A local violence prevention program is hoping to spread their message through a group of artistic events and projects throughout Corbin and Williamsburg.
Community Green Dot is a violence prevention program that teaches people how to do proactive and reactive green dots, said Cecelia White, Victim’s Services Director for Cumberland River Behavioral Health.
“Proactive green dots are things that help to prevent violence before it occurs. Reactive green dots are things that everyone can do to intervene when a potentially dangerous situation is happening,” White said.
Cumberland River Victims Services is a program of Cumberland River Behavioral Health. It provides the Green Dot Program at both the high school and community level.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members ZZ Top are coming to The Corbin Arena this summer. The Corbin Arena announced Monday morning that ZZ Top will be playing on July 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 14, at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available to.
With the continued growth of Corbin Independent Schools, the school system has outgrown the available space for the staff and administrators at the central office on Roy Kidd Ave.
Relief is on the way as Forcht Group of Kentucky has donated the two-story building on Barbourville Street to the school system.
The building, known as the Hacker Building, previously housed Corbin United Effort, but has been rented out for a number of times.
Forcht Group of Kentucky Founder, Chairman and CEO Terry Forcht said the building’s location on Barbourville Street near Campbell Field and the central office made the school system the ideal choice to receive the building.
The Corbin City Commission discussed what actions can be taken about unpaid violations issued by Corbin Code Enforcement during its monthly meeting on Monday.
“I had this placed on the agenda,” said Commissioner Seth Reeves. “The properties I was aware of were the Roy Kidd properties coming down the middle school hill. They just need to be cleaned up. It looks bad. Now that school is back in all the traffic goes down through there.”
Reeves told the board that he has spoken with Allen Benfield, Corbin’s building inspector and code enforcement, and Benfield told him that violations had been issued. Reeves said that people just aren’t paying the violations.
Corbin’s Carnegie Library building in its heyday.
Maggie Kriebel, Vice Chair of the Carnegie Center of Corbin, said local artist Barbara Willingham has donated 50 signed and numbered prints featuring the old Krystal Kitchen and the old Engineer Street Bridge that will be available during the Facebook Live event at 6 p.m. on April 20.
The Krystal Kitchen print, entitled, “Time Expired,” is $100.
The bridge print, entitled, “Old Railroad Bridge,” is $150.
“You can purchase both for $200,” Kriebel said.
After three years of fundraising efforts, the Carnegie Corporation purchased the 104-year-old building on Roy Kidd Ave. in November with the goal of transforming it into a multi-purpose facility, housing a Corbin History Museum and community center.