North Corbin News

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor Thursday, the Corbin Civic Center was a vacant, metal building.

Times-Tribune Staff Report A man wanted for auto theft from Indiana was arrested Friday in Williamsburg, according to a report from Kentucky State Police.

By Becky Manley / Staff Writer Corbin's city commissioners voted to spend $40,000 for cost of living adjustments for city employees.

Times-Tribune Staff Report Carl David Brown, 55, was arrested Tuesday after a Monday investigation indicated that a fire at a Lily home was probably arson.

Shannon L. Johnson will spend two weeks in the Laurel County Detention Center after pleading guilty to prostitution and trespassing charges Friday in Laurel District Court.

The Knox County Health Department reports a second H1N1 related death in the county.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer Helping Hands Food Pantry opened again Monday after being closed since late August.

An early-morning house fire in north Corbin turned deadly this morning. Authorities say 56-year-old Deborah Benfield perished in the blaze that reportedly started at her home on Byerly Road sometimes around 8:00 a.m. She most likely died of smoke inhalation.

Times-Tribune Staff Report William Lawson, of Rosebud Lane in London, was nabbed by London police officers about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday after he reportedly sold oxycodone to a police informant.

Around 6 p.m. Saturday, staff at the Whitley County Detention Center discovered that Jason Harmon, 30, of Hwy.

Two men found innocent of cruelty to animals in June have filed a lawsuit against the Laurel County Sheriff's Office and Deputy Richard Sapcut, who investigated the incident.

By Adam Sulfridge / Staff Writer Kentucky State Police Det. Colan Harrell escorted James H. Jones into the Whitley County Detention Center.

An East Bernstadt man accused of breaking into his boss' home while he was at the hospital with his wife, has been arrested on burglary and theft charges.

Though he has admitted to investigators that he robbed Hometown Bank of Corbin in March, George Nathan Lyttle pleaded not guilty to federal charges Wednesday in U.S. District Court in London.

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor A squirrel that made its way into a transformer caused a power outage for part of the city of Corbin Wednesday afternoon.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer The arrest of a Knoxville couple, who had reportedly sold oxycodone at I-75 Exit 29 for the past several years, also led to the discovery of illegal gambling machines at a North Corbin gas station.

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor A brief but intense storm passed over Corbin at about 7 p.m. Saturday, ripping century-old trees from the ground in the area around Corbin Primary School.

A London man who allegedly ignored demands from his minor girlfriend's mother to stay out of her home and away from her daughter is facing multiple charges after he allegedly ignored the request and assaulted the girl's mother.

Times-Tribune Staff Report The Times-Tribune is posing a social shopping experiment - What if everyone in the Tri-County banded together to provide a new cash infusion by spending an extra $20 this month? What kind of effect could that have? Excited about the possibilities, local retailers are offering specials this Wednesday to get shoppers ...

Jennifer Adkins, formerly a member of the Knox/Whitley Animal Shelter board, has been charged with 22 counts of animal cruelty and three counts of endangering a minor.