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The University of the Cumberlands is the most affordable college in Kentucky, public or private, according to the recently published College Consensus. The organization published Cumberlands’ annual on-campus tuition rate for undergraduate students which is only $9,875 a year. I...

My journey today is about travel. My wife and I love to travel. We have traveled to most of the states and a few foreign countries. However, I have reached the point in time, because of my age, that we no longer can makes the trips we otherwise would take. Another reason is that...

Monday, I met with H.E. “Hank” Everman, a true historian, at the Corbin Public Library. Many of us with age have our history in our memories. Not Hank. He specialized in American History and Social Studies at the University of Kentucky, from which he graduated in 1963. He earned...

You know the saying, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” I regret not recording the many stories my late sister, Bena Mae, told me on our many talks in the last years of her life. We talked about it but procrastinated. I would sit in awe as I listened to what...

Here at the News Journal our reporting staff can write a column stating their opinion on any subject on this page. I make this opportunity available to them because it is a way for you to get to know us better and for us to express our feelings and thoughts no matter how much...

There are several types of trailer hitches for vehicles. Some are attached to the bumper. Others have a sleeve for the hitch to be attached. And then there are those that drop down and extend out. The one that extended out far beyond the vehicle is the kind that I tripped over in...

Our grandson in Lexington passed his driver’s test and got his drivers license last week. That was a cause for celebration because it will relieve his mother from having to take him to the many school activities. The first time he took the driver’s test he failed because the...

Those of us with a little age tend to remember events of the past and relish in talking about them. Thus, a meeting like the one I attended last week at the Corbin Public Library to talk about the history of Corbin was fun. Diane Mitchell has been a leader in preserving Corbin’s...

One of the most pleasing headlines we have had in this newspaper came last week when it read, “A United Front: Mayors Pledge Cooperation.” It was a story about Corbin and London coming together after decades of rivalry over the property along the Cumberland Parkway, off I-75 Exit...

Some people have told me that they missed my columns during January. I appreciate that. However, due to my illness I wasn’t up to writing any. My wife and I are into preventive health. We have taken all covid shots that are available, flu shots, shingles, you name it, we try to...