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James “Earl” Johnson, 94, a Purple Heart recipient, passed away on Tuesday July 7, 2018 “Purple Heart Day” Earl was a member of 20th Street Baptist Church and a lifetime member of the D.A.V. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having entered into the US Army at the age of...

Ruth S. Phillips, 66, of Gray passed away Monday, August 6, 2018, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Born October 20, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Henry Sizemore, Sr., and Sophie Sizemore. Ruth was a graduate of Lynn Camp High School. She truly loved life to...

Daisy May Tipton, 92, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday August 9, 2018 at the Heritage. She was born in Black Mountain, a daughter of the late Temus Warfield and Florence Goodin Warfield. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Tipton; son,...

Emby Archie McKeehan, 94, of Bee Creek Road, Corbin departed this life on Thursday, August 7, 2018 at his home. He was born on December 21, 1923 in Whitley County, to the late Seberry McKeehan and Nellie (Ellison) McKeehan. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in...

Billy Edwin Logan, 63, of Corbin, departed this life on Thursday, August 9, 2018, at his home. Born September 30, 1954, in Pineville, Billy was the son of the late Kyle Logan and Ruth (McKeehan) Logan. Billy was a former employee of Flavor Rich and of the Baptist Faith. Besides...

John L. Whitman, 67, of Williamsburg, passed away Tuesday August 7, 2018 at Continue Care Hospital in Corbin. He was born February 1, 1951 in Brooksville, FL to the late James L. and Florence Louise Wilson Whitman. He is survived by his companion Arlene Adkins of Williamsburg;...

Walter Osborne, Jr., 73, of Whittier, NC, formerly of Corbin, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 4, 2018, in Asheville, NC. Born February 26, 1945, he was the son of the late Walter and Marie Osborne. He was a U.S. Army veteran. In addition to his father and mother, he was...

He’s not the biggest, or most intimidating player on the court. But former Corbin High School, and Alice Lloyd College, standout Isaac Wilson has been the most consistently dominate presence at the annual NIBROC 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament over it’s six year existence. He’ll be...

Virginia D. Gregory, 82, of Williamsburg, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at UK Medical Center in Lexington. Born in Grand Rapids, MI, Virginia was the daughter of the late C.C. Wood and Helen Eaton Wood. She was also preceded in death by her husband James Gregory, daughter...

Corbin’s Director of Economic Development, Bruce Carpenter, said his program has been awarded over $5 million in grant funds to help create jobs locally, and touted the repeated construction of large speculative buildings as key to the effort during a recent speech to the Corbin...