Image Carousel

Williamsburg Kiwanis Club President David Perry (far right) recently presented $500 scholarships to three deserving graduating seniors, including: Whitley County High School senior Dania Esser (far left), who received the Kiwanis Achievement Scholarship; and Williamsburg High School seniors Jazzlyn Threlkeld, who received the Harold Wortman Scholarship; and Nicholas Barman, who received the Henry ‘Babe’ Barton Scholarship.

Whitley County High School Whitley County School District Superintendent John Siler presented the 2021 Governor’s Scholars recipients with a certificate for their accomplishments. Whitley County High School’s 2021 Governor’s Scholars include: Luke Baker, Rebecca Meadors, Leslie Monhollen, Samuel Hudson, and Jackson Leskiw. Corbin High School Corbin students selected to participate in the program include Patton Chandler, Melanie McWilliams, and Khushi Patel. These students will participate in the five week Governor’s Scholars Program at one of three college campuses. This summer, the campuses include Centre College, Morehead State University, and Bellarmine University.

Each year I lend my voice to the hundreds of singing spectators waiting for the horses to come out of the gate. As I sing along with the exited crowd, the beautiful words of My Old Kentucky Home, the song written by Stephen Collins Foster, bring tears to my eyes. My mind flashes back to my grammar school years where my teachers made it a first priority to learn this and other songs by him. Some of the most popular were: Oh! Susanna (1848), De Camptown Races (1850), Old Folks at Home (1851), My Old Kentucky Home, (1853), Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (1854), and Beautiful Dreamer (1862)....

Like many other traditions, the May Day Festival has changed throughout the years. What used to be a large-scale, in-person production has been moved to a virtual event since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Despite the changes to the event, the grace and poise of the May Day Queens endures. Lisa (Gambrell) Johnson, the 1981 May Day Queen, said her experience as queen centered more around the actual ceremony. “It was mainly the whole getting ready for May Day – getting photographers, dresses for teas, dresses for the program, said Johnson. “It was a hectic time, but it was a fun time.” While she enjoyed the process leading up to the festival, Johnson...

Mayor Suzie Razmus signs proclamation declaring the week of May 2-8 “May Day Week” in Corbin. Members of the Ossoli Club of Corbin join Mayor Razmus at the signing.

Going to the Lane Theatre and the Dixie Drive-In with my friends, when I was a teenager, was so much fun, and one of my favorite past-times. I have many fond memories at both places. I’ve written about the theaters before, which are both closed and have been for years, but there’s a memory that popped into my head this morning that made me chuckle, and I decided to share it with you. I am not real proud of the fact, but when I was young, like most people that age, I was a fan of horror movies. This goes back to the year of 1982, when the popular slasher film Friday...

At the end of the second week of May Day fundraising, Brianica Lynn Childress is in first place for May Day Queen, Mary Hope Jackson is in second place and in third place is Savanah Lynn Blankenship. In the race for Tiny Queen at this time, Hadley Tyree is in first place and Sadie Lee is in second. The Ossoli Club would like to remind everyone the fundraising will continue until noon on Friday, April 30.  All donations are tax deductible and can be made by mail or online.  Online go to the Ossoli Club’s website, ossoliclubofcorbin.com, and select your candidate.  If mailing your donation, write your check to the Ossoli...

The Whitley County Colonel Players will perform “Alibis” for general audiences on Friday at 7 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m. at the school’s amphitheater. The play is a comedic murder mystery of whodunit and howdunit. The official synopsis of the play reads: “Whodunit, howdunit. When famous actress Primavera Donna throws a party and winds up dead, it’s up to the guests to figure out who and how, and why the hired help is so annoying. Shades of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Ten Little Indians. As the storm outside rages and the body count mounts, the guests must contend with interruptions, shocking revelations, tacky special effects, and the arrival of a mysterious...

The William Whitley Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution rededicated and cleaned the gravesites of Captain Charles A. Gatliff (1748-1838) and his wife Christina McGuire Gatliff (1753-1807) following its regular monthly meeting on April 10 in Williamsburg, stated a press release from the chapter. Photo SUBMITTED  Rededication: Jill Wilder Roaden, direct descendant of Charles A. Gatliff; Dianne Chambers, regent; and Carolyn M. Falin, vice regent, were some of the members who visited the gravesites of Captain Charles A. Gatliff and Christina McGuire Gatliff after the NSDAR Chapter’s meeting on April 10. The graves are located on private property near Ky 92 E towards Poplar Creek. Christina Gatliff and...

McKenzie Walters, a senior at Whitley County High School, has been named a National Honor Society (NHS) Scholar. According to the school’s Facebook page, “ has demonstrated a strong commitment to the four pillars of NHS: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Walters will be the recipient of a NHS Scholarship. In addition to her National Honors Society achievements, Walters has served as the Senior Class President. “McKenzie embodies the four pillars of the NHS, scholarship, service, leadership, and character, and is an invaluable member of the Colonel family,” said Whitley County High School Principal Julie Osborne.  “She is naturally a leader who challenges herself and all those around her to always do and...