City staff members at Synergy event 2021-11-26 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. City employees Terry and Ann Marie and Craig and Jerry helped Mayor Hoots prepare for and wrap up the special announcement event this week to welcome Synergy Food Group, the newest member of the Columbia business community. About 50 special guests and officials attended on Tuesday. Ann Marie announced with a big smile that she had 18 days in the countdown to her retirement. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Great Wooded South Thanksgiving 2021-11-26 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Billy Joe writes, "A perfect and very valuable Black Walnut tree of huge proportions that dwarfs the other trees around it. Much the same way that 'Thanksgiving is a perfect and very valuable day that dwarfs the other days around it'!" Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

At Bowling Park Food Pantry 2021-11-25 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Chris Lagermann. Bowling Park Food Pantry Director Kathy Powers receives the Red Lick United Methodist Church family's donation from Bill Lagermann. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Red Lick Church collects donations for food pantry 2021-11-25 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Chris Lagermann. The Red Lick United Methodist Church family is pictured with food collected for the Bowling Park Food Pantry. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Thanksgiving dinner traditions 2021-11-25 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Thanksgiving traditions include turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce and more. This plate was prepared at Betty's Country Cookin' which was open on Thanksgiving day. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

McKinney is first chair of Mass Communication Department 2021-11-25 - Taylor County, KY - Photo from Campbellsville University communications. Stan McKinney, associate professor of journalism and adviser to the Campus Times newspaper, is the first chair of Campbellsville University's Mass Communication Department. His journalism career has spanned nearly three decades at three different Kentucky newspapers: The Sturgis News in Sturgis, Ky. (1974-1975), where he was a reporter/photographer; The Sentinel-News in Shelbyville, Ky. (1976-1980), where he was a reporter/photographer; and the Central Kentucky News-Journal in Campbellsville, Ky., (1980-2000), where he was news editor. McKinney has won numerous awards throughout his career and has been a member of the Campbellsville City Council for 17 years. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: House Finch 2021-11-25 - Frankfort, KY - Photo by Pen. A male house finch, feasting on berries outside the Salato Wildlife Education Center in Frankfort. According to the All About Birds entry on Haemorhous mexicanus, "The House Finch was originally a bird of the western United States and Mexico. In 1940 a small number of finches were turned loose on Long Island, New York, after failed attempts to sell them as cage birds ('Hollywood finches')," and they spread from there to all 50 states. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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