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About a year and a half ago we had an opening for a news reporter. Our staff urged me to call Jennifer Perkins and see if she would be interested in the job. She had done intern work here and the staff liked her and her abilities very much. Fortunately she accepted my offer. The...

Last year, as a member of a committee at Central Baptist Church to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the church, we started meeting early in the year and set the date for the celebration in October. Covid was a problem then but the vaccines were out and we thought by October we...

Election day is getting close. It will be held on May 17. Several signs are posted and some of the candidates are making the rounds soliciting votes. The candidate’s name on a sign in a yard is okay but it tells you very little about the person running for office. That is why our...

I am not much for surfing the Internet, looking at Facebook, Twitter and all the other Apps there are with input from subscribers which contains inaccuracies, especially with historical facts. But this past week it was brought to my attention that there had been several inquires...

What a weekend for sports. As I said last week, this is my favorite month for sports because of the high school and college basketball tournaments. For the most part the tournament activity didn’t disappoint. The Corbin boys team lost last Thursday night, but after that it was...

It is basketball tournament time. It is one of my favorite times of the year because of the excitement the high school and college basketball tournaments bring. The 13th Regional Tournament is underway this week at the Corbin Arena. This is a great place for the tournament. Of...

About this time every year my anxiety level rises because the Kentucky General assembly is in session. This has been going on with me ever since they started meeting annually. The reason? They keep chipping away with the information you should be entitled to, that is, public...

If you form a team and you have the referee on your team, most likely you will win the game. It is almost laughable that the case of Corbin versus London on annexation of the area at Exit 29 on Interstate 75 was held in Laurel Circuit Court. I’m not saying, I repeat not saying...

And they are off! The official race to finish the Cumberland Run, a new horse track, broke ground in Corbin Monday. By this fall harness racing will be taking place and by January of next year there will be a new restaurant located at the facility. Cumberland Run joins Cumberland...

Please join me in congratulating our news staff for winning 19 awards, including the General Excellence award for being the best large weekly in the state, at the recent Kentucky Press Association’s winter convention. I hope that I can impress upon you the fact that this...