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Jewel Dean Hanna

Jewel Dean Hanna, 85, of Corbin,  passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Baptist Health Corbin. The family will receive friends Wednesday, July 27, from 12 (noon) – 2 p.m. Funeral services will be held  Wednesday, July 27, at 2 p.m. at the Harp Funeral Home Chapel with...

Joel Edward Childers

Joel Edward Childers, 44, of the Browns Creek Community, Williamsburg, passed away Saturday July 23, 2016 at his home. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday July 26, at the Ellison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jeff Hurst and Rev. Kenny Carr officiating. Following the...

Norman Lee Vogel

Norman Lee Vogel,  76, of Converse, South Carolina and formerly of Williamsburg,  passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at the Spartanburg Medical Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The funeral service was held Sunday, July 24, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev....

Caleb Junior Powers

Caleb Junior Powers,  65, of Powers Branch Road, Barbourville,  passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Baptist Health in Corbin. The funeral service was held Sunday, July 24,  at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Joe Lowe and Rev. Elmo Kelly Jr. officiating. He...

Vandals do $750 damage outside downtown Corbin store and restaurant; reward offered

A downtown Corbin restaurant, and interior design and jewelry store owner is offering a $400 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person, or people, responsible for vandalism overnight Friday. Shae Hensley, co-owner of House of S&J and Seasons Restaurant, said Friday...

Mary T. Keegan Moore

Mary T. Keegan Moore of San Angelo, TX, formerly of Rantoul, IL, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2016 in San Angelo, TX. A graveside service will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 23, at the Corinth Cemetery in Corbin, with Rev. Jim Cook officiating. Donations can be made in her...

Edward “Eddie” Adams

Edward “Eddie” Adams, 64 of Corbin, passed away Sunday, July 17 at Baptist Health in Lexington. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Kim Adams. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on...

Robert Lee Sharp

Robert Lee Sharp, 88, of Newcomb, TN passed away Monday, July 18, 2016 at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. The family will receive friends for visitation from 5 – 9 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the Newcomb Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m....

Euro Sticks President in a ‘hurry’ to open factory in Corbin

As a 20-year-old visiting the United States from his native France, Euro Sticks President and owner Frédéric Debacker said it was his encounter with a Kansas farmer that sold him on the idea that America would be a good place to do business. Debacker said the man taught him, over...

Bena Mae Seivers

Bena Mae Seivers April 30, 1927-July 14, 2016 By Steve Seivers My Mom, Brought to us as Bena Mae Estep, one of 13 siblings of Hobert and Elizabeth Estep and raised in Corbin, Kentucky. Her family was brought to Clinton, Tennessee for the Manhattan Project in 1943. She went to...