The Border Wars II mixed martial arts event scheduled to take place at the Corbin Arena on Saturday, February 17 has been postponed after one of its main event fighters was arrested over the weekend for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

Continue to check here for updates on both the girls’ and the boys’ All “A” state championship tournaments, being played this week at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.

The following From the Sidelines column appeared in the January 24, 2018 edition of the News Journal:

A pair of boys 50th District showdowns highlighted the high school basketball action in our area Tuesday night, with the Corbin Redhounds traveling to face the South Laurel Cardinals and the Whitley County Colonels making the short trip across town to play against the...

The Kentucky All-Stars now lead the all-time Border Bowl series six games to five after a 31-14 victory over Tennessee Saturday.

A pair of boys-girls double headers highlighted the high school basketball action in our coverage area Friday evening.

As reported in Wednesday’s print edition of the News Journal, the Lynn Camp Wildcats and the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets were both hopeful of qualifying to compete in this year’s 13th Region All “A” championship game. As it turns out, both teams would...

With a 57-42 victory over Harlan Independent Monday evening, the Williamsburg Lady Jackets basketball team captured the program’s first-ever 13th Region All “A” championship title. The win took place at Oneida Baptist Institute, who hosted this year’s...

This Friday, January 12, Whitley County High School’s Lawson Gymnasium is sure to be rocking when the Colonels and Lady Colonels host the Corbin Redhounds and Lady Hounds in 50th District boys-girls double header action. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

Five of the News Journal’s eight coverage area teams were in action Tuesday. Here are the results from those contests…

With the New Year just days away, this week we look back at the News Journal’s biggest sports stories of 2017. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

The following is a collection of the high school boys and girls basketball coverage found inside the December 20 edition of the News Journal… Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...

Four coverage area teams were in action Tuesday night, but only one walked away victorious…

With wins over Berea, Lexington Catholic and Lynn Camp this past week, the Whitley County Lady Colonels are now off to a perfect 6-0 start to the 2017-18 season. Head Coach David Estes is obviously happy about that fact, but he also understands that there is still much work to be...

The following are the News Journal’s All-County selections for the 2017 high school football season, announced in the December 13 print edition… Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

The following From the Sidelines column was featured in the December 6, 2017 edition of the News Journal… Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Six of the eight News Journal coverage area teams were in action Tuesday. Here are the results…

The Corbin Redhounds saw their 2017 season come to a close Friday night with a 40-21 loss to Boyle County in this year’s Class 3A state championship game. 

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This From the Sidelines column was part of the special Corbin Redhounds state football championship coverage in the November 29, 2017 edition…