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As part of its duties, the Whitley County Health Department conducts routine public health inspections of various entities, including restaurants, stores, schools, mobile home parks, swimming pools, etc. Some of the most recent inspections include: Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Park Inspections Triple T Rentals, Archer St., Woodbine – 96. March 31 regular inspection. Violations: site not satisfactory; premises had debris. School inspections Corbin School of Innovation, 800 S. Kentucky Ave., Corbin – 100. April 7 regular inspection. Corbin Educational Center, 901 S. Main St., Corbin – 95. April 7 regular inspection. Violations: rodents and insects present. Follow-up inspection required. Corbin Educational Center, 901 S. Main St., Corbin – 100. April 15 follow-up inspection. Oak Grove Elementary...

By: John Curtis White This season the MLB has had some divisions where 1st place is basically guaranteed to win the division. Also, there are some where it is more contested. Here are the MLB divisions that are over in my opinion. First, the NL East. Here are some reasons that I believe that the NL East is over. Right now, the Braves have a 9.5 game lead on the Phillies who are in 2nd place. Even though the Phillies are getting hot going 7-3 in their last 10 games, the Braves have gone 8-2 in their last 10 games. Another reason that I believe the division is over right now...

I can still remember the first golf course I ever played. I was either in eighth grade or a freshman in high school when I first took up playing golf. My dad started playing golf about one year prior to this. I would see him out in the yard practicing and then I started practicing myself. The first course I ever played was this little public course in Pineville. I don’t remember if it was part of the state park system at the time. It was this pretty short fun little course. Almost everyone walked this course because it was a short distance. I think the longest hole on the course was hole number...

Representatives from Bluegrass Care Navigators shared their commitment to improving hospice patients’ lives and easing families’ struggles at the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon on June 9. Provider Liaison Jorden Hill, Certified Nursing Assistant Katlin Sanders and Associate Director of Philanthropy Bekah Worster provided information about the work Bluegrass Care Navigators does to help hospice patients and their families. The speakers said there is a misunderstanding of hospice care as something only necessary at in the final days of one’s life, but the care they provide focuses on comfort and pain management that could help patients live longer. “Hospice is not about giving up,” Hill said. Sanders said many people miss out...

Commonwealth Attorney for Whitley and McCreary counties Ronnie Bowling told members of the Corbin Rotary Club on June 4 that protecting children and holding repeat violent offenders accountable have been his top priorities during his time in office. Bowling serves as Commonwealth’s Attorney for the state’s 34th Judicial Circuit. Since taking the position in 2018, Bowling has worked to make the local jurisdiction more involved in legislative efforts and more respected throughout the state. “I wanted us to have a seat at the table in Frankfort,” said Bowling. “I wanted us to be much more involved and us more involved in legislative change. I wanted us to be respected as a jurisdiction,...

After spending approximately five hours and five minutes in executive closed session to discuss Superintendent Tabetha Housekeeper’s evaluation and contract, the Williamsburg Board of Education voted 2-1, with two members abstaining during the vote, to authorize Board Attorney Paul Croley to negotiate a three-year contract with Housekeeper. Housekeeper informed the board and audience members her current contract ends on June 30. The board entered executive session at approximately 12:50 p.m. and returned to regular session at 5:55 p.m. Prior to the executive session, Housekeeper presented her end-of-the-year evaluation evidence and capstone, highlighting accomplishments and goals in the areas of strategic leadership, instructional leadership, cultural leadership, human resources leadership, managerial leadership, collaborative leadership...

Dr. Katherine Whitaker felt like she had arrived when she got her name on the hats of a local T-ball team as a sponsor. The Corbin Family Dental Care dentist says she doesn’t expect people to come to her practice because of it, but she does it because she wants to be part of the community. She still remembers the names of the businesses that sponsored her ball teams while she was growing up in Bardstown. It was that hometown feel where she could be part of something that led her to buy a practice in Corbin 10 years ago. “A small town is very familiar with me. I knew I wanted...

Numerous representatives from area ambulance services, fire departments and police departments turned out to honor and help lay Whitley County EMS Director Amanda Jackson to rest June 3. Jackson died at Baptist Health Corbin on June 1 following a long battle with cancer. After funeral services at Hart Funeral Home in Corbin, Jackson’s casket was loaded onto a Whitley County EMS ambulance and made the short drive across the street to Pine Hill Cemetery. The ambulance has a breast cancer awareness wrap, which was done in Jackson’s honor after her diagnosis to surprise her on March 20, 2024. Several emergency service representatives, friends and family members walked across the street some of whom...

Malachi Brown’s commitment to the University of Kentucky was announced on Sunday. The Corbin offensive tackle recorded 66 tackles and eight sacks during his junior season with the Redhounds. Brown chose the Wildcats over Tennessee, Louisville and Purdue.

“If you believe, then a lot of good things are gonna happen.” This is how Whitley County Baseball Head Coach Jeremy Shope described his team’s mentality ahead of the school’s third state tournament appearance. The Colonel’s will take on Apollo in the first round at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Legends Field in Lexington. The impact of experience For most of the team’s roster, Friday’s game will be their first time participating in a Kentucky High School Athletic Association baseball state tournament. There are four players, however, who have been to the tournament before and know what it takes to win. Seniors Dee Parker and Kaden Powers were freshman the last time Whitley County made...