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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...

Downtown Corbin isn’t what it once was when I was kid when you still had downtown department stores and it was a hub for local shopping, whether it was clothing or furniture. It isn’t what it was when I started in journalism about 30 years ago after most of the downtown retail...

Corbin’s Independence Day celebration Sunday evening seemed to go pretty well with some relatively nice weather for July. There were a handful of vendors selling things from lighted swords and inflatable aliens for the kids to funnel cakes and kettle corn in The Arena parking...

It isn’t often that I am inclined to say that I think I can speak for nearly everyone in the community, but this is one of those occasions. We’re all grateful that the missing person case of Darrell Carter last week had a happy ending. Carter, 75, who has a history of dementia,...

Some parts of my job are a lot more exciting than others. On the plus side, you have the more interesting stuff, such as meeting famous or well-known people, like musicians, congressmen, United States senators and governors. I have met and interviewed every Kentucky governor...

If you are a music fan, then chances are you probably remember the first real music album or LP (long play), that you ever got. I’m not talking about something like Barney the Dinosaur’s greatest hits, but your first real album or LP. I remember mine. When I was a kid, my dad and...

From my perspective, our local fairs and festivals are a lot like grandparents getting visits from their grandchildren. I am happy to see them come. I am happy to see them go…LOL. NIBROC 2021 has now come and gone, and it was great to see its return after a two-year hiatus. It...