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High school golf has teed off, and volleyball, soccer, football and cross country will open their seasons over the next three weeks. Like other areas of Kentucky, and the United States, residents in Whitley County have developed intense loyalties to Corbin, Whitley County and/or...

This week marks the 34th anniversary of the publication of Corbin! This Week. The first paper rolled off the presses on Aug. 12, 1987. I was 48 years old and we were starting a sister edition of the Whitley Republican aimed at a Corbin readership. It was a risky move in that the...

Every day I am learning something new about high school sports in the area. When I planned for this week’s sports page to feature soccer previews, I planned on how to cover eight teams, the boys and girls’ teams from Corbin, Lynn Camp, Whitley County and Williamsburg. Then I...

Williamsburg City Councilman Loren Connell probably summed it up best when he pointed out during the June city council meeting that Williamsburg residents probably ought to be thanking the current workers at its Firestone plant. “If they weren’t doing a good job, I don’t think...

We are delighted with the $51 million expansion in Williamsburg of Firestone Industrial Products that will add 250 jobs. Think of what 250 jobs will mean to the area. Obviously it will mean employment for that many people, but the effects of those being employed will mean...

Needles. I hate needles! I really hate needles! When I was a kid, I never liked getting shots. Never! One thing that my parents never had to worry about was me and especially my sister (whose hatred of needles is on a whole other unmatched level) coming in with a tattoo. Wasn’t...

You know that life could have been back to normal if everybody had been vaccinated against Covid-19. And you also know that coronavirus infections nationwide would not have quadrupled in July had everybody been vaccinated. And you are aware that had everybody been vaccinated we...

As an adolescent, I remember thinking that people who were 21 were so old. In my mind, I thought you are already eligible for a driver’s license, you have already graduated high school, you can get married, you can even buy alcohol, so what is left to look forward too? Well, now...

In just a few days, high school football across Kentucky will take a big step forward as the players put on the pads and the hitting begins. We are now under a month until the season kicks off with the first games scheduled for Friday, Aug. 20. Whitley County will travel to Perry...

Every year when the 4th of July rolls around I have a memory flashback to an Independence Day event that at the time was a bit of a personal embarrassment for not only me but my two young children. It was 44 years ago, and the local country club I belonged to, traditionally had a...