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Dorothy Mae Carroll

Dorothy Mae Carroll,  93, of Jellico, TN, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m., Sunday, March 27, at the  Crouches Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Roger Stanley officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m., Sunday, March 28,  at the...

Shirley Campbell Estes

Shirley Campbell Estes, 76, of Williamsburg, passed away on March 12 in her sleep. The celebration of life service will be held for the family at 12351 Shore Acres Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32225 on Easter Sunday. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Community...

Robert Terry Gibson

Robert Terry Gibson,  53, of Gibson Lane, Williamsburg,  passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Center in Hazard, KY. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Friday, March 25, at Croley Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday,...

Crystal Gabbard Hester

Crystal Gabbard Hester,  34, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at UK Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Andrew Darden officiating. She will be laid to rest...

Corbin Afterschool Program wins national award for improving literacy skills

The Afterschool Alliance today presented the second Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award to the Corbin, Kentucky-based Redhound Enrichment Afterschool Program. The program is being honored for its excellence in providing year-round literacy support to improve the reading,...
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Fugate – Renfro exchange vows

Fugate – Renfro exchange vows Jessica Lee Fugate and Aaron Ferrell Renfro were united in marriage on January 23, 2016 at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY amongst immediate family and close friends. The bride is the daughter of Mike Fugate and Jane Mattingly of...

Verla Mae Brewer

Verla Mae Brewer, 95, of Corbin passed away Monday, March 21, 2016, at Baptist Health Corbin. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 25, in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Doyle Lester officiating. Burial will follow in Corinth Cemetery with Jim Harp,...

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to hold town forum in Williamsburg

U.S. Senator Rand Paul will be holding a town hall meeting Tuesday afternoon in Williamsburg. The meeting will take place at 2 p.m. in the Kohn Theater, which is located in the Grace Crum Rollins Fine Arts Center at the University of the Cumberlands. Paul, who unsuccessfully...

Book Review: The ‘Man Who Loved Birds’ starts well, unravels in the end

Author, and Nelson County native, Fenton Johnson left his home for college just two weeks before the famous Kentucky State Police kidnapping and murder of colorful marijuana-farmer, and storyteller Charlie Stiles from neighboring Marion County in 1971. That incident, and the...

Pamela Jane Coker

Pamela Jane Coker, 60, won her seven year fight with breast cancer and received the reward of eternal life on March 20, 2016. The funeral will be held Wednesday, March 23, at 2 p.m. at Mountain Ash Baptist Church with Pastors Billy Carpenter and Lester Cox officiating. She will...