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To the Editor: As the Independence Day holiday approaches, Phantom Fireworks would like to remind its customers, friends, and all those who use consume fireworks to be mindful of the fact that some veterans can be startled and upset by the noise of fireworks. Chelsey Zoldan, M.S....

Dear Editor, Ego. Privilege. Dubious deal-making. Litigation. Oh what a tangled web former University of the Cumberlands president Jim Taylor has weaved. He claims he is owed a lifetime retirement package worth $395,000 per year. Transferable to his wife if he dies first. Nice....

Gaylain Timothy “G” McFarland, 51, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016 at Continue Care Hospital. The family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Thursday, June 30, at the funeral home. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 30,...

To the Editor: At its regular monthly board meeting June 16, the Board of Directors of the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously in opposition to the recent decision by City Commission to enforce the city’s 1 percent occupational tax on workers in the Knox...

Jerrell Loren Pridemore, Jr., 37, of Lily, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, July 1,  at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home with Rev. Junior Baker officiating. Burial will be in the McHargue Cemetery. The...

To the Editor: Williamsburg Health & Rehab Center would like to thank all of the following sponsors who made contributions to our silent auction for the American Cancer Society. We would like to send out a special recognition and thank you to all of those who have a donation...

Minnie L Harmon,  95, of Lawrenceburg, IN passed away Friday, June 24, 2016 in Lawrenceburg, IN. Graveside service and burial will be held at Corinth Cemetery in Corbin,  on Wednesday, June 29,  at 1 p.m. Laurel Funeral Home (formerly Corbin Funeral Home) is in charge of the...

To the Editor: I am puzzled by Don Estep’s editorial this week which inferred that Corbin’s current leaders failed to take advantage of an opportunity to work out an agreement with Knox County and share some of the $1 million dollars that comes out of the businesses and workers...

Years ago, when I was Chairman of the Corbin Tourism Commission, I signed a letter that was sent to Mayor Amos Miller telling him that the Commission had voted to give 75 percent of its restaurant tax money to the city for the purpose of reducing the debt on the new Arena....

Two people are in stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center where they were airlifted following a two-vehicle crash in Woodbine Wednesday. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies identified the individuals as 47-year-old Samuel Crabtree of Louisville and...