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Retired University of the Cumberlands music teacher Dr. David Etter is no stranger to playing Christmas carols on the piano. However, last Wednesday’s performance on the piano in the lobby of Baptist Health Corbin was a little different. Etter’s playing of “Joy to the World” a...

For nearly 40 years, the Southeast Kentucky Empty Stocking Fund has been helping Christmas wishes come true by providing less fortunate children with free gifts, shoes, clothes and other items for the holidays.

   Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Tis the Season: Despite a potential threat of rain, hundreds of people lined Main Street in downtown Williamsburg on Saturday night to take in the city’s annual “Feels Like Home” Christmas Parade. Following the parade were several events at Bill Woods...

Local families will have plenty of food and essential hygiene items available during the holidays, regardless of their situation; the food pantries are stocked and ready. University of the Cumberlands’ annual food drive raised 10,712 pounds of food, all of which have been...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT  The University of the Cumberlands held its sixth annual Christmas at the Cumberlands concert Sunday afternoon in the O. Wayne Rollins Center, where members of the university’s bands and choir ensembles delighted attendees with a variety of Christmastime...

The Corbin Rotary Club has announced the second round of donations for the 2023 Southeast Kentucky Empty Stocking Fund (SEKESF) Christmas program to benefit children in need throughout the tri-county area. So far, a total of $11,358 has been donated. Donors and the amounts given...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT  A handful of area citizens braved the rain Saturday night for Williamsburg’s annual Hanging of the Green event at the Green Space on Main. Choir members from Williamsburg Independent School sang a number of carols before the town tree was ceremoniously lit.

About 50 people turned out on a gloomy and rainy Friday afternoon to celebrate the ribbon cutting and dedication of the Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission’s Hometown Bank Farmers Market Pavilion, and put it to good use in order to get out of the rain. “Fortunately, we have...

Ring in the Christmas season with University of the Cumberlands (UC). The university is hosting their Sixth Annual Christmas at the Cumberlands concert on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. in the O. Wayne Rollins Center, which is the large gymnasium. Doors open at 3 p.m., and seats are...

The Corbin Rotary Club has announced the first round of donations for the 2023 Southeast Kentucky Empty Stocking Fund (SEKESF) Christmas program to benefit children in need throughout the tri-county area. So far, $9,158 has been donated. Donors and the amounts given for the week...