The key to surviving breast cancer is early detection and treatment. According to the American Cancer Society, when breast cancer is confined to the breast, the five-year survival rate is close to 100%. The early detection of breast cancer helps reduce the need for...

Senior Sierra Anderson was crowned Whitley County High School Basketball Homecoming Queen on January 17.

University of the Cumberlands (UC) and the Forcht Group of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Leadership present “Principled Leadership in a Time of Crisis” with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. The event will be held in UC’s O. Wayne Rollins...

I am overtired, oversaturated and inundated by punsters and puffed up TV anchors trying to convince me that they are the Wikipedia of all news pertaining to politics. I call it the “Old Boys Club” because they only listen to each other, playing musical chairs...

Jim and Opal Trivette, of Corbin, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on January 13, 2012. Their children and spouses hosted a reception for them at Grace on the Hill Church on Sunday, January 15.

The Fine Arts Association of Southeastern Kentucky, Inc. presents The American Spiritual Ensemble, Saturday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in London, Ky.

I am in agreement with Trent Knuckles summation in his column of January 18, 2012 on an upcoming 60 Minutes program which has yet to be aired. As I write this, or when you read it, it may have already happened. I assume the subject is the underbelly of crime in Whitley...

David Rains Sr. and the late Teresa Rain, of Lawrenceburg, Ky., would like to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Betty Ann Rains of Williamsburg, to Steven Jarvis Auer, of Williamsburg.

When my brother told me Cottengim Drug Store was closing its doors, I felt a pang of sadness. Some things you want to stay the same forever. Our head tells us this isn’t possible but our heart finds it hard to accept.

In the summer of 2010, University of the Cumberlands (UC) Assistant Professor of Art Geraldine Allen was approached on the subject of creating a stained glass fixture for the newly built Whitley County Judicial Center.    Allen, who has created multiple works...