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Now that we are in the month of December the enthusiasm for the Christmas season is alive here at the News Journal. Jennifer Perkins, one of our reporters, has gone to great lengths to provide the boys and girls in this area with a rather unique headquarters for Santa’s elf,...

To borrow a line from the old song, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” or at least it soon will be here in Whitley County. Following the pandemic filled 2020, which saw Williamsburg canceling its Christmas parade and Corbin holding a reverse parade where the floats...

There’s a good bet that when Kentuckians think of NASCAR, the first place that pops up is the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta or Owensboro, mainly because of the Waltriip brothers, Darrell and Michael. Lost to time is the role Prestonsburg, Kentucky has played in the sports history,...

Friday night brought a promising year in local high school football to a screeching halt as Corbin and Williamsburg both lost. From the time the season kicked off, Coach Tom Greer’s Redhounds appeared to be a team on a mission to make it to Lexington, despite Class 4A being...

When you have worked in journalism as long as I have, you get used to dealing with a lot of bad, terrible stuff. It makes you jaded, really jaded. You reach the point where it takes a lot to just floor you. Then you have one of those periods when you get news that shocks you not...

Former Mountain Lifeline Ambulance Service owner Larry Robbins recently passed away far too early at the age of 68. I hated hearing about his passing. I first met Larry around 1994. He was involved in emergency services, and was the fire chief at the now defunct Western Central...

To paraphrase a line from one of my favorite retired NFL coaches, how about them Redhounds! The Corbin Redhounds Eighth Grade Football Team won their second consecutive division two state championship during a game late Saturday afternoon against the Paducah Middle School. This...

Let’s talk garbage! The City of Corbin has been distributing new 95 gallon garbage carts to residents and businesses. This is a big job that will take a few weeks. Many of you have already received the carts and are wondering what to do with your old cans and asking questions...

When you are out in public, you get the feeling that the pandemic is about over. You see fewer masks and schools are starting to relax their mask regulations. I wish it was true, but unfortunately it is not over. Experts say that despite the decreases in cases, hospitalizations,...

While I was covering the Corbin Lady Redhounds’ state volleyball tournament game against Montgomery County, I noticed that there were fans and then there were spectators. Almost everyone in Gilliam Gymnasium that night was cheering for Corbin or Montgomery County, except for the...