Don Estep

Music plays an important role in celebrating and worshipping at Christmas 24 Dec 2025 Merry Christmas! That is my greeting in this space for the 38th consecutive year. Although I retired from this newspaper at the beginning of the year, I still write an o... See more

News of planned paving in downtown welcome after many years of asking 13 Nov 2025 A few days ago, News Journal Publisher Trevor Sherman sent me a text which read, “I just heard that KY and Main streets will be paved in 2026.” A few minutes later, News Jou... See more

When I was growing up, sports didn’t get any bigger that the World Series 24 Oct 2025 With football games every week and now basketball ready to start, baseball can be overlooked at this time of the year. But starting this week the World Series will begin... See more

While Leanne Morgan was great, traffic issues at the Arena were definitely not I don’t have to tell those in charge of the Corbin Arena about the parking disaster caused by two sellout crowds to the Leanne Morgan show Saturday night. They are already awar... See more

There is a big difference between an opinion and an informed opinion Opinions! Everybody has opinions. This column I’m writing is my opinion, which is placed on the opinion page, in this newspaper. This is the only page where staff writers’ and submitted ... See more