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  Karen Nance Hensley, 60, of Corbin passed away Monday, February 22, 2016, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a courageous battle with multiple health issues. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, February 27, in the Hart Funeral Home...

Lee Robert Lawson,  96, of Lot Mud Creek Road, Williamsburg,  passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Beech Tree Manor in Jellico, TN. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2016 at Croley Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, February...

Pauline R. Martin, 91, of Corbin, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2016 in Union, KY. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday, February 27, at O’Neil-Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Corbin, and 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 28, at Central Baptist...

Read the complete ruling in this case by clicking here A Judge has reversed a decision by the Kentucky Board of Claims to essentially throw out a case that blames the death of a Whitley County toddler in late 2013 on the failure of social workers to take action after being warned...

A Corbin man was arrested Monday in Knox County for allegedly raping a 15-year-old at knifepoint. Twenty-year-old Amos Sparkman was arrested Monday afternoon at his residence in Alumni Apartments off of Ohler Road. According to the arrest citation, Kentucky State Police Trooper...

Business and community leaders from across Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties came together Tuesday night in London to recognize Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Eugene Siler, Jr. as Leadership Tri County’s 2016 “Leader of the Year.” Dr. Michael Colegrove, the 2015 recipient of...

A Corbin man accused beating his girlfriend so severely that she had to be taken to the hospital emergency room Saturday night, pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree assault – domestic violence. Fifty-five-year-old Tony Johnson, who is also facing one count of public...

After nearly two weeks of waiting, the Corbin Tourism Commission is moving forward with a request from Wasatch Railroad Group to pay the company an additional $10,000 for moving L&N 232, along with its coal tender and a caboose from Bainbridge, Ga. to Corbin. The initial vote...

It’s a good thing that Frankfort is much more than politics. If it was just all of the chit-chat that comes out of our state’s capital city, I’m not sure many would want to visit. For sure this city of 27,000 permanent residents is steeped in as much history as any place in...

From time to time the following “Blew My Mind” piece has appeared on Facebook. I do not know who the author is, but it hit home with many of the experiences that some of you and I have had in our lifetime. I cut out a few of the observations and added my comments to some of the...