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In the summer of 1993, Kentucky poet George Ella Lyon started working on the piece that would become her award-winning and internationally acclaimed poem “Where I’m From.” It has since become one of the foremost poetry writing models in the world. Lyon, Kentucky poet laureate for 2015-16, is using “Where I’m From” as the central theme of a project that will touch all 120 of Kentucky’s counties. Corbin Public Library has agreed to be the “Where I’m From” organizer for Whitley County, and will be collecting submissions of “Where I’m From” poems to be included on the Kentucky Arts Council’s “Where I’m From” Web page. Poems may be submitted as Microsoft...

Dr. Travis Freeman says the idea about the upcoming “Lights Out Dinner in the Dark” March 14 is to give people a greater appreciation for the kinds of challenges people with disabilities face every day. Freeman, an ordained minister and adjunct professor of religion at the University of the Cumberlands, lost his sight in middle school. His fight to overcome the hurdles that naturally came with sudden blindness were the subject of the feature-length film “23 Blast” and his autobiography “Lights Out: Living in a Sightless World.” He is also president and CEO of The Freeman Foundation — an organization he created to promote the needs and potential of people with...

 

Do you need prayer? You may have recently seen a man standing close to the street corner of 25W and South Main Street in Corbin, and wondered to yourself, what is that guy doing? “Preacher Mike, or just Mike”, as he asked to be called, (preferring to not use his surname), stands on the sidewalk about two hours almost every weekday, and sometimes on Saturdays. He’s out there, come snow or shine to offer up prayers for passersby who may be in need. Cold weather doesn’t seem bother him. He just bundles up and goes on out to do what he says, “the Father has led him to do.” Mike, 45, who is...

Kentucky State Police Post 11, London is pleased to welcome two additional Sergeants to the command staff at Post 11. The two agency veterans have been reassigned to the London Post as of February 1st. They are:   * Sergeant Les Moses, Williamsburg, a 12 year veteran of the agency will be assigned to Squad Sergeant of Pulaski and Rockcastle Counties.         * Sergeant Jason Partin, Barbourville, a 7 year veteran of the agency will be assigned as the Special Detail Sergeant.

A group of teachers and students from Hong Kong got to experience two staples of American schools during their 10 days in Corbin – the holiday and the snow day. After arriving in Corbin Jan. 15, the students enjoyed a three-day weekend with their host families because of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Jan. 18. After going to school on Tuesday, the area was hit with the first round of snow, resulting in school being closed Wednesday and Thursday. A second round of snow closed school Friday. Corbin Middle School teacher Kristal Doolin and her family hosted one of the students, 11-year-old Kuang Yi Ling. While Kuang didn’t see much of...