KY Afield Outdoors: Spring turkey season 2018-03-15 - Frankfort, KY - Photo by Lee McClellan. Spring turkey hunting season opens statewide April 14 and closes May 6. The season outlook is promising as a majority of Kentucky counties show a stable to increasing harvest trend over the past decade. Kentucky hunters harvested just over 33,000 birds during last year’s spring turkey season, the third highest on record. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWC student heading for Commonwealth Games in April 2018-03-15 - Lindsey Wilson College, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo By Sabine Eastham, International Education Director. Lindsey Wilson College junior, Goabaone "Ernest" Mosheleketi, will participate in the Commonwealth Games in Australia April 4-14, 2018 to represent Botswana in triple jump. He said learning about life at LWC as a transfer student is very different to prior schools. He credits Lindsey, and coaches like Jamaine Gordon, for the lesson that everything you do in life has to be taken seriously. He said the teachers are good and understanding which will help him get his degree and become a good coach and teacher in future. Mosheleketi will graduate from LWC in 2019 with a degree in Physical Education. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lt. Governor Hampton with group at AYDC 2018-03-15 - Adair County Youth Development Center, 401 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Angie Dean. The group picture taken on Lt. Governor Jeanean Hampton are from left Lisa Cross DJJ Transition Coordinator; Dennis Adams DJJ Transition Coordinator; Sharon Burton Owner Adair County Community Voice; Todd Davenport; AYDC Vocational Instructor; Rev Bill Davenport, United Methodist Church, pastor; Wes Irvin, AYDC School Administrator; Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton; Curtis Hardwick, Columbia Mayor; Murrell Burton; owner Burton Auction; and Tonya Burton AYDC Superintendent. - Wes Irvin Photo by Angie Dean Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACHS student voices lifted: a non-political, peaceful stand 2018-03-15 - 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. ACHS students took action this week to add emphasis to the message to stop the violence in schools. These young women who had time to stop and share details of the school's Tuesday event made it clear the ACHS walkout was not about guns, and it was not about politics. It was, and will continue to be, about keeping the subject of stopping violence in schools on the forefront of the conversation locally and nationally. It is about putting disagreements aside and working together, peacefully, for a solution. From left are Jenna Rodgers, sophomore; Carrie Smith, sophomore; Rebecca Heuser, freshman; and Tiana Taylor, Senior. Click 'read more' below to go to the story of the event. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACHS student voices lifted: enough is enough 2018-03-15 - 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Assistant Principal Travis Gay. Angeleea Smith, left, Gracie Rooks and Mahaylie Abbott hold posters that read, "Safety", "Be safe, not sorry -- safety first" and "#enough is enough". They were among students who chose to peacefully walk out during the national student movement this week to protest violence in schools. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pre-schoolers learning about playing fairly 2018-03-15 - Campbellsville Elementary School, 315 Roberts Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools. Susan Kennon, a Campbellsville Family Resource and Youth Services Center liaison at Campbellsville Elementary School (CES) talks to preschool students Charlotte Coots, at left, and Mila Moss about how being treated fairly makes them feel. preschool students are learning ways to play fairly with one another. During a recent lesson, Kennon discussed how it's important that students always treat each other fairly. To be fair to one another, she said, students should always play together, trade and take turns. Kennon also discussed how being treated fairly feels. - Calen McKinney Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kiara Jones reads Langston Hughes poem 2018-03-15 - Elizabethtown, KY - Photo Marvin Young/Kentucky Arts Council photo. Elizabethtown High School senior Kiara Jones won the Kentucky Poetry Out Loud state championship March 13 with her recitation of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes in the final round. Jones will represent Kentucky at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals, April 23-25 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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