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Miranda Kay Foerst, 32, of Wolf Creek Road, Williamsburg passed away Wednesday, March 8 at the Jellico Community Hospital in Jellico. She was the wife of Michael Foerst. The funeral was held March 13 at the Croley Funeral Home with Rev. Vernon Moses officiating. Interment was in...

Jerry Calvin Roark, 74, of Corbin passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Corbin. Survivors include his wife of more than 41 years, Jan Roark. The funeral was held Saturday at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home with Pastor Pete Rowe officiating. Burial followed at the Roark Cemetery...

Harrison Smith, 78,  the husband of the late Lori Smith of North Archer Street, Woodbine, passed away on Wednesday evening at the St. Joseph Hospital East in Lexington. By request of the family all services will be private. Burial was in the Slusher Cemetery in Rockholds. Laurel...

Bonnie L. Smith, 68 of Williamsburg, passed Friday March 10, 2017 at Jellico Community Hospital. She was born April 24, 1948 in Whitley County to the late William Hill and Nancy Bray Hill. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by a grandchild Casey Thacker; sister...

Betty J. Foxx, 90, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Corbin, Betty was the daughter of the late James Everett Bull and Irene Arnold Bull. She was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church and enjoyed reading. Betty had worked as office...

A Whitley East Elementary School student was selected as the Whitley County Winner of the 2016-2017 Grandparent of the Year essay contest sponsored by AARP Kentucky and the Kentucky Retired Teachers’ Association. (KRTA) Macy Paul, daughter of  Becky and Ricky Paul, is among...

Miss NIBROC 2016 and Miss Kentucky 2017 contestant MaKenna Thibodeaux will be the featured speaker Tuesday at the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon. Thibodeaux will be the first winner ever from the Miss NIBROC Festival pageant to move on to be a...

When he was just four-years-old, Alexandria, Virginia native Geoff Gallante found his older brother’s trumpet and immediately became enamored with the instrument. By age six, he’d already appeared as a guest soloist with the Louisville Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, the...

Calvin Roy Claxton Sr., 64, of Cumberland Falls Highway, Corbin, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at St. Joseph of London. He was born on July 11, 1952 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Cal Claxton and Lillian (Jones) Claxton. He is survived by daughter, Dorothy Claxton of...

Ernest Collett, 51, of Frankfort School Road, Corbin, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017 at his home. He was born on October 24, 1965 in Hyden, to the late Rev. Walter H. Collett and Fannie Katherine (Brock) Collett. Ernest was a member of Little Community Church of God on Bee...