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Repair Affair draws 100 volunteers

Nearly 100 volunteers turned out Saturday morning to spend part of their day helping make the lives of some elderly and disabled Whitley County residents just a little bit better. Norman Cornelius, co
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A Kentucky Fried musical production is in the works

The life and times of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders could become the subject of a regular local musical production in the near future. Lexington resident Bo List said Sanders, perhaps
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Vance claimes he was too drunk to be responsible for $75,000 gambling debt

A Corbin businessman said he doesn't owe an Indiana casino $75,000 in blackjack losses because he was drunk the night managers offered him the money in credit. Jim Vance, 64, recently filed a counters
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Veterans memorial adding names of eight Whitley County soldiers

Local veteran's groups will soon be adding more names to the Whitley County Veteran's Memorial in front of the Whitley County Courthouse in time for Old Fashioned Trading Days. Sgt.
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Recanvass changes totals, but not election outcome

A recanvass of Whitley County election results Thursday produced some changes in vote totals for nearly two dozen candidates, most of which were minor, but didn't effect the outcome of any races. Repu
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Losing candidates petition court for new election

Seven losing candidates in the May 16 primary election filed a lawsuit late Friday afternoon seeking to have the election results thrown out, and calling for a new election. Dewayne Bunch, Linda Chinn
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Two drown while swimming near High Top Wednesday afternoon

Emergency crews from two counties recovered the bodies of a pair of swimmers who drown in Laurel Lake Wednesday.About 3:30 p.m., Whitley County dispatchers received a 911 call reporting that two teena
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Megan Prewitt and Josh Brock

Richard and Nina Prewitt, along with Gary and Kim Brock, are pleased to announce the marriage of their children, Megan Rae Prewitt and Joshua Lee Brock.
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Changing of the Guard

The musical chair for coaching continued this week when Roger Gentry stepped down at Whitley County and took a coaching job with Chuck King in Georgia. I was really looking forward to working with Gen
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Sweep

Corbin coach Curt Hart said he was able to sleep well before Friday's regional tennis finals. He should have been able to after all, it was Ryan Logan-Blake Freeman vs.
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