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A single vehicle accident late Sunday evening on I-75 near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line claimed the life of a Jellico man. The Whitley County Coroner’s Office pronounced Robert Q. Hamblin, 32, dead at the scene, according to a Kentucky State Police release. KSP responded to...

Fannie Kelly, age 88, the wife of the late Leon Kelly of Dearborn Michigan and formerly of Corbin, Kentucky passed away on Sunday, August 8th, at Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 12, 2021 beginning with...

Robert Taylor Curtis, 23, of Corbin passed away Thursday, August 5, 2021. He was born March 2, 1998, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Robert was a member of Central Baptist Church. He graduated from Corbin High School in 2016. He was currently a student at the University of the...

Gorman Verlin Lawson, age 64, of Fort Mitchell, KY passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021 at his home. He was born June 22, 1957 in Jellico, TN to Verlin Lawson and the late Euma Jean Monhollen Lawson. He is survived by his wife; Karen Lawson of Fort Mitchell, KY, six children, Tim...

Vivian Smith Cotterell, age 65, of Hemlock Subdivision Road, Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Vivian was born on March 23, 1956 in Corbin, Kentucky to the late Edward Eugene...

T.S. Reid Elliott, age 87, longtime resident of Corbin, passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Corbin Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral service was held on Tuesday August 10, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home with Rev. Homer Johnson officiating. Burial followed in the Terrell...

Velvet Lou Petrey, age 72, of Tackett Creek Road, Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at Baptist Health in Richmond, Kentucky. She was born on January 14, 1949 in Williamsburg, Kentucky to the late Chris and Mildred (Blakley) Richmond. In...

David Eric Herrera, age 47, of Indianapolis, Indiana departed this life on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at his home in Indiana. He was born on July 3, 1974. He was preceded in death by his mother, Julia Ann Herrera. He is survived by his grandparents, E.S. and Elida Pittman of...

Robert Rogers, age 60, of Corbin, KY passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Hillcrest Health and Rehabilitation. Visitation will be 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm on Wednesday, August 11, at the Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home, his funeral service will begin at 2:00 pm with Rev. Bobby...

James Robert Webb, age 85, of Jellico, Tennessee passed away Friday, August 6, 2021 at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. He was born November 26, 1935 in Winfield, Tennessee. James made friends everywhere he went and was known affectionately to his family as “Poppy”. He...