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Two of Whitley County’s three public school districts are now recognized as among the most elite in Kentucky, and the other had a setback after posting enormous gains last year, according to “report cards” recently released as part of Kentucky’s “Unbridled Learning” education...

UPDATE: Corbin Police say a man shot during a domestic dispute Thursday, died Friday night. Corbin Police Detective Rust Hedrick said Steve Pataki’s family contacted him about midnight Saturday to say Pataki had died at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. An autopsy...

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A memorial service for Harvey Fred Davis and Dean Slone will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at First Christian Church, 100 S. Main Street, Corbin, KY. This announcement is a courtesy of Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home.

Wathena “Midge” Simpson, 82, of Corbin, passed away on Friday October 7, 2016 at her home. She was retired from CTA and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Corbin. Midge was preceded in death by her husband, George Simpson; parents, Leonard Miracle and Mary Duff Miracle;...

Lena B. Evans was born in Harlan, KY, on July 23, 1925. She joined many family and friends in Heaven on October 9, 2016 peacefully at 6:07 a.m. with her daughter and son-in-law holding her hands. She spent most of her life in Harlan but moved to Corbin in 2000 to be close to her...

Alice Faye O’Brien Walden, 52, of Jellico, TN passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the Beech Tree Manor. She was born May 7, 1964 in Jellico, TN. She was preceded in death by her father, Samuel John O’Brien, Sr.; brothers and sisters, Bobby Ivey, James Marion O’Brien, John...

Geneva Manes Rhodes, 70, of Highway 92 East, Siler, departed this life on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at her home. She was born on June 12, 1946 in Whitley County, to the late Joe Manes and Mary Elizabeth (Peace) Manes. She was preceded in death by a son, Roy Charles Rhodes Jr.;...