Trevor Sherman

There is always a certain level of excitement that comes with the start of each new sports season. Considering Kentucky’s love for basketball, it is a very big deal when tipoff time rolls around each year. Likewise, there is also a special feeling when basketball season is winding down, spring is nearly upon us, and it’s suddenly time to head out to the baseball and softball fields again. Of course, the fall season is all about football, with the tailgating, the spirit lines, the rivalries, and the adrenaline that is felt when the pads are laced up and it’s time to kickoff. There has been a lot of talk in recent...

Shew, what a weekend it was! When last week’s edition was hitting shelves, I was working on getting the News Journal booth set up in downtown Corbin for the 2022 NIBROC Festival. Some scattered rain made things a little wet, but I was happy that it eventually cleared up enough so that my kids could ride a bunch of rides at the carnival later that evening. A big highlight of last Wednesday was the notification that I received informing me that a photo I had submitted to this year’s Appalachian Photographic Society photography contest had been selected for the Dr. Thomas Barnes Award for capturing nature in its most unique perspective....

Here we are… NIBROC 2022! The carnival is all set up, vendors are ready to present their goods, and food tents/trailers are ready to feed hungry visitors. I am looking forward to taking in all of the sights and sounds that this year’s festival has to offer, including the annual parade, some great music courtesy of a fantastic lineup of musical acts, and a long list of other scheduled activities. I am also looking forward to conversing with many of you News Journal readers out there, as we will have our own booth set up where several different things will be happening. Here is the plan… First, visiting our booth could make...

Before I came back to the News Journal full time about two months ago, I was working a sales job that required me spend a good amount of time in several different areas of eastern Kentucky, including many of the communities that were hit hardest by last week’s historic flooding. Although most of my travels were to Clay, Leslie, and Perry counties, I also had the opportunity to meet and work with folks in Knott County as well. I made a trip to visit a client in Jackson over in Breathitt County once, and on one occasion I made the long trek through Floyd County and into Johnson County. To see...

At Monday’s Corbin City Commission meeting, a pair of announcements were made concerning longtime city employees who will soon be retiring. First, City Manager Marlon Sams informed the commission during his report that Roger Shelton has decided to step down from his position as manager of the Corbin Recycling Center. Although Roger’s official last day won’t come until later this year, he is planning on taking some accrued time off beginning later this month. So, for all intents and purposes, his final day working at the plant will be July 28. I had the chance to chat with Roger briefly on Tuesday, as I wanted to find out more about his history...

My wife, whether she will care to admit it or not, fancies herself as somewhat of an amateur detective. She’s not out on the streets processing crime scenes or anything, but she’s watched enough true crime documentaries to pick up more than a thing or two about forensics and criminal behavior. Recently, she sent me a link to a Facebook group that she follows where somebody had made mention of an apparent cold case from 1965 in Corbin. The case was the brutal murder of 63-year-old Flora Inman, a Williamsburg native and longtime teacher for Corbin Schools. At the time of her murder, Miss Inman was inside her home on Master...

The theme of my life for the past week has been “roads.” It started last Thursday when I attended the Corbin Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon at David’s Steakhouse. The guest speaker for the day was Mr. Keenan Jones from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. He fielded many questions from myself, and from various club members, about several different planned and ongoing road projects in our local area (see the story on page A-6). For the remainder of last week, and for about half the day this past Monday, I have been out and about a lot in Corbin, Williamsburg and Jellico, checking on our newspaper route and making a few changes. While...

I have written in the past about the 1940 Chevrolet pickup truck that my father and I have brought to previous Cumberland Valley Cruise-In events in downtown Corbin. To quickly review, the truck was restored by my grandfather. For the sake of time, I will not go into the details of how he obtained it, but with a lot of hard work and dedication he was able to get it looking pretty much like new. He painted it navy blue and got it road ready, but then it sat for several years. Eventually, my grandfather decided that he would like for me to have the truck. It was an unbelievable...

In recent days it has been very interesting and encouraging to catch up on some of the discussions that took place during the recent National Summit on Journalism in Rural America. The summit took place at Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, KY on June 3-4. Journalists from all over the country attended, including Mr. Al Cross, Professor and Director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. Mr. Cross wrote about the summit after its conclusion, detailing many of the highlights and painting a picture of hope for the future of community newspapers like the one you are currently reading. “At a time when newspapers must...

(Column by Trevor Sherman) They don’t call Corbin “America’s greatest little sports town” for nothing... If you live here, or if you know much at all about it, then you know that claim is not just a boast. In fact, of all the “little sports towns” in America, a strong argument could be made that Corbin is, in fact, the greatest. I do not have the time nor the space to get into all of the reasons why this is so, but if you want to know exactly what makes Corbin such a great sports town, then I would recommend you pick up a copy of Gary P. West’s The Boys From...