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Last week was certainly an odd one even by Whitley County standards

Even by Whitley County standards, last week was a bit odd. Last Wednesday, the Whitley County School District terminated second year Whitley County High School Head Basketball Coach Mark White. (In case anyone is wondering, there is no relation, but I do think he has a co...
Posted On 17 Dec 2021

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers

Thursday will mark four weeks since my wife of 17 years, Sharon Woods Manning, died suddenly. While Sharon had a large number of friends and associates from her 26 years working for the state, I always thought of my own network as fairly small. From the moment I put the word out...

Christmas parades and decorations have been a delight to witness

Several years ago I stopped by my office on Main Street in Corbin around 7 p.m. and noticed a handful of people standing on the sidewalk. I asked them what was going on. To my surprise they said they were waiting on the Christmas Parade. We had not been notified at this newspaper...
Posted On 10 Dec 2021

It pays to shop around for prescription drugs

When December rolls around, we all know that it “tis the season.” I am not talking about Christmas and the holidays although I will get to some of those festive topics before I conclude this column. For those of us with jobs at non-government businesses, November and December...
Posted On 10 Dec 2021

It was Ho, Ho, and then Ho, Ho Ho when I was Santa

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,...
Posted On 03 Dec 2021

Come check out Corbin’s Christmas parade, UC’s Christmas concert this weekend

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...
Posted On 02 Dec 2021

Out & About Ky. Style: Ranier Racing

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,...
Posted On 30 Nov 2021

A few thoughts as season ends for local football teams

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...

My cousin, friend Terry Profitt was one of the finest men I ever knew

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...
Posted On 24 Nov 2021

When ambulance service was needed, Robbins stepped up

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...
Posted On 23 Nov 2021