On Friday (Sept. 15), Corbin High School will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of football which will coincide with a nine million dollar plus upgrade of new facilities and a new field in a game against Frederick-Douglass of Lexington. This is a big occasion and lots of...

I’ve always enjoyed chasing a story. By this I mean writing something where the facts don’t jump up and smack you in the face. When I found out Coach John Burr of Adair County was going in the Kentucky Basketball Hall of Fame this year, I immediately set out on a chase. It tested...

When I first started covering Old Fashioned Trading Days in Williamsburg nearly 30 years ago, I learned one thing pretty quickly. If you referred to it simply as “Trading Days” then Old Fashioned Trading Days founder and coordinator Teresa Estes was NOT going to be happy about it...

“Where do you guys sell the paper at?” Surprisingly, this is a question that I get asked fairly frequently…

Over the years I have written about a great many crimes. Some are for really stupid things, such as indecent exposure. As my buddy and former co-worker, Dean Manning, used to point out, there is almost always a funny story that goes along with somebody being arrested for indecent...

A few years ago many of us were elated when it was announced that Corbin would be getting a facility for horse racing. It was going to be quarter horse racing, but that was okay because with it was coming a grandstand, restaurant and possibly a hotel. A little Keeneland facility...

The 2023 high school football season got started off with a bang last week. Here are a few of my thoughts after witnessing the action that took place in week 1…

It’s hard to prove a negative – to prove something didn’t happen. Much of public health involves keeping bad things from happening. Prevent problems. Protect health. Health Environmentalists do just that. You ate at that restaurant and you didn’t get sick. That is, at least in...

When it comes to the economy, tourism generates some big bucks in Kentucky and locally, but I daresay that most people don’t realize just how big that the economic impact is. Some recent numbers might surprise you. In 2022, Kentucky tourism generated $12.9 billion in total...

Splendid! The most impressive thing I’ve seen lately is how quickly every sign, booth, stage, everything, was gone Sunday morning at church time after the Nibroc Festival was over in Corbin. Hats off to all those responsible for the cleanup. Those corporate signs were everywhere,...

Here we are, once again in the wake of another NIBROC Festival. For 71 years, the annual event has taken over downtown Corbin for a weekend full of fun, excitement and memories.

So which of these amounts would you think is correct for a 30-day supply of a routine medication that has been around for at least 45 years? Is it $16.90, $118, $240, or all of the above? If you guessed all of the above, then you would be correct for a medication that a family...

If you are a high school basketball historian and even followed some of the stars into their collegiate careers, mark your calendar for August 12. The Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame will be inducting 14 former prep greats and coaches at the Historic State Theater in...

Last Saturday evening just after 9 p.m. I drove past the Root Beer Stand and it was dark and there were no cars there. As I proceeded down Main Street in Corbin there was hardly any sign of life. There were people out in restaurants and at the theater, but the lack of seeing...

Goodbye and good luck to two friends of mine, who have recently retired from working in emergency services. I’ve known Danny Moses pretty much as long as I have been at the News Journal, which is close to 30 years. I first got to know Danny when he was a member of the Whitley...

Ready or not, festival season is upon us again. This time next week downtown Corbin will be packed with folks ready to seek thrills on carnival rides, indulge in greasy and/or sugary treats, hear some great tunes, and maybe participate in a friendly competition or two.

I was a breastfeeding mom. All the women around me in my family breastfed their babies. I had high hopes for the whole idea. Breastfeeding is natural. However, I was unprepared. I didn’t understand that it is a skill that baby and mom must learn. I didn’t know that, while...

I think the “rash” started on me at a very early age. At the age of ten I started watching my heroes like Roy Kidd, Jerry Bird, C.D. Vermillion, Frank Selvy, and the many others play ball for the Corbin Redhounds. It was my late friend Bill Crook who gave it the name “Redhound...

Last week, my wife and I took our two kids down to the Sevierville/Pigeon Forge area for a few days. It was our last little family getaway before back-to-school season really goes into full gear, and I am happy to say that, overall, everyone enjoyed the trip.

Long before Buc-ees there was Stuckey’s. As Kentucky prepares for a second Buc-ees in Smiths Grove, Kentucky in the northern part of Warren County on I-65, the nostalgia of days gone by when a national chain of strategically located convenience stores dotted 12 major highways...