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As I was turning out the lights preparing to go to bed last Tuesday night the word “east” entered my mind. In my column last week I wrote “east” rather than “west” of the underpass in giving the location of what used to be the Hall-Watson Furniture Co. building. The paper had...

Continuing with the historical theme from Trevor’s column, Monday I met with Diane Mitchell, her brother Rob Miller and Paul Jones at the Corbin Public Library. Diane set up the meeting in order to get information Paul and I could recall about Corbin’s history. I’ll admit that I...

Winning a state championship… It’s something dreams are made of! The Whitley County Colonels baseball team made history Saturday evening in Lexington by winning the State Baseball Championship. The accomplishment is huge! This is a feat that no other team from the 13th...

Slow down! I’m talking to Father Time as this week I start my 36th year at this newspaper. It has gone so fast. It seems like yesterday that I was talking to Terry Forcht about taking the job as publisher of the Whitley Republican. In order to take the position I suggested that...

Bill Crook, my best friend, passed away Monday. I have known Bill since we were kids, but over the years we became close friends. When I first started dating my wife Judy, we would go out with Bill and his wife, Sharon. That continued for many years after our marriage. Recently I...

My guess is that most of us living today will never witness a settlement to battle between Corbin and London on the attempts by the City of London to annex property along I-75 adjacent to Exit 29. As you are aware, last week the Court of Appeals ruled that a Laurel judge was in...

I have just returned, along with my wife and sister-in-law, from a trip to Ireland. Nice trip. Beautiful country. Lots of pubs. Many old castles. Huge tombstones. Sheep everywhere, also cattle. Crowded with tourists. Glad to be back home. That about sums up our vacation to a...

I thought of one of Yogi Berra’s funny sayings when I went to the Root Beer Stand in Corbin the other night. Yogi, referring to a restaurant, said, “Nobody goes there any more. It is always too crowded.” The Root Beer Stand is always crowded, and there are several reasons for it....

The border war continues between London and Corbin. Maybe war is a little too strong of a word but both towns are moving their boundaries that will collide near “Malfunction Junction.” Malfunction is such an appropriate word to use with borders of London and Corbin about to meet...

Easter Sunday. Church goers all over the world will celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion this Sunday. For Christians it is victory of life over death. During my lifetime this special day has changed so much. When I was young in the 1950’s,...