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I was younger than most of the people who worked in the downtown area of Corbin when I started my job as an announcer and sportscaster at radio station WCTT 61 years ago. Now I am older than most who work in this area as I approach my 83rd birthday this Friday. My wife and I both...

There is always a certain level of excitement that comes with the start of each new sports season.

Whether you loved him or hated him – and there were certainly a few people who did one or the other – you didn’t have to spend much time around former Whitley County Judge-Executive and Jailer Jerry Taylor to figure out why the guy kept getting elected so much in his life. He was...

Golf is big. Even though I haven’t played in more than five years, I still really enjoy watching it. It’s better if Tiger is playing.\ Where I live backs up to number four tee, and it seems rain or shine, hot or cold someone is always teeing it up. Over the years the game has...

College. It’s a great thing for many people, myself included, but it isn’t for everybody. You know what, that’s not a bad thing. Yes, the world needs engineers, scientists, astronomers, doctors and lawyers. It also needs electricians, carpenters, plumbers and farmers. I’ve long...

Shew, what a weekend it was!

Flooding. The sheer terrifying force of Mother Nature unleashed in the form of flowing, rushing and rising water that leaves devastation, destruction and a trail of stinking, stagnant mud and mold in its wake. The recent massive flash flooding event in eastern Kentucky, which has...

Seventy years! There are several of us that were here to attend the first Nibroc Festival 70 years ago. Personally, I have attended 65 of the 69. Those of us that were here for the first festival remember it well. The carnival was on the lot at the corner of Main and 7th Street...

Here we are… NIBROC 2022!

Besides death and taxes, change may be the only other constant in life. Businesses open and close. Each year kindergarten teachers get a new group of students to educate. People come and go. I thought I would take a few moments this week to recognize some people and one dog who...