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Friday is the last day Whitley County Clerk’s Office will be open to the public for a while

If you need to go to the county clerk’s office to file a deed, pay your motor vehicle taxes or get a marriage license, then you only have one more day to do so before it temporarily closes to the public. Friday will be the last day that the office is open to the public in the...
Posted On 19 Mar 2020

Ima Lee Helton

Ima Lee Helton, age 72, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at her home. She was born in Corbin, KY, to the late, Arthur and Mary Storms. Ima was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Auction of former Corbin Elementary, Intermediate school buildings moved online; will end Saturday

The former Corbin Elemetary and Corbin Intermediate School buildings will be auctioned as scheduled on Saturday, but, in light of fears of spreading the conoravirus, it will be entirely online. Adam Hill, Principal Broker/Auctioneer At Interstate Auction and Realty said the...

Common sense goes a long way

In 1933 the United States faced perilous times. A professor from Columbia University had written the inaugural speech for president Franklin D. Roosevelt. A newspaperman read over the speech and insisted that the phrase,”There is nothing to fear but fear itself,” be included. How...
Posted On 19 Mar 2020

Lucille Bowling Carloftis

A Blessed Life Well Lived – The Beautiful Journey of Lucille Bowling Carloftis began February 14, 1928, on Little Goose Creek in Clay County to Verda Mae Marcum and Robert Franklin Bowling.  When her mother became very ill, her paternal grandmother, Margaret Bowling Garrison,...

Anna Louise Lovitt

Anna Louise Lovitt, age 94, born April 10, 1925 in Whitley County, Kentucky passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at the Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation facility. She graduated from Pleasant View High School and worked at Y-12 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a young adult....

James Michael Siler

James Michael Siler, age 51, of Cardinal Drive, Corbin, Kentucky, departed this life on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He was born on April 10, 1968 in Fairfax, Virginia to Richard and Geneva (Jackson) Siler. He is survived by his parents, Richard and Geneva...

John Bill Grant

John Bill Grant, age 75, of Woodbine, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at his home. He was a retired coal miner, attended Indian Gap Baptist Church and loved hunting and going to the flea market. John Bill was born in Woodbine and was preceded in death by his mother,...

Corbin Utilities Commission suspends late fees, disconnection of service for non-payment

The Corbin Utilities Commission approved proposed steps to aid customers and employees during the COVID–19 situation, waiving credit card and late fees, suspending the disconnection of services for non–payment, giving employees additional sick leave, and authorizing the general...

Champion Matthew Lee

Champion Matthew Lee, 50, of Gray, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at the University of Kentucky Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Barbara. Graveside services were held Wednesday, March 18, at Lee-Brown Family Cemetery in Browns Creek, Kentucky. Hart Funeral Home in...
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