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KILLING A KILLER: Corbin native details his role in prison attack that led to death of infamous serial killer Donald Harvey

James D. Elliott Donald Harvey A Knox and Whitley County native, serving a long prison sentence in Ohio for a series of burglaries and assault, is claiming he is responsible for the beating death of infamous serial killer Donald Harvey — nicknamed the “Angel of Death” after he...

Legal Notices for 6-20-18

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE Pursuant to Application No. 918-0492 NW In accordance with KRS 350.055 notice is hereby given that KLA Mining, Inc., 121 Vermillion Ave Whitesburg, KY 41858, has applied for a permit for a surface coal mining and reclamation operation located 1.0 mile...

Jo Ann Rose

Jo Ann Rose, 86, of Williamsburg, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born November 9, 1931 in Whitley County, to the late Wolford and Dorcas Beams Carr. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers...

Master Commissioner Sales 6-20-18

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY 34TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITLEY CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION NO. II CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-CI-743 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company fka Bankers Trust Company of California, National Association as Trustee for the Certificateholders Vendee Mortgage Trust 2001-1...

‘Off the Clock’ performing at W’burg block party Friday night

Looking for something fun and free to do Friday night? Then come down to Bill Woods Park for the Williamsburg Main Street program’s second block party of the summer. Lexington-based band “Off the Clock” will be making their second appearance ever at the Williamsburg summer block...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018

David Wells, Jr.

David Wells, Jr., 41, of Woodbine passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018. He was born May 11, 1977, in Frankfort. He was a graduate of Knox Central High School and a self-employed carpenter. He was preceded in death by his step-father, Ricky Brock and his uncle, David Scott Downey....

Stanley Layton Lunsford

Stanley Layton Lunsford, 68, passed away on Thursday, June 14, 2018 in Tennessee. Funeral service was held Monday, June 18, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Brafford Cemetery.

JAILHOUSE INTERVIEW: Daughter says mother to blame for her own death

Christy McFadden, the Corbin woman accused of complicity to the murder of her mother, told her version of how her mother’s death occurred in a jailhouse interview Tuesday. McFadden and her husband, Joseph, were arrested in relation to the death of McFadden’s mother, Sherry Rose,...

Billy J. Jones

Billy J. Jones, 79, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Laurel County, he was the son of the late Perry Jones and Mattie Hill Jones. Billy was a member of Greenland Baptist Church and had been an engineer for CSX Railroad. In...

Betty Dizney Black

Betty Dizney Black, 97, the widow of John Bill Black and the daughter of Scott and Hazel Dizney, passed away June 11, 2018 in Federal Way, Washington. She was born in Corbin on November 2, 1920. She graduated from High School, married John Bill and with him raised Bill and...