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Over the years, White Flag Ministry has served thousands of meals and helped hundreds of people in need find warmth and shelter on some of the coldest nights of the year. These efforts, spearheaded by First Baptist Church of Corbin, have been well-documented by this publication...

Travis McDonald, of the Tri-County Elks Lodge #2826, recently presented a $2,500 check to Paul Sims, Minister of Music and Worship, and Alex Lockridge, Senior Pastor, of Corbin’s First Baptist Church. Both Sims and Lockridge accepted the gift as representatives for the White Flag...

January’s winter weather has First Baptist Church of Corbin’s White Flag Ministry in need of monetary help to be able to provide hotel rooms to those in need. “We are seeing between 100 and 120 people each night,” said Pastor Alex Lockridge noting that the ministry is spending...

The Whitley County Health Department is planning to switch the primary COVID-19 vaccine that it uses in a few weeks to one that requires only a single dose rather than two, and it is hoping to expand the vaccination program to lesser served groups after it does so. So far, the...

  The Sunup Initiative served meals at the White Flag Ministry on March 5. White Flag Ministry feeds and provides shelter for members of the community. Different groups volunteer to partner with the ministry to serve food. White Flag Ministry is part of First Baptist Church...

A downtown Corbin restaurant will be working to help First Baptist Church’s White Flag Ministry Thursday night. The Wrigley Taproom on Main Street will be donating 15 percent of the proceeds from Thursday’s dinner service to the ministry that helps provide shelter for area...

With nighttime temperatures falling into the low and mid 20’s, First Baptist Church has run up the white flag. Rather than surrender, the flag signifies that the church on Roy Kidd Ave. near the Corbin Library is offering shelter from the cold to those in need. The church is...

With temperatures plummeting to the single digits over the next several nights, individuals and families looking for a place to get out of the cold may call upon the City of Corbin or First Baptist Church for assistance. Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney said the McBurney Center may...