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This time last week we were wishing the Whitley County Colonels baseball team good luck as they set off for Lexington to compete in this year’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championship Tournament. Now, a week later, we are once again sending them well wishes...

When I started my career as a professional journalist, I never really gave any thought to how long I would be doing this for a career, but here I am 30 years later and still going. On Friday, May 14, 1993, I had my first job interview with the London Sentinel Echo just a few...

Bill Crook, my best friend, passed away Monday. I have known Bill since we were kids, but over the years we became close friends. When I first started dating my wife Judy, we would go out with Bill and his wife, Sharon. That continued for many years after our marriage. Recently I...

Road Trip! For more than twenty years I have been signing off my columns with the encouraging words of “get up, get out and get going!” I’ve always tried to take my own advice, as my wife and I will occasionally hop in the car and motor someplace not too far away for lunch. And...

Over the last 20 years, Whitley County High School (WCHS) JROTC instructor Master Sergeant (MSG) Don Gross is a guy that I regularly bumped into when I was covering things after hours for work. There were Friday night football games where his cadets presented the colors during...

Standing in line at a bank recently, I noticed an older woman approaching the teller next door with checkbook register in hand. Her voice was very concerned as she asked for help understanding why her register did not match her bank statement. Had someone stolen her money? The...

My guess is that most of us living today will never witness a settlement to battle between Corbin and London on the attempts by the City of London to annex property along I-75 adjacent to Exit 29. As you are aware, last week the Court of Appeals ruled that a Laurel judge was in...

It’s a debate that has been waged for years in Corbin… “Why do we have to close Main Street when events are being held downtown?”

I have just returned, along with my wife and sister-in-law, from a trip to Ireland. Nice trip. Beautiful country. Lots of pubs. Many old castles. Huge tombstones. Sheep everywhere, also cattle. Crowded with tourists. Glad to be back home. That about sums up our vacation to a...

If you have traveled through downtown Corbin in recent days, you have likely noticed the ongoing construction that is taking place at the corner of Main and Monroe streets, at the site of the new Hometown Bank Farmer’s Market Pavilion. It is great to finally see an actual...