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On Friday (Sept. 15), Corbin High School will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of football which will coincide with a nine million dollar plus upgrade of new facilities and a new field in a game against Frederick-Douglass of Lexington. This is a big occasion and lots of...

I’ve always enjoyed chasing a story. By this I mean writing something where the facts don’t jump up and smack you in the face. When I found out Coach John Burr of Adair County was going in the Kentucky Basketball Hall of Fame this year, I immediately set out on a chase. It tested...

When I first started covering Old Fashioned Trading Days in Williamsburg nearly 30 years ago, I learned one thing pretty quickly. If you referred to it simply as “Trading Days” then Old Fashioned Trading Days founder and coordinator Teresa Estes was NOT going to be happy about it...

“Where do you guys sell the paper at?” Surprisingly, this is a question that I get asked fairly frequently…

Over the years I have written about a great many crimes. Some are for really stupid things, such as indecent exposure. As my buddy and former co-worker, Dean Manning, used to point out, there is almost always a funny story that goes along with somebody being arrested for indecent...

A few years ago many of us were elated when it was announced that Corbin would be getting a facility for horse racing. It was going to be quarter horse racing, but that was okay because with it was coming a grandstand, restaurant and possibly a hotel. A little Keeneland facility...

The 2023 high school football season got started off with a bang last week. Here are a few of my thoughts after witnessing the action that took place in week 1…

It’s hard to prove a negative – to prove something didn’t happen. Much of public health involves keeping bad things from happening. Prevent problems. Protect health. Health Environmentalists do just that. You ate at that restaurant and you didn’t get sick. That is, at least in...

When it comes to the economy, tourism generates some big bucks in Kentucky and locally, but I daresay that most people don’t realize just how big that the economic impact is. Some recent numbers might surprise you. In 2022, Kentucky tourism generated $12.9 billion in total...

Splendid! The most impressive thing I’ve seen lately is how quickly every sign, booth, stage, everything, was gone Sunday morning at church time after the Nibroc Festival was over in Corbin. Hats off to all those responsible for the cleanup. Those corporate signs were everywhere,...