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Jacquelyn M. Jones, 81, went home to be with our Holy Father on Thursday, March 3, 2016. She was born April 15, 1934, in Corbin, Kentucky. Funeral services were held Monday, March 7, , in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel. Hart Funeral Home of Corbin is in charge of the arrangements.

  Hoyt A. Caddell Sr.,  73, of Williamsburg, , passed away Friday March 4, 2016, at the Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center in Williamsburg. Funeral services were held Monday March 7,  at the Ellison Funeral Home Chapel. Ellison Funeral Home of Williamsburg is in...

Cannie Blankenship, 88, Elk Valley, Tn., passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at UT Medical Center, Knoxville, TN. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 5 at the Cox & Son Funeral Home. Burial was in the Valley View Cemetery, Elk Valley. Cox & Son Funeral Home is in...

Billie Earl Williams,  89, of Redwood Lane, Corbin,  passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Baptist Health in Corbin. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the funeral hour on Saturday, March 5,  at Croley Funeral Home. A masonic service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday,...

Elicia Rae Petrey,  25, of Highway 92 East, Siler, departed this life on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Siler. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Saturday, March 5,  at Croley Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel. Croley...

In the summer of 1993, Kentucky poet George Ella Lyon started working on the piece that would become her award-winning and internationally acclaimed poem “Where I’m From.” It has since become one of the foremost poetry writing models in the world. Lyon, Kentucky poet laureate for...

Corbin High graduate, Professor Michael Croley  receives NEA Grant The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded Denison University Visiting Assistant Professor Michael Croley a $25,000 creative writing fellowship. Croley was one of only 37 writers nationwide who received...

Dr. Travis Freeman says the idea about the upcoming “Lights Out Dinner in the Dark” March 14 is to give people a greater appreciation for the kinds of challenges people with disabilities face every day. Freeman, an ordained minister and adjunct professor of religion at the...

Roses celebrate 60th Anniversary   Earl and Shirley (Moses) Rose of Williamsburg celebrated 60 years of marriage on February 23. 2016. They celebrated with a weekend in Gatlinburg with their daughter and son-in-law, grandson and other close family. After marriage they moved...

  Jack Edward Kandler Jr.,  59, of Arkle Road, Gray,  passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at his home. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until the funeral hour on Friday, March 4,  at Croley Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 6 p.m. Friday, March 4,  at the Croley...