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Gerald Richard Jones, 70, of Cardinal Heights Road, Williamsburg departed this life on Friday, December 14, 2018 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. He was born on August 17, 1948 in Sidney, OH to the late Oren Jones and Stella (Hughes) Jones. He was also...

Kenneth Ray Pittman, 69 of White Oak, TN passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, TN. He was born November 18, 1949 in Bonny Blue, VA. Ray is preceded in death by his father, Johnnie Pittman; mother, Rose Ella Thomas Pittman; brothers,...

Gary L. Masters, 68, of Corbin, went home to heaven to be with his Lord and Savior on December 13, 2018 while on vacation in Florida. He was a former office clerk at the US Postal Service with 35 years of service. He was a 1968 graduate of Corbin High School, where he played on...

Edgar Hardin Hayden, 68, of Lexington, KY, formerly of Corbin, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018. He was preceded in death by his father, Edgar Hardin Hayden; mother, Robbie Paterson; step-father, Harry Paterson; sister, Barbara Thompson; and brother, Donald Hayden. A man...

Ira Belle Sharp Souders, 89, of Cincinnati, OH and formerly of Williamsburg departed this life on Friday, December 14, at her home. She was born on July 5, 1929 in Williamsburg, to the late Truit Sharp and Icy (Johnson) Sharp. She was also preceded in death by her husbands,...

Corbin High School was placed on “soft lockdown” Friday morning after a man was reportedly seen near the campus with a shotgun. According to Corbin Independent Schools Superintendent Dave Cox, a student looked out of a school building window and noticed a man walking...

As Christmas rapidly approaches, the local US Marine Corps Toys For Tots Campaign, requests the public’s help. Their campaign provides “A Little Christmas” for the low-income children of Whitley, Knox and Laurel Counties. In 2017, the campaign’s first year in the area, Toys For...

Program provided Christmas for 240 children in 23rd year Laurel County Sheriff John Root reports that he along with 30 Laurel Sheriff’s supervisors, deputies, bailiffs, court security officers and even the sheriff’s office K-9 “Edge” all had the privilege to help with Laurel...

Characterized as the “ultimate encourager” and public servant, Corbin’s Don Ashley was eulogized Saturday afternoon at a filled-to-capacity First Baptist Church sanctuary in Corbin. Ashley died December 4 after a long battle with bone cancer. He was 61-years-old. Ashley was one...

A youth group from a Connecticut-based Catholic church returned to the tri-county area for the sixth straight year to spread a little Christmas joy to the area’s most needy. Twenty-four teens, and their adult chaperones, from St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, based in New...