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As I was turning out the lights preparing to go to bed last Tuesday night the word “east” entered my mind. In my column last week I wrote “east” rather than “west” of the underpass in giving the location of what used to be the Hall-Watson Furniture Co. building. The paper had...

My family used to like to tell the story of when I was about two, and my dad threw me off the end of a dock to teach me to swim. Apparently, there were a lot of relatives that stood by watching to see what would happen next. I’m confident there was also alcohol and wagering...

Over time, it has become somewhat of a cliché to refer to a public servant as a man, or woman, of the people. However, in the case of Eugene Siler, Sr., it is most definitely not lip service.

Continuing with the historical theme from Trevor’s column, Monday I met with Diane Mitchell, her brother Rob Miller and Paul Jones at the Corbin Public Library. Diane set up the meeting in order to get information Paul and I could recall about Corbin’s history. I’ll admit that I...

Jim Brown died a couple of weeks ago. He was the Jim Brown many, even today, consider the greatest football player to ever play the game. He was 87. There was a day when he brushed against Warren County and Bowling Green. There is no real sports fan from Corbin to Paducah and...

Sometimes, when people reach a certain level of prominence or what they see as prominence, they think they are too good to do menial tasks. You probably know the kind of people I am talking about. I think all of us have known a few of them over the years. Outgoing Williamsburg...

Winning a state championship… It’s something dreams are made of! The Whitley County Colonels baseball team made history Saturday evening in Lexington by winning the State Baseball Championship. The accomplishment is huge! This is a feat that no other team from the 13th...

June 10, 2023. That date will surely be etched into the hearts and minds of the people of Whitley County for decades to come. It will be remembered, now and forever, as the day that the 2023 Colonels baseball team came together one last time to achieve the impossible and secure a...

Few things in life are sadder than a new born baby dying. The first time I had to write about such a thing was in college at Eastern Kentucky University. I was working at the school paper, The Eastern Progress, and writing a follow-up story on a cold case involving a dead newborn...

Slow down! I’m talking to Father Time as this week I start my 36th year at this newspaper. It has gone so fast. It seems like yesterday that I was talking to Terry Forcht about taking the job as publisher of the Whitley Republican. In order to take the position I suggested that...