Bridget Maupin retires 2020-12-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Debra Waddell. Deb writes, "Congrats to Bridget Maupin on her retirement from Adair County Schools. She has worked in education for 28 years both in Estill County and Adair as a special education teacher. Most recently she has taught at the Adair County Middle School and we will miss her terribly, but know she will have a fantastic retirement. Congratulations Bridget!" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fruit, Candy, and Fireworks 2020-12-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson. A Christmas advertisement from the December 18, 1940, issue of the Adair County News, for E. Campbell's Grocery on Jamestown Street. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Another oil well strike on Hwy 61 Tuesday 2020-12-23 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Victoria Pike, Spread Boss, Miss Vicky\'s Pampered Angus Ranch. This well was drilled in yesterday afternoon south of Cumberland Parkway and the Hunter Place, part of the Pampered Angus Ranch. The smell of oil was thick in the air. No comments yet on how the girls like or dislike the smell of fresh crude oil. Guess they will have to get used to it. Merry Christmas to all. - Vicky Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

JOY - Thank you for being His hands and feet 2020-12-23 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Maggie Coleman, Treasurer. J.O.Y. Ministries has reached its goal of $14,000 for the 2020 annual campaign. Ashley Smith and Faith Anderson place the star at the top of the thermometer Christmas tree on the public square. This pays for 1/3 of the annual operating budget for the Crisis Center (food pantry and assistance), Shelter, Mission Week and various other local outreaches we do during the year. Maggie writes, "Thank you so much for helping us be able to get started on a new year of serving the community. We didn’t always know where the volunteers or the food/financial resources were going to come from this year in the middle of a global pandemic that hit our rural Appalachian area pretty hard but the Lord took care of it all. I’m not sure why we ever wonder; our humanity shows. But thanks be to God for His unfailing provision. Thank you for being His Hands & Feet this year." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Parish Howell, Jr. 2020-12-23 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo courtesy Campbellsville University. Parish Howell Jr. speaks on behalf of the December 2020 graduating class of Campbellsville University for the virtual commencement ceremony. Following his speech, Howell smiled, moved his arms side to side and said "We did it. We did it." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Donna Hedgepath 2020-12-23 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo courtesy Campbellsville University. Dr. Donna Hedgepath welcomes everyone to Campbellsville University's December 2020 virtual commencement ceremony, and congratulates the graduates on their accomplishments. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

More growth in New Columbia underway 2020-12-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. It has been amazing to see the growth in five years at the new exit on Hwy 61 South - also referred to as New Columbia and Greater Bliss (after the historic little community by that name just down the Edmonton Road.) Branscum Construction has begun land movement for the new First and Farmers National Bank. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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