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Mildred Ann “Middy” McKinney McGhee

Mildred Ann “Middy” McKinney McGhee passed away Tuesday morning at her daughters residence in Corbin. Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Ann “Middy” McKinney McGhee were conducted Thursday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home-Harrodsburg Rd. in Lexington, Kentucky. Burial followed at The...

Willard D. Brown, Jr.

Willard D. Brown, Jr., 36, of Gray, passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Corbin. A memorial service was held Saturday, April 30, at Dog Slaughter Bridge. The Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements where messages may be written at...

Task force releases recommendations on inappropriate student-teacher relationships

In response to a request by Rep. Regina Bunch, R-Williamsburg, a state task force released a list of 10 recommendations Friday that are designed to combat inappropriate relationships between students and educators. Prompted by concerns from Bunch last April, the Education...
Posted On 04 May 2016

James Lee Disney

James Lee Disney, 74, of Gray, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016 at his residence. Funeral service were held Thursday, April 28, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Siler and Rev. Sean Disney officiating. Military honors were conducted at the funeral home....

Man assaulted over ‘pill money’

A Corbin woman has pleaded not guilty to a charge that she pushed a man and hit him with his cane in December. Forty-three-year-old Angela M. Moore is being held in the Knox County Detention Center following her arrest last Thursday morning on the warrant charging her with one...

Two local residents facing federal meth charges

A federal grand jury has indicted two men for allegedly conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Whitley County. In the indictment returned Friday in U.S. District Court in London, 33-year-old Bradley Justin Lawson of Corbin and 24-year-old Christopher L. Jones of Lily are...

Betty Sellers Pierce

Betty Sellers Pierce, 77, of Corbin passed away on Monday April 25, 2016 at the Christian Health Care Center in Corbin. Graveside service for Betty Pierce were held Thursday April 28,  the Barbourville Cemetery with Rev. Joe Hammonds and Rev. Dennis McCoy officiating....

Dorthy Geneva Baker

Dorthy Geneva Baker,  82, of Baker Cemetery Road, Williamsburg,  passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at the Jellico Community Hospital in Jellico, TN. The funeral service was held Thursday, April 28,  at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Anthony Reaves and Rev. Gary...

Community mourns loss of popular Williamsburg teacher

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Posted On 04 May 2016

Arie “Flora” Ledford Cobb

Arie “Flora” Ledford Cobb,  85, of Corbin, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016 in Corbin, KY. Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 27,  at the Church of the Nazarene, with Rev. Chris Gilmore and Rev. Lonnie Storms, officiating. Interment was in the McFarland...