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Herman Dewey Lee, 80 of Siler, passed away Thursday March 22, 2018 at his home. He was born April 25, 1937 in Whitley County, to the late George Troy and Mattie Easter Lawson Lee. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter, Regina Fay Lee; sister; Georgia Lee;...

More than 125 students from 12 local middle and high schools recently participated in the annual Mathematics Contest hosted by the University of the Cumberlands (UC). The contest, which was sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Cumberlands, aims to prepare...

Williamsburg’s own Morgan Moses was recently crowned Miss Richmond 2018. Morgan will advance to compete in June in the Miss Kentucky Scholarship Pageant which will be held in Lexington. She graduated from Williamsburg High School in 2016 and attends the University of Kentucky....

Approximately 100 people spent Monday night in the dark for a good cause, taking part in the third annual Freeman Foundation Lights Out Dinner in the Dark. The guests came to the Corbin Center where they were blindfolded and then led to their tables much the same as host Travis...

Photos submitted. Bailee O’Kuma, of Corbin, competed over the weekend for the title of Miss Kentucky Bluegrass in Somerset (misskentuckybluegrass.com). She received second runner-up and Most Photogenic award, qualifying her for the AmeriFest Nationals competition in Sevierville,...

Patricia Lee Reeves Messer, 73, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018 at St. Joseph London. Surviving are her husband Donnie Messer and numerous other relatives and friends too numerous to mention. The funeral service was held Tuesday, March 20, at Church of God of the...

George “Shank” Payne, 78, of Williamsburg, passed away Thursday March 15, 2018 at Beech Tree Manor Nursing Home in Jellico, TN. He was born May 3, 1939 in Williamsburg, to the late Carson Payne Sr. and the late Fannie Perkins Payne. Along with his parents he was preceded in death...

Herman “Pops” Roberts, 72, of Williamsburg passed away on March 3, 2018. He was born March 1, 1946 in Leslie County, kentucky. Herman was preceded in death by his parents, Jasper Roberts and Dallie Sizemore Roberts; five brothers; four sisters; and two great grandchildren. He is...

Virginia Pritt, 68, of Corbin, departed this life on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born April 28, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland, Virginia was the daughter of the late Ralph Parker and Pauline Hill Wilson. Virginia was a former clerk and of the Baptist faith....

Alvis Lee Roy Bills, 83, of Jellico, TN passed away Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Lafollette Medical Center. He was born September 21, 1934 in Jellico. Lee Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Lissie Thomas Bills; brothers, Frank Robert Bills, Danny Bills, Isaac...