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Overall, I thought voters made some pretty good choices for their next elected officials during last week’s May Primary Election. Voters gave the nod to Bill Elliotte, who is a 31-year law enforcement veteran, to become Whitley County’s next sheriff by a 500-vote margin...

Summer is almost upon us although if you walked outside recently, then you might conclude that it is already here. It seems like any more we go straight from winter to summer without much of a spring in between, but that is another column for another day. Summer is quickly...

Let’s face it, when it comes to elections much of the time voters cast their ballots because they are friends with a particular candidate or went to school with a candidate or they know a candidate’s brother or their parents go to church with a candidate. I tend to talk to people...

During my nearly 30 years of covering news in Whitley County, I have to say this has been one of the more unusual elections that I have covered in the sense that nobody seems to have any kind of clue about how this year’s elections will turn out. The most common refrain I hear...

Things are starting to get a little bit lonely for me here in the News Journal newsroom. First, Jennifer Perkins left us a couple of weeks ago to pursue a job in television. Now News Journal Sports Editor Dean Manning left us at the end of the week to become a police dispatcher....

There is plenty to do in downtown Corbin and Williamsburg this Saturday. The second annual Colonel Fest will take place from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Main Street in downtown Corbin. The event is being held in honor of Corbin’s most famous resident, Colonel Harland Sanders, who founded...

What, if anything, can the Whitley County Detention Center do to help prevent inmates from re-offending once they are released from custody? What can the sheriff’s department do, if anything, to better combat the drug problem in Whitley County? Is county government effectively...

Pretty much all of us did some stupid stuff when we were in high school. Let’s face it, teenagers have a tendency to do that kind of thing. I know that I did a few bonehead things myself at that age. Fortunately, I grew up in an era when everyone wasn’t carrying around a camera...

Some parts of my job are a lot more exciting than others. On the plus side, you have the more interesting stuff, such as meeting famous or well-known people, like musicians, congressmen, United States senators and governors. I have met and interviewed every Kentucky governor...

Some people might be surprised to find out that when I first started as a professional journalist nearly 29 years ago, environmental concerns were a big deal here in southeastern Kentucky although not in the way many people might be concerned about the environment today. Illegal...