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Thank you for your service Chief Bird, Lt. Pool and Nitro

Besides death and taxes, change may be the only other constant in life. Businesses open and close. Each year kindergarten teachers get a new group of students to educate. People come and go. I thought I would take a few moments this week to recognize some people and one dog who...
Posted On 05 Aug 2022

I have my reservations about the new roundabouts at Exit 15

Last week I was heading from Williamsburg back to Corbin after a day of typing in public records at the courthouse and judicial center, and I took a trip partially around the two new roundabouts, which are being built off of Exit 15 at Goldbug. Hopefully, the folks over at...
Posted On 28 Jul 2022

I was impressed with the offerings at this year’s Whitley County Fair

The Whitley County Fair is turning into a pretty good little festival. Last week the four-night Whitley County Fair took place and I was out there on three of those nights, most of which there was a pretty good turnout. I thought adding a fourth night of entertainment went well...
Posted On 21 Jul 2022

Good to see Ky. Agriculture Commissioner in our neck of the woods

Typically the first thing that most of us do when we get to the office in the morning is check our e-mail. I don’t know about you, but mine is usually pretty full, especially if I was out of the office the prior afternoon. (Hey, not much news actually happens inside ...
Posted On 15 Jul 2022

Festival season is upon us, starting with the 2022 Whitley County Fair

Corbin’s Independence Day celebration Sunday evening seemed to go pretty well with some relatively nice weather for July. There were a handful of vendors selling things from lighted swords and inflatable aliens for the kids to funnel cakes and kettle corn in The Arena parking...
Posted On 08 Jul 2022

Let’s make sure Independence Day is safe and enjoyable for everyone

The Fourth of July is almost upon us, which is one of the grandest of our nation’s holidays and a celebration of our nation’s freedom. In the coming days, people will be having cookouts, parties at the lake and fireworks celebrations to cap off the festivities. Despite her many...
Posted On 01 Jul 2022

Positive resolution to last week’s missing person case was a big relief

It isn’t often that I am inclined to say that I think I can speak for nearly everyone in the community, but this is one of those occasions. We’re all grateful that the missing person case of Darrell Carter last week had a happy ending. Carter, 75, who has a history of dementia,...
Posted On 22 Jun 2022

Honoring my dad for Father’s Day

Normally, I don’t write about a lot of mushy, family type stuff in this column, but this week I will make an exception given that Sunday is Father’s Day and say a few things about my dad, Mike White. My dad has always been a great role model. When I was growing up, he would...
Posted On 18 Jun 2022

Cedaridge Ministries celebrating 30 years

As the old saying goes, sometimes God works in mysterious ways. These were the first words of my opening paragraph in a story that I wrote regarding Cedaridge Ministries in August 2012 when the ministry was finally able to get its very leaky basement waterproofed after more than...
Posted On 09 Jun 2022

Keck deserving of Leader of the Year honor

For probably the last 15 years or so, my cousin, John Bill Keck, and I have had to this running joke pretty much every time we would bump into each other. He would tell me that I should write something good about him? I replied back for him to have someone that knows something...
Posted On 03 Jun 2022