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Frances Hope Collins Monroe, age 75, of Williamsburg, KY, departed this life on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Baptist Health Lexington. She was born on March 27, 1949 to Everette Millard and Elizabeth Aileen Collins. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Richard Neil Lawson, age 72, of the Saxton Community of Whitley County, Kentucky, passed away Friday morning, May 31, 2024, at the Pineville Nursing Home, in Pineville, KY. He was born on October 20, 1951, to the late Nathan Lawson and Wyula (Barrett) Lawson in Whitley County,...

Wilma Edna (Lawson) Hutson, age 97, of the Saxton Community of Whitley County, Kentucky, passed away early Monday morning, June 3, 2024, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, surrounded by her family. She was born on April 2, 1927, to the late Joe...

Lillian Suzanne (Marlow) Chambers Lynch, age 50, of Williamsburg, Kentucky passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at her home. She was born September 27, 1973, in Corbin, Kentucky. Suzanne is preceded in death by her husband, Ron Chambers; stepson, Nathan Chambers; paternal...

Tammy Charlene Huddleston, age 59, of Duff, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at the LaFollette Medical Center. She was born September 18, 1964, in Goshen, Indiana. Tammy was a member of the White Oak Church of God. She enjoyed drinking Pepsi, eating Smarties,...

Lois June Long, born to Theodore and Hazel Weaver Davis in 1941 in Oswego, TN. Later moved to Jellico, TN. She is preceded in death by her parents and husband of 56 years in 2019. Lois is survived by brother-in-law, Danny Douglas (Sharon), sisters-in-law, Sandra Sumner, and Kathy...

There are certain topics of conversation that come up frequently here in the offices of the News Journal. Among those is the seemingly worsening issue of homelessness and housing insecurity in our local communities.