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Oliver Gray, 88, of Beech Bluff, TN, passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017 at St. Joseph London. Oliver is survived by his wife of 61 years, Sarah Hollin Gray. Funeral services were held Thursday, June 1, at Living Waters Pentecostal Church with Rev. Charlie Humfleet and Rev. R.P....

With June comes the start of summer and an abundance of fresh produce available at the Whitley County Farmers Market. An in-season produce offering you may not necessarily associate with late spring and early summer is broccoli. Broccoli actually has two growing seasons in...

Warmer weather brings more pest problems. Horn flies and face flies are key pests of Kentucky cattle. Both species breed in fresh manure piles, but they present different threats and management problems. Fortunately, you have a variety of fly control options. Horn flies are blood...

Anna Lee Bryant, 76, of Jellico Creek Road, Williamsburg, departed this life on Friday, June 2, 2017 at her home. She was born on October 7, 1940 in Whitley County, to the late Leonard Taylor and Naomi (Meadors) Taylor. Anna Lee was a member of Ryans Creek Baptist Church. She is...

Trent Knuckles is publisher of The News Journal. One of the more troubling developments — from the point of view of a journalist, anyway — has been the rather sudden ramping up of vitriolic hatred and distrust of “the media.” Two newspaper-printing facilities relatively nearby...

Robert Glenn Baird, 50, of Old Jellico Creek Road, Williamsburg, departed this life on Monday, May 29, 2017 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. He was born on May 9, 1967 in Sharonville, OH to Joe E. Baird and the late Nancy Ruth (Robertson) Baird. In...

Jessica Canada Wellman always wanted to do well in school while growing up in Williamsburg, but the past two years at WKU may have exceeded her own expectations. Wellman, a 2012 graduate of Whitley County High School, was honored last May as WKU’s Ogden Foundation Scholar, the...