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Kentucky city unveils wood-carved statue of Colonel Sanders
May 6, 2021
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CORBIN, Ky. (AP) A southeast Kentucky city has unveiled a statue honoring one of its most famous figures Colonel Sanders.
The city of Corbin showed off the statue of Sanders, the founder and symbol of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, on Wednesday.
The image of the iconic businessman will stand outside the city s tourism office to “attract tourists off of the interstate” and “bring people inside the welcome center to learn a little bit more about Corbin, according to Maggy Kriebel, the executive director of the city s tourism commission.
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CORBIN, Ky. (AP) A southeast Kentucky city has unveiled a statue honoring one of its most famous figures Colonel Sanders.
The city of Corbin showed off the statue of Sanders, the founder and symbol of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, on Wednesday.
The image of the iconic businessman will stand outside the city’s tourism office to “attract tourists off of the interstate” and “bring people inside the welcome center to learn a little bit more about Corbin,” according to Maggy Kriebel, the executive director of the city’s tourism commission.
The pine statue, which stands beside three carved chickens, was chiseled with a chainsaw over more than 40 hours by artist duo Jerry and Kim Eaton, WKYT-TV reported.
May 06, 2021 - 1:19 AM
CORBIN, Ky. - A southeast Kentucky city has unveiled a statue honouring one of its most famous figures â Colonel Sanders.
The city of Corbin showed off the statue of Sanders, the founder and symbol of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, on Wednesday.
The image of the iconic businessman will stand outside the city s tourism office to âattract tourists off of the interstateâ and âbring people inside the welcome centre to learn a little bit more about Corbin, according to Maggy Kriebel, the executive director of the city s tourism commission.
The pine statue, which stands beside three carved chickens, was chiseled with a chainsaw over more than 40 hours by artist duo Jerry and Kim Eaton, WKYT-TV reported.
The intersection of Highway 25W and Ky 830 in front of the Harland Sanders Café and Museum is closed after a wreck involving a Whitley County school bus.
Crews were dispatched to the scene at approximately 4:40 p.m.
No students were on the school bus, but the female passenger of a Ford SUV had to be extricated and airlifted.
The accident is under investigation.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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