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Dr. William "Will" Franklin Graham IV, the grandson of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, has been selected as the keynote speaker for the University of the Cumberlands' 11th Annual Excellence in Leadership Series, which is sponsored by The Forcht Group of Kentucky. Graham will speak about "Christian Leadership" as part of the event, which will be held in the University's O. Wayne Rollins Center on April 12. Graham is the third generation of Grahams to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ under the banner of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). He is the oldest son of Franklin Graham. The first of Will Graham's crusade-style events - called Celebrations - took place in...

Sherrie Mays, MSN, RN was named Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for Baptist Health Corbin. Sherrie joined Baptist in 1983 as a staff nurse.  In 1995, she was named Director of Women’s and Children’s Services. Leadership for the Surgery Department was added to her responsibilities in 2001.  In 2014, with a growing surgical service, the hospital asked Sherrie to focus all of her administrative energies as the Director of Surgical Services. Sherrie has served on multiple System Teams, including the Material Management and Standardization Team, Wrong Site Surgery Team and the Surgical Team.  She has also been an active member on the hospital’s Emergency Preparedness and Management Team and the...

The big question on everyone’s mind now that Barbourville residents have approved the sale of alcohol is will it be sold on Sunday. The answer is yes. The second reading of Barbourville's Resolution 2016-1 was held last Friday; however, the vote by the city council to approve the ordinance was not unanimous. Council member Wilma Barnes was missing, and Councilmember Sherman Lawson was the sole no vote. The 20-page ordinance took Mayor David Thompson nearly an hour to read Thursday, but after all was said and done, the hours were officially set for city alcohol sales. According to the ordinance, alcohol can be sold Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to midnight. Sunday...