As I was turning out the lights preparing to go to bed last Tuesday night the word “east” entered my mind. In my column last week I wrote “east” rather than “west” of the underpass in giving the location of what used to be the Hall-Watson Furniture Co. building. The paper had...

Continuing with the historical theme from Trevor’s column, Monday I met with Diane Mitchell, her brother Rob Miller and Paul Jones at the Corbin Public Library. Diane set up the meeting in order to get information Paul and I could recall about Corbin’s history. I’ll admit that I...

Winning a state championship… It’s something dreams are made of! The Whitley County Colonels baseball team made history Saturday evening in Lexington by winning the State Baseball Championship. The accomplishment is huge! This is a feat that no other team from the 13th...

Slow down! I’m talking to Father Time as this week I start my 36th year at this newspaper. It has gone so fast. It seems like yesterday that I was talking to Terry Forcht about taking the job as publisher of the Whitley Republican. In order to take the position I suggested that...

Bill Crook, my best friend, passed away Monday. I have known Bill since we were kids, but over the years we became close friends. When I first started dating my wife Judy, we would go out with Bill and his wife, Sharon. That continued for many years after our marriage. Recently I...

My guess is that most of us living today will never witness a settlement to battle between Corbin and London on the attempts by the City of London to annex property along I-75 adjacent to Exit 29. As you are aware, last week the Court of Appeals ruled that a Laurel judge was in...

I have just returned, along with my wife and sister-in-law, from a trip to Ireland. Nice trip. Beautiful country. Lots of pubs. Many old castles. Huge tombstones. Sheep everywhere, also cattle. Crowded with tourists. Glad to be back home. That about sums up our vacation to a...

I thought of one of Yogi Berra’s funny sayings when I went to the Root Beer Stand in Corbin the other night. Yogi, referring to a restaurant, said, “Nobody goes there any more. It is always too crowded.” The Root Beer Stand is always crowded, and there are several reasons for it....

The border war continues between London and Corbin. Maybe war is a little too strong of a word but both towns are moving their boundaries that will collide near “Malfunction Junction.” Malfunction is such an appropriate word to use with borders of London and Corbin about to meet...

Easter Sunday. Church goers all over the world will celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion this Sunday. For Christians it is victory of life over death. During my lifetime this special day has changed so much. When I was young in the 1950’s,...

In Whitley County, tourism is one of the biggest industries. When I was on the tourism commission I kept up with all the numbers and it was big then. But since that time it has grown by leaps and bounds. Kentucky Splash and the Corbin Arena are just two of the tourism draws that...

Warren Central won the Kentucky High School Basketball State Championship last Saturday. I would guess that most of you didn’t know that, and most of you don’t care. That is how different how things are now compared to when I broadcast my first state championship games back in...

I had no intention of writing about the one-way street debacle in Corbin this week, but due to the response from my column last week I feel obligated to do so. I had telephone calls, comments on the Internet and since I attended the 13th Regional basketball tournament, I had...

One of the reasons I do not like to go to Lexington is because I feel like I spend half my time waiting at traffic lights. For over 35 years and probably 15,000 times I have driven down Gordon Hill from my home to work and back, plus taking grandchildren to school. I feel like I...

Way to go Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus and City Manager Marlon Sams! They sent Corbin Public Works out to Highways 312 and 770 to pick up trash that had collected to the point that Sams said, “It looked like a trash dump!” No, it wasn’t Corbin’s responsibility to clean up that area,...

In an attempt to give you a better understanding as to what it means to a newspaper to win the General Excellence Awards from the Kentucky Press Association I compare it to a high school team going to the state tournament in basketball or playing in the football finals at Kroger...

Advertising! I have spent over 60 years selling advertising. I know it works for some and for others not so much because of the way they do it. Obviously, I am not an authority about advertising, but I have been to many seminars, studied it in college, and I constantly read about...

Say it isn’t so Betty! After over 50 years of operating Gibson’s Music in downtown Corbin, Betty Comer is closing shop at the end of February. I completely understand at age 87 why Betty thinks it is time to quit. For 54 years she has operated the best music store between...

As we start a new year, here are some of the things I would like to see happen this year. Realistically I know much of what I want will not happen, but let’s dream. First, I want the General Assembly to change the border of Whitley County. It should extend beyond exit 29 of I-75...

We made it! The freezing temperatures and the snow and ice put a damper on this year’s Christmas. But we are here and warmer weather is on its way for the New Year. Because our family could not gather together due to the weather, and because I was ill from a recent surgery, our...