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We are now into what I like to call “full blown spooky season,” meaning the calendar is getting jam-packed with Halloween activities. There really are too many events to count in the local area, but here are a few that I am aware of that should help you to get into the spirit…

I was wrong and I’m glad of it. Back in May I wrote that most of us living today would never witness a settlement between Corbin and London on the annexation of the property along Interstate 75, adjacent to Exit 29. Surprise! Last week the London City Council dropped its attempt...

I have had the opportunity in recent weeks to chat with a few different folks about various ongoing efforts in our local communities.

It is National Newspaper Week. Yes, this one belongs to us. Please read the column to my left written by Dean Ridings. It is excellent and it explains the value of newspapers. I am a veteran newspaper person. I’ve been told that I started at the age of four so I’ve been at it for...

For about 10 minutes last Wednesday afternoon, I got really excited. My wonderful wife, Cecelia, and I were having lunch when she noticed on Facebook that a $1 million winning Mega Millions ticket had been sold at the Circle K on Gordon Hill. Since this is where I almost always...

September is Recovery Month. We celebrate those who have found recovery from substances like drugs and alcohol, and we give hope to those that are still struggling. While I’m not in recovery, I have at least three close family members who are. From that side of things, I...

You would be hard pressed to find anyone, whose hasn’t known someone that died by suicide. A few years back, I had gone over to the courthouse to speak with an official and bumped into an old friend, who was there to see the same official. We sat around for probably 30 minutes...

In 70 years of watching high school football and viewing it from every corner of the state, plus attending several state championship games, I have never been in an atmosphere like the one Friday night for the game between Corbin and Frederick Douglass. It was electric! And the...

Last week’s 40th Annual Old Fashioned Trading Days festival proved to be a hit as always. Although I wasn’t down at the festival Friday and Saturday, I spent most of the day and part of the early evening in downtown Williamsburg Thursday enjoying the festival and getting other...

As we get ready to celebrate a new Redhound Complex and the 100-year history of Corbin football our spirits are saddened by the death of former Redhound great and collegiate Hall of Fame Coach Roy Kidd. I was just a young boy, but I remember Roy Kidd playing football and...