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The Larry Stevens Memorial Playground site is empty now after equipment was removed earlier this year following a failed safety inspection. The Corbin City Commission voted last week to install new equipment, which will include a better surface. Two months after the playground...

The Corbin City Commission voted Monday to have the city manager send out requests for proposals from companies interested in providing the city with residential garbage service, though the decision was nowhere near unanimous. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today,...

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE Pursuant to Application Number 918-0494 In accordance with KRS 350.055, notice is hereby given that JRL Coal, Inc., 966 Highway 990; Coalgood, KY 40818 has applied for a permit for a surface coal mining and reclamation operation affecting 242.74 acres...

Robert D. “Speedy” Byrd, 73, of Sandy Flats Road, Williamsburg, departed this life on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at his home. He was born on July 7, 1943 in Jellico, to the late Jessie Lewis Byrd and Neil Marion Byrd. He was preceded in death by a son, James Byrd; grandson, Zachariah...

Lisa Faye Lovitt, 56, of North 6th Street, Williamsburg, departed this life on Monday, May 8, 2017 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. She was born on January 16, 1961 in Jellico, TN to the late Eugene Griffith and Mae Etta Lay. She was preceded in death by...

Roy Howard Mooneyham, Jr., 90, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Corbin, he was the son of the late Roy H. Mooneyham and Ollie Payne Mooneyham. He was also preceded in death by his wife Virginia “Virgie” Mooneyham on October 7, 2014; and...

William Herren, Jr., 86, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at Baptist Health in Lexington. Born in Knox County, he was the son of the late William Herren, Sr., and Melissa Mullins Herren. He was preceded in death by his brother Walter Herren and sister Anna Mae Langenbach. He...

Betty Sue Siler Wilson, 49, of Mill Road, Lafollette, TN departed this life on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the home of her mother in Williamsburg. She was born on November 9, 1967 in Jellico,  to Bill Siler and Betty M. (Lawson) Siler. She was preceded in death by her twin sister,...