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Overbey steps down as head basketball coach at Whitley County

Whitley County schools officials have announced the resignation of Boys’ Basketball Coach Jerry Overbey . Overbey’s resignation came Monday after nine seasons of leading the Colonels, who finished the season on Feb. 25 with a 67-52 loss to South Laurel in the first round of the...

Glenda Kay Stephens

Glenda Kay Stephens, age 75, of Dean King Road, Pine Knot, Kentucky, departed this life on Friday, February 28, 2020 at the Lake Cumberland Medical Center in Somerset, Kentucky. She was born on December 25, 1944 to the late Delbert and Sarah (Dotson) Malone. She was also preceded...

Larry Willis

Larry Willis, 67, of Williamsburg, KY, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Baptist Health Lexington. He was born May 12, 1952, in Bell County, KY, to the late Rev. Lee and Rosa Rains Willis. He was a deacon and member of Cumberland River Church of God. He is survived by his...

Gerald D Goins

Gerald D. Goins, 86, of Rockholds, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Williamsburg, Gerald was the son of the late Garrett Goins and Bertha Mayfield Goins McFadden. Gerald had been a trainmaster for L&N/CSX Railroads, and was a U.S....

Geneva Evans Lay

Geneva “Granny” Evans Lay, 78, of Corbin, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at her home. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 29, in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Don Hilton officiating. Burial followed at Douglas Cemetery in Jellico, Tennessee. Hart Funeral...

Heather Sulfridge Hensley

Heather Sulfridge Hensley, 47, of Corbin, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the University of Louisville Hospital. She leaves behind her daughter, Maranda Hensley. Funeral services were held Wednesday, February 26, in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Billy Evans and...

Danny David Perkins

Mr. Danny David Perkins, age 68, of Newcomb, passed away Monday, February 24, 2020, at Beech Tree Manor in Jellico. He was born November 02, 1951 in Jellico, Tennessee. He moved to Michigan with his family in 1965, he returned to the area in 1971.  Danny worked for Bill &...

Search warrant leads to two arrests on drug charges in Gray; search for third suspect continues

Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people Friday in connection with more than three ounces of crystal methamphetamine located at a Gray residence, while a third suspect remains at large. Deputies arrested Laura Hammons, 28, of Gray, and Jade C. Carroll, 21, of Corbin....

Dallas W Jones

Dallas W. Jones, 86, of Corbin, passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Beech Tree Manor at Jellico, TN. Born in Corbin, he was a son of the late Raymond and Melda Wyatt Jones and also predeceased by a sister, Doris Trett. Dallas served in the U.S. Army earning the rank of...

Corbin City Commission unveils Miller Park renovations

Almost a year after the project was first proposed, the Corbin City Commission got a first glance at proposed improvements to Miller Park to increase its use and make it more family friendly. At a special called commission meeting last Thursday, Derek Phillips with Deco...