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Helen Brummett England, of Greensburg, daughter of the late James A. Brummett and Melda Morgan Brummett, was born on Friday, November 11, 1932 in Williamsburg, and departed this life on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Jane Todd Crawford Hospital. She was 85 years, 2 months, and...

Jeanette Hudson, 92, of Corbin passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018, at Baptist Health Corbin. She was a member of Parkway Church of God. Born July 5, 1925, in Elkhorn City, she was the daughter of the late Ted and Gypsy Ramey. In addition to her father and mother, she was...

Edgar Long, 81, of Elk Valley, TN passed away January 23, 2018 at his home. He was born October 20, 1936 in Pioneer, TN. Edgar is preceded in death by his parents: Henry and Bertha Morgan Long; brothers, Arlie Long, Lansford Long, Leonard Long, William Long, Francis Long;...

Whitley County has a rich, storied history, and the future doesn’t look so bad either. That was the message Tuesday from Pat White Jr., the county’s Judge-Executive, who was the featured speaker at the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon. It was a...

About 70 people gathered in downtown Corbin Monday afternoon to take part in a group meeting for a branding project to increase tourism and economic development in southern and eastern Kentucky. Greg Fuson, a Research Director with ChandlerThinks, a consulting firm based in...

Last week my wife and I went with our daughter Amber and her three children, ages 3,5 and 7, to see the Harlem Globetrotters. She lives in Henderson, Ky. which is just across the Ohio river from the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. Actually we didn’t go to see the Globetrotters....

To the Editor: On behalf of the members of The Rotary Club of Corbin, and our President Seth Reeves, I want to thank all the contributors and those community volunteers who participated in putting on the Southeast Kentucky Empty Stocking Fund Christmas party for the children in...

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After declaring his candidacy for an unprecedented fourth term, Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney abruptly ended his bid Wednesday morning. According to Victoria Adkins, Election Deputy with the Whitley County Clerk’s Office, McBurney officially withdrew his name from the...