has been cancelled.  The meeting previously scheduled for the Corbin Independent School District Local Planning Committee (LPC) on Tuesday, December 17th at 5pm, at Corbin Middle School has been cancelled.  If/when the meeting is rescheduled, it will be advertised as required by statute.   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE Pursuant to Application Number 861-5350, Renewal #5 In accordance with KRS 350.055, notice is hereby given that Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC, 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, Kentucky 40701 has applied for renewal of a permit for an underground coal mining operation located 2.0 miles northeast of Goins in Knox County and Whitley counties. ...

As part of its duties, the Whitley County Health Department conducts routine public health inspections of various entities, including restaurants, stores, schools, mobile home parks, swimming pools, etc. Some of the most recent inspections include: Food Establishment • Cookout, 510 KY 92, Williamsburg – 95. July 29 regular inspection. Comments: meat cooler by grill internally temped food at 49 degrees; corn dog cooler internally temped food at 47 degrees; missing “employees must wash hands” signs at hand wash sinks in kitchen area; floor in kitchen areas missing grout and has broken tile. Follow-up inspection required. • Cookout, 510 KY 92, Williamsburg – 98. Aug. 5 follow-up inspection. Comments: missing “employees must wash hands”...

A local woman was allegedly an occupant in a stolen vehicle when it collided with another vehicle in southern Laurel County earlier this month. Then she left the scene of the accident and got a ride to the Corbin Walmart where she was not permitted on the property, according to her arrest citations. During her arraignment on Dec. 3, Judge John Paul Chappell entered a not guilty plea for Hayley F. Byerly, 20, who is charged with third-degree criminal trespassing, leaving scene of an accident/failure to render aid, receiving stolen property value $10,000 or more, and two counts of second-degree wanton endangerment. Chappell set a $5,000 cash bond in the case. One...

American Express National Bank vs. Wesley W. Faulkner – complaint (credit card debt collection). Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation vs. Moses Earl Jr. – complaint (debt collection). Lisa Marie Lewis vs. Christopher Sean Lewis - petition for dissolution of marriage. Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Betty Thomas – complaint (contract). Michell R. Jones and Kevin C. Jones vs. Windstream Communications LLC – verified complaint including jury demand (property damage). (Editor’s note: Since the filing of this case, the plaintiffs have moved to have the case dismissed as the lawsuit should have been filed in Laurel County.). Clifford Ronald Waldroup II, also known as Ronnie Waldroup Jr., vs. Gary Wayne Ball, Donna Ball, Jack Lee Ball,...