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We finally got to have our “homecoming”

For about a year and a half I was on the committee to plan the 100th anniversary celebration of Central Baptist Church. The Covid pandemic stopped us short of having the entire program last year and we postponed the “Homecoming” part of our celebration to this year. It took place...
Posted On 05 May 2022

Centennial celebration, part two, of Central Baptist Church will take place on Saturday, April 30th

Last year, as a member of a committee at Central Baptist Church to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the church, we started meeting early in the year and set the date for the celebration in October. Covid was a problem then but the vaccines were out and we thought by October we...
Posted On 05 Apr 2022

COVID-19 impacting local jail, dance studio, church

Not too long after 46 patients and several staff members at First Christian Care Communities in Corbin tested positive for COVID-19 on June 26, positive COVID-19 tests involving the Whitley County Detention Center, Gail Fredericks School of Dance and Gymnastics and Central...
Posted On 08 Jul 2020

Central Baptist Church pastor talks about battle against brain cancer at chamber luncheon

In late 2017 and early 2018, Central Baptist Church Pastor Chad Fugitt began to have what could only be described as “overwhelming moments of disorientation.” They’d last about 30 seconds, after which he’d have a strange, metallic taste in his mouth. The story of what came after...

Tom Dowling was a leader in every aspect of life

Tom Dowling was a leader in every aspect of life. He was a leader as a coach and as commissioner of the Mid-South Conference. But I remember him most as a great leader at Central Baptist Church where I was a member of his Sunday School class for several years. Tom died after a...
Posted On 10 Jan 2018