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Bonnie L. Smith, 68 of Williamsburg, passed Friday March 10, 2017 at Jellico Community Hospital. She was born April 24, 1948 in Whitley County to the late William Hill and Nancy Bray Hill. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by a grandchild Casey Thacker; sister...

Betty J. Foxx, 90, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Corbin, Betty was the daughter of the late James Everett Bull and Irene Arnold Bull. She was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church and enjoyed reading. Betty had worked as office...

A Whitley East Elementary School student was selected as the Whitley County Winner of the 2016-2017 Grandparent of the Year essay contest sponsored by AARP Kentucky and the Kentucky Retired Teachers’ Association. (KRTA) Macy Paul, daughter of  Becky and Ricky Paul, is among...

Miss NIBROC 2016 and Miss Kentucky 2017 contestant MaKenna Thibodeaux will be the featured speaker Tuesday at the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon. Thibodeaux will be the first winner ever from the Miss NIBROC Festival pageant to move on to be a...

Trent Knuckles is publisher of The News Journal. OK, here’s your chance. Voting begins this week in the News Journal’s annual People’s Choice readers’ poll. This is always a popular contest and we get many votes every year. I think it’s a lot of fun. Read this story and more for...

First, praises to the individuals who are responsible for picking up the litter along the highway on both the Whitley and Laurel County sides of the 312 bridge north of Corbin. This is a heavily traveled scenic area that will benefit from your efforts. About three weeks ago I...

When he was just four-years-old, Alexandria, Virginia native Geoff Gallante found his older brother’s trumpet and immediately became enamored with the instrument. By age six, he’d already appeared as a guest soloist with the Louisville Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, the...

Calvin Roy Claxton Sr., 64, of Cumberland Falls Highway, Corbin, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at St. Joseph of London. He was born on July 11, 1952 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Cal Claxton and Lillian (Jones) Claxton. He is survived by daughter, Dorothy Claxton of...

Ernest Collett, 51, of Frankfort School Road, Corbin, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017 at his home. He was born on October 24, 1965 in Hyden, to the late Rev. Walter H. Collett and Fannie Katherine (Brock) Collett. Ernest was a member of Little Community Church of God on Bee...

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