Rod Lawrence finds home at Campbellsville University 2016-12-14 - Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY - Photo courtesy Campbellsville University. Lawrence is now back for his final year helping the Tigers to a 7-4 record to date and are sitting 1-1 in the conference with two very tough games coming up in the Lindsey Wilson Christmas Classic. - Jordan Alves, Sports Information Director, Campbellsville University Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bonner students bring coats to Head Start 2016-12-14 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Venus Popplewell. Members of the Lindsey Wilson College Bonner Program deliver 57 coats Wednesday morning to students at the Adair County Head Start. From left: LWC Bonner student Carlos Maldonado of Russell Springs, KY; LWC Director of Civic Engagement Amy Thompson-Wells; LWC Bonner Program Coordinator Natalie Vickous; Adair County Head Start Coordinator and Family Support Specialist Shelly Nunn; and LWC Bonner student Olivia Garlt of Louisville, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bonner students raise coats for Head Start 2016-12-14 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Venus Popplewell, Lindsey Wilson College Director of Public Relations. Members of the Lindsey Wilson College Bonner Program deliver 57 coats Wednesday morning to students at the Adair County Head Start.​ Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Amber Bledsoe's class performs Super Celebration 2016-12-14 . Students in Amber Bledsoe’s class performed "Super Celebration" Tuesday at ACPC’s "A Season of Fun" Christmas musical. For the parents performance there was Standing Room Only. - Wes Feese Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Remember this? you may be out of warranty: Ben Franklin opening 1961 2016-12-14 - 300 Quadrant, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of Mike Watson, Adair County historian. Mike Watson sent this Keepsake Ad clipping from the Adair County News of a bit over 55 years ago. The Ben Franklin store was advertising its Thursday, September 21, 1961, Grand Opening. The business was owned by the Milhar Corp - anyone remember why that name? - and was a must-visit-after-school destination for thousands of school kids in it's long reign, before the advent of the first Columbia Walmart, as one of Columbia's most popular ever venues. Comments, additional information welcome. - EW Comments and elucidations, in order of receipt:: Steve Coomer comments on ad, Ben Franklin opening, 1961 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mystery photo, Columbia, in days of Rialto Theatre, Russell & Co. 2016-12-14 - 100 Block, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of Vonnie Kolbenschlag. Can anybody help put this favorite old photo in perspective? It happened on the public square in Columbia, KY, in front of what may have been Motor & Electric, then, now Mackie's Photo-Video. The Rialto Theatre can be seen in the background as well as part of the store front at Russell & Co. Department Store. The Bank of Columbia building had not been remodeled. Does anyone know the occasion of the event? The riders? The kid in the overalls? The little boy on the right in the background? The man under the "R" in Rialto? If you do, use the Comments link with this picture and send your information. This is, obviously, an important part of Columbia history. - EW Additional information of photo, in order of receipt Hunter Durham certain donkey rider in photo is his dad Vicki Brock Miller gets it right but her's is in tentative guess Tucker Durham Hume wonders How did they get her daddy on a Democratic mule? Mike WatsonBurro-Basketball game in 1954 raised funds for Grade Center Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Supreme Court denies discretionary review of 2014 Mayoral Race 2016-12-14 - Photo photocopy from Columbia Mayor Curtis Hardwick. The Commonwealth of Kentucky's highest court has denied a request by Attorney Elmer George, representing Dr. Ben Arnold, a right-in candidate for Mayor of Columbia in 2014, for a discretionary review of the election. The order was entered Thursday, December 8, 2016, and Mayor Hardwick said he received a copy of the order today from City Attorney Marshall Loy. "It's the best Christmas present I could have received," Mayor Hardwick said. "As far as I'm concerned, I want to think it's over now, but it will depend on what the other side does next." Ben Arnold, "the other side," reached by phone today, said that he has a call in to his attorney to see what options he has and will make a further statement once that has been discussed. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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