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At Monday’s Corbin City Commission meeting, a pair of announcements were made concerning longtime city employees who will soon be retiring. First, City Manager Marlon Sams informed the commission during his report that Roger Shelton has decided to step down from his position as...

July is our hottest month in Kentucky. Although it is going to be hot for the next several days, it is nothing unusual and it is not due to climate change. Climate change is having its effect all over the world with record setting heat levels, but our summer heat is one thing and...

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...

Over my journalistic lifetime I’ve been fortunate to interview hundreds of people for newspaper and magazine stories, as well as books, radio, and yes, even television. Many have been famous celebrities, the majority former sports stars. Among the more memorable is John Y. Brown,...

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 ...

It was surprising that there was a $3 million mistake in the published budget a couple of weeks ago for the City of Corbin. But it was not surprising that Commissioner Trent Knuckles discovered it. You see, Trent Knuckles is the best “watchdog” for governmental affairs that I...

My wife, whether she will care to admit it or not, fancies herself as somewhat of an amateur detective. She’s not out on the streets processing crime scenes or anything, but she’s watched enough true crime documentaries to pick up more than a thing or two about forensics and...

Back from vacation, and now I need a vacation to rest up. Spending many hours in airports getting home was the worst part about our trip. It took 24 hours from Vancouver to Cincinnati. After hearing friends talk about going to Alaska for years and the “oohs and ahs” they said...

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...

Days are long gone since anyone thought comic books were just for kids.  It’s the old saying, “Follow the money.” There’s big bucks in comics, especially old ones.  A few years ago a 1938 Action Superman comic sold for $3.2 million.  It is considered to be the beginning of the...