Trevor Sherman

There has been an ongoing effort in recent years to make improvements to the Whitley County Fairgrounds, located in the Savoy community of Williamsburg, and to find new and exciting ways to utilize the land. This past weekend’s Fog River Run Invitational cross country meet was the latest event to take place in that effort, and I feel like it was a huge success. When I pulled up to the fairgrounds Saturday morning, the first thing that struck me was how appropriately named this race was. It was a beautiful, foggy fall morning, and while I didn’t know what to expect from the race itself, I was happy to see...

After attending three different sporting events between Friday and Saturday of last week, I was left with a lot of thoughts. First, it was a memorable night in Corbin Friday as the Redhounds secured a 51-28 victory over the Hazard Bulldogs on Hall of Fame night. At halftime of the game, this year’s athletic Hall of Fame class was introduced to the crowd. The complete list of inductees is: Miranda Wilson-Rogers, Kayla Wilson-Rose, Hannah Hart-Russell, Eric Blackwood, Brandon Hedrick, Jack Vermillion, CHS Baseball Head Coach Cody Philpot, Paul Jones and the 2011 CHS boys tennis team. Seeing a few of the 2024 inductees walk across the field with their families suddenly...

Sixty years. That is how long the Fine Arts Association of Southeastern Kentucky has been bringing high quality live music and singing performances to the local community. That is quite the accomplishment, especially considering how difficult things have been in a post-COVID world. Like everything else in 2020, the global coronavirus pandemic forced an untold amount of live shows to be postponed or outright cancelled. That included concerts in our local area, of course, but the hard-working individuals who are continuing to carry on the tradition of the Fine Arts Association understood the importance that these shows would play in getting us all “back to normal” once the COVID threat...

So, last week was pretty much terrible, wasn’t it? With the search for I-75 shooting suspect Joseph Couch still ongoing near the border of Laurel and Rockcastle counties, school systems all over the region made the decision to play it safe and call off classes and extracurricular activities on Monday. When it became apparent that the manhunt would continue for at least another day, cancellations were announced for Tuesday. And then again on Wednesday. And again on Thursday and Friday. Scheduled athletic contests, including Friday night football games, were called off. With each passing day, the concern about having folks gathered in large groups out in the open continued to...

It’s been a busy week. There have unfortunately been some very negative developments in our local communities, but there have been some extremely positive ones as well. With this column, I’d like to take the opportunity to send out some well-deserved congratulatory messages to several people. I will start with a couple of athletic achievements. First, congrats to the Whitley County Lady Colonels soccer team on their Kentucky 2A sectional championship victory last week. The Colonel ladies defeated host Bell County and Corbin to win the title, which advances them to this year’s Kentucky 2A State Championship Tournament. An extra, extra special congratulations to WCHS senior Autumn Sawyers for breaking the school’s...

When this series of columns began way back in December of last year, my intention was to do one entry a month all the way through 2024. We ended up making it most of the way through this year, but this will serve to wrap up what I hope has been an interesting and educational journey. Over the past several months we have gone through the archives of the old Whitley Republican to revisit some of the biggest headlines related to Eugene Siler, Sr. and his many accomplishments. This week, we take a look at one more, from January 19, 1984. That week, over 40 years ago, Cumberland College paid tribute...

This week, I wanted to use my column space to help get the word out about a couple of ongoing efforts in our local communities. First, there is an increasing need for another emergency housing option somewhere nearby. The only one currently in operation in Whitley County is Emergency Christian Ministries in Williamsburg, and while they have been doing a great job, the reality is that they are operating with limited space and resources. Side note: ECM is holding a benefit auction during next week’s Old Fashioned Trading Days festival in downtown Williamsburg. I believe they are still accepting donations for auction items, so if you have an item (or items)...

Ever since former Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Monhollen took over as the park manager at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park it seems like there has been one exciting announcement after another. That should come as no surprise to anyone who knows Maggy, as she is all about fun and excitement. She is also a real pro at promoting special events that she is a part of, such as the upcoming 100 Years of Parks Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, Aug. 31. Cumberland Falls is joining parks all across the state this year to celebrate the centennial of Kentucky State Parks. It is a momentous occasion, and if you would like to...

As anyone who has continued to pick up our paper this summer will likely already know, we’ve talked a lot about the issues of homelessness and housing insecurity. Most of the discussion has taken place in a six-part series of articles that I recently wrote on these topics, but I have also given some of my personal views in the form of columns as well. I really hadn’t planned on approaching the subject again so soon, but something happened last week that left me feeling like I should address one more side of this problem. Long story short, I attended a meeting where First Baptist Church of Corbin’s Pastor, Alex...

If you are a senior citizen who reads our paper, or if you have a friend/family member/acquaintance who happens to be a senior citizen, then you have likely seen our monthly Senior Living insert. These have been running in our publication for a long time, and the content inside is dedicated to covering a wide range of topics pertaining to issues that seniors might deal with on any given day. In recent years, I have had the opportunity to write some very interesting feature stories for Senior Living. I’ve spoken to seniors who are AmeriCorps volunteers in some of our local schools, I’ve learned about several special programs dedicated to...