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When you are an editor at a college newspaper, you have staff writers that turn in all kinds of stories with varying levels of quality. Some prove to be memorable and not for good reason…LOL. You usually had one or two staff writers, who were pretty darn good and you didn’t have...

The 2023 Whitley County Fair is upon us, and from the sound of things, it should be a good one this year. My inner Star Wars geek can’t wait to see the 40’x40’ bounce house that the fair will feature this year, which looks like the iconic Millennium Falcon from the classic films....

So, did you ever hear about the time I got shot by these guys target shooting at an outhouse? FYI – No, I wasn’t in the outhouse at the time…LOL. (It’s OK to laugh. I do. Well, I do now anyway.) Saturday will mark the 40th anniversary of the occasion. The day was July 1. I was 12...

Sometimes, when people reach a certain level of prominence or what they see as prominence, they think they are too good to do menial tasks. You probably know the kind of people I am talking about. I think all of us have known a few of them over the years. Outgoing Williamsburg...

Few things in life are sadder than a new born baby dying. The first time I had to write about such a thing was in college at Eastern Kentucky University. I was working at the school paper, The Eastern Progress, and writing a follow-up story on a cold case involving a dead newborn...

When I started my career as a professional journalist, I never really gave any thought to how long I would be doing this for a career, but here I am 30 years later and still going. On Friday, May 14, 1993, I had my first job interview with the London Sentinel Echo just a few...

Election Day is coming on Tuesday, May 16, but if you want to avoid lines at the polls remember you can vote early Thursday through Saturday at the old courthouse in Williamsburg and in the old district courtroom in Corbin, which is located in the old city hall. One of the few...

Whitley County lost a great man this week with the passing of Keith Decker Monday. In addition to being a senior pastor at Black Oak Baptist Church, Keith was the founder and president of Cedaridge Ministries, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year. Cedaridge traces its...

Wow! Organizers couldn’t have asked for much better day than they had Saturday for the Third Annual Colonel Fest celebration on Main Street in downtown Corbin. I was downtown from about an hour prior to the festival’s start Saturday morning  until it ended about 6 p.m. Saturday...

If you are looking for something a little bit outside of the usual to do this weekend, let me recommend the Rotary International Dinner that will be taking place Saturday at the Laurel-London Optimist Club in London starting at 7 p.m. The annual dinner is a joint event hosted by...