Hunziger performs a curtsy 2025-05-25 - Pineville, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson College representative Sophia Hunziger '25 of Rosendale, Missouri, performs her curtsy during the queen's coronation ceremony, held Saturday, May 24, at Laurel Cove Amphitheater in Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Kentucky's oldest state park. The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival is Kentucky's second-oldest festival. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hunziger concludes LWC career at Mountain Laurel Festival 2025-05-25 - Pineville, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson College representative Sophia Hunziger '25 of Rosendale, Missouri, and her escort, Tyler Tolle '25 of Grand Junction, Colorado, prepare to ride in the parade of the 94th Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival on Saturday, May 24, in Pineville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival is Kentucky's second-oldest festival. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CACVFD: Structure fire on County Line Road 2025-05-25 - Adair Co., KY - Photo courtesy Grant Loy. Firefighters quickly contained a fire on County Line Road. The cause of this fire is unknown at this time. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Raising money for Adair County children 2025-05-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Billy Hadley. Phillip Richard, the 2025 Crusade Chairman, is pictured with Fire Department members on the public square today collecting for the 2025 WHAS Crusade for Children. Follow our Columbia Adair County Fire Department facebook page for other collections dates coming up. We greatly appreciate any and all donations. Every dollar collected comes directly back to Adair County children. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Impromptu Air Show 2025-05-25 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. Sometimes to enjoy an air show, you have to travel to a big city, like Cambpellsville or Louisville, fight a snarl of traffic to find a distant parking space, trudge across dozens of acres or city blocks carrying a cooler and lawn chairs, and then wait for hours for the planes you want to see appear overhead for a few minutes. On other lucky occasions, an air show will just appear overhead while you're enjoying a pleasant walk in the park. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Kodachrome Basin State Park, 1 of 2 2025-05-25 - Kane County, Utah - Photo by Robert Ellis, robertelliswoodworking.com. Robert writes, "Kodachrome is often overlooked by vacationers mainly due to its close proximity to Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. So if you want to escape the large crowds and take it easy for a day, this is the park to visit. It is known for sedimentary pipes and sandstone spires (like this one in the photo), nice family-friendly trails, and of course, colorful rock formations. The Park's website states: 'There are nearly 70 sandstone spires, ranging from 6 to 170 feet tall. Additionally, there are 67 sedimentary pipes in the park and surrounding land.' We didn't spend as much time as we would have liked, nor take any of the hikes at the Park. The energy we were reserving would be used for hiking Willis Creek Slot Canyon and possibly some hiking in Bryce Canyon on this same day." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Blue Grosbeak 2025-05-25 - Jefferson Co., KY - Photo by Pen. A juvenile Blue Grosbeak, just starting to show his namesake colors above the eye and in the tail feathers. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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