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Having worked at Ground Zero for nearly three weeks after the attacks, Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley has a little bit different perspective than most people when it comes to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “It was a very sobering feeling,” Croley said about when he...

Every generation has their moment, or moments, when the world seems to stand still.  For my great grandparents, it was the attack on Pearl Harbor. For my grandparents, it was the John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinations. For my parents, it was the Space Shuttle...

Peace. If I had to name the biggest difference in life before 9/11 and life after 9/11, then I would have to say that it is peace, or at least the sense we had of peace before the attacks and the lack of a sense of peace we have had after it. Most generations have one or two epic...

A Corbin High School Social Studies teacher takes time out in her political science and advance world civilization each September to teach a moment in history that she lived but her students have only read about. Cheryl Tinsley, who has taught at Corbin for 12 years and been in...

Next month will mark the 19th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., in addition to a failed attack on the U.S. Capitol that was stopped by the brave men and women on Flight 93 when it crashed in a Pennsylvania...

To the Editor: On some anniversaries we celebrate. On others we reflect. The 18th Anniversary of the attack on America and New York’s World Trade Center is one of the times for reflection. There is-truly nothing to celebrate in the extraordinary tragedy of 9/11. As much as I...

While the majority in attendance were not alive the day the Twin Towers fell, hundreds of students gathered for Forcht Bank’s annual Patriot Day event on September 11 to learn the significance of the day America stood still. “The primary reason behind this program is so our...

Various events were held on 911 to honor local first responders. Corbin Police and firefighters were among those that came to NIBROC Park Monday afternoon to remember the approximately 3,000 people killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Among those killed were 343...