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May Day Tradition Returns to Corbin for 80th Year

On the first Friday in May, roses will be presented and a new winner will be crowned following an important race (no, not that race, it happens in Louisville the next day). This race has been happening in our community for the past 80 years and is extremely important to many in...
Posted On 28 Mar 2023
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Corbin Middle School celebrates Kindness Week with positive self-esteem, generosity, and service

Developed from her Ossoli Club sponsored platform, Grit and Grace, MaryAlice McVey, May Day Queen 2022, along with The Kindness Club at Corbin Middle School, created week-long KINDNESS awareness activities and lessons for the student body. MaryAlice, a junior at Corbin High...
Posted On 14 Mar 2023
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Nine contestants compete for May Day Tiny Queen crown

The Ossoli Club of Corbin’s 79th Annual May Day Festival will be hosted at The Arena in Corbin at 7 p.m. on May 6. Community members have until noon on April 29 to cast their votes for their favorite candidates. Members of the business community are helping the club...

Seventeen candidates are vying for 2022 May Day Queen crown

After two years of “virtual” May Days, the Ossoli Club of Corbin is excited to announce the 79th annual May Day Festival will be an in-person event at The Arena in Corbin. The May Day Festival is a fundraising event for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Kentucky Ossoli...

May 2-8 declared May Day Week

Mayor Suzie Razmus signs proclamation declaring the week of May 2-8 “May Day Week” in Corbin. Members of the Ossoli Club of Corbin join Mayor Razmus at the signing.
Posted On 05 May 2021
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Corbin cleanup set for April 22

Corbin Downtown is teaming up with the Ossoli Club of Corbin, local Girl Scouts and other local organizations to help clean up downtown Corbin on April 22. Corbin Downtown Director Maggy Kriebel said the event will run from 5 until 7 p.m. Members of the community are invited to...

Ossoli Club announces student art contest winners

The Ossoli Club of Corbin hosted the 9th District G.F.W.C. (General Federation of Women’s clubs) Kentucky Fall conference October 26th, 2019 at First Baptist Church of Corbin. GFWC is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives...
Posted On 09 Dec 2019
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Whitley Judge-Executive, Ossoli Club pledge support to Senior Citizens Center

It’s been a good week for the Corbin Senior Citizens Center. Just a month ago, the center was looking at about a $15,000 shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year, which would mean a reduction in the number of days it would be open, and meals it could serve those who utilize the...

Mayor signs proclamation for Ossoli Club for May Day Festival Week

Members of the GFWC Kentucky Ossoli Club of Corbin cluster around Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus as she signs the Proclamation naming April 28 through May 4 of this year to be May Day Festival Week in the City of Corbin. Members present were Christina Bentley, Diane Mitchell, June...

Taylor, Cornett to be crowned at Corbin’s 76th May Day Festival

Katty Ann Taylor and Brynlee Alise Cornett will be crowned the 2019 May Queen and Tiny Queen during the May Day Festival at the Corbin Arena on Friday, May 3. During the performance, the 2018 May Queen, Abigail Renee Martin, will present the crown to Corbin Mayor Pro Tem Andrew...
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