Naresha Flowers Gentry and Donald Lee Howard III were married at seven o’clock in the evening on September 11, 2009 at First United Methodist Church, Lexington, Ky.  

Charles and Berta (Perry) Meadors, of the Jellico Creek Community, Williamsburg, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, December 26, 2009. The couple were married in Jellico, Tenn. by the Rev. Elisha Lay on December 26, 1959.

 In school we sang Silent Night without fear of a lawsuit by the ACLU.

  The parents of Brian Grubb and Kayla Perry would like to announce their upcoming marriage on Dec. 27 at 4 p.m. at the Merry Jeffries Center in Williamsburg.

Union College students and employees are reaching out to area children in the spirit of Christmas.

  Every year it’s the same. What to give the person who has everything. Flat screen TV’s are still good and the prices seem to have gone down a bit. Electronic gadgets and games are popular but that’s not an option for me since I don’t even...

Yvonne Bishop of Corbin, Ky. and Robert V. Bishop Jr. of Port St. Joe, Fla., would like to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jessica, to Heath Lewis.

 The parents of Caleb McEndree and Magan Goins would like to announce their upcoming wedding on December 12, 2009 .

Oneda Shelton Ornduff of East Bernstadt, Ky. and Nesbit Shelton of Vandalia, Ohio would like to announce the marriage of their daughter, Kathy Shelton Lewis, to Daniel Mark Day, son of Ken and Wilma Day of Clevelend, Ohio.

My family’s Norman Rockwell-ian tradition of Thanksgiving dinner was broken this year by circumstances beyond our control. Our usual clan of eight to 10 family members was reduced to the four of us, son Steve, daughter-in-law Kathy, grandson Sam, and myself.

Jim and Cindy Clark of Corbin would like to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jamie Leigh Clark, to Justin Blake Oliver of East Bernstadt.

Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Lora McCullah and the late Lisa McCullah are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Stephanie L. McCullah, to Mr. Matt Rose, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon and Charlene Rose of Williamsburg.

Many high school students are undecided about their career goals. Others, like Ashley Lunsford, a student at Knox Central High School in Barbourville, have a clear understanding of what they want to be when they grow up.

To many people, Thanksgiving is just an impediment to get over so they can begin their Christmas shopping. In my opinion, pushing this holiday-- the first and most important “pot-luck” dinner ever held-- to the back-burner is unconscionable. It’s like...

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney D. Collett are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Kelsey Jordan, to Mr. Bobby Whayne Gibbs, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Gibbs of Corbin.

 Donna Ruth Miracle and Mark Anthony Golden would like to announce their forthcoming marriage on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m.