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  Corbin officials commemorated 9/11 Monday morning with a short, solemn ceremony next to Corbin City Hall. The Corbin High School JROTC presented the colors at the start of the ceremony. Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus and Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley were two of speakers...

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...

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...

Our news reporters are working on stories for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. They will appear in next week’s edition of the News Journal. They are asking for your input. You can send information about where you were and how it affected you to: jperkins@corbinnewsjournal.com. To...

Where were you on September 11, 2001? Those of us alive at that time will likely never forget where we were or what we were doing when we heard the first news reports. I recall turning on the television to witness the aftermath of what I thought was a terrible accident after the...