Ashes still smouldering from Fri 7 Jul Fire at McGough Home 2017-07-10 - Gradyville, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Pentecostal ministers John & Amy McGough are finding themselves in a pretty tight place after they came home from Texas to find, when they first returned to Gradyville, that their two-and-one-half story home, one of Gradyville's oldest, had burned to the ground. Ashes still smouldered Monday afternoon, July 10, 2017, as they sorted out what to do, using a van and a one room apartment they own over the old Janes warehouse adjacent to what had been their house. At present, they say, it doesn't look like their insurance was in force, funds from some agencies are cut off because, they said, at the time of the fire, they were not actually living in the house. But their faith remains firm. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Miss Adair County 2017 with mom and grandma 2017-07-10 - Pavilion at the Old Adair County Fairground, 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Shamarie Harper (c). Miss Adair County Fair, Carah Dell Hatcher, is joined here by proud family members, her mom, Annette Burton Hatcher, at left, and at right is her maternal grandmother Ethel Burton. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad Photo) Catfish Blue Plate Special at OKCC 2017-07-10 - OKCC, 2339 Campbellsville RD, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Advertising Photo - (c) ColumbiaMagazine.com. A Catfish Blue Plate at Betty's OK Country Cooking. Thick, lighted coated filets of catfish, with farm fresh corn on the cob, Betty's special baked beans with minced green peppers and onions, and crusty cornbread like mothers used to make. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Prof. Mike Bosela is C/AC community garden manager 2017-07-10 - Corner West Guardian and S Monroe Streets, Columbia, KY . Lindsey Wilson College Assistant Professor of Biology Mike Bosela works in the Columbia-Adair Community Garden. The Columbia-Adair Community Garden project was initiated in the spring of 2014 and was designed to bring together individuals, families, businesses and civic organizations for the purpose of growing and sharing fresh food. Bosela has been the garden's manager since the end 2014. - TRAVIS SMITH Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Taylor Co., KY: Through the windshield, by Tommy Bailey 2017-07-10 - New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Tommy Bailey (c). "Looking at the world through a windshield - Hwy. 55 South about 2 mi. from downtown Campbellsville. Just the right mix of beautiful clouds and blue sky; but not to fear ,Jenny was holding this buggy between the lines while I was taking this picture. - TOMMY BAILEY Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Revelations: How this Adair Co. invention helped save the Union 2017-07-10 - Cody, Wyoming - Photo by Rollin Knifley. As much of the rest of the story we can process will be posted this morning. Perhaps others will know about this weapon, who invented it, and its role in helping to bring the Civil War and the preserving the Union. Learning about it for the first time from Rollin Knifley made my day on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Everyone who's read Jerry Moss Rogers' history (See: Jerry Moss Rogers' book is one of best on early families, Gradyville, and the flood knows about Solomon Baker, perhaps Adair County's most famous gunsmith. But only a rare few know the men behind this shoulder-fire weapon and its role in ending the War Between the States. Those who do are welcome to send comments and guesses. Check back often this morning; even though life returned to 'normal' for we hobbits this morning, there's still a lot going on and we're pedaling - posting - as fast as we can. - EW. Links to comments as received: Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Roy Warner, on WAVE, 92.7 with Larry Smith 10 years ago 2017-07-09 - The Wave FM 92.7 Studio, 7995 Russell Springs Road, Adair Co., KY. - Photo by Larry Smith, General Manager, The Big Dawg 99.9 FM. Roy Wariner, 2006 at the Wave Roy was on my show several times before he got ill. He taught many people to play the guitar. - LARRY SMITH. Roy Wariner died Friday, July 7, 2017. See Roy Wariner, Jamestown, KY (1928-2017) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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