KDA uses simulator rollover tractor for safety demos 2015-07-19 - Crestwood, Oldham County, KY - Photo KY Dept. of Agriculture. Kentucky Department of Agriculture intern James Edington uses the KDA’s one-of-a-kind rollover tractor simulator to show Bart Thompson of Crestwood, right, and his son, Wyatt, what happens during a rollover accident without a rollover protective structure during the Kentucky Farm Fest July 11 in Crestwood. The rollover tractor simulator will be on display at the Tennessee Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference later this month. Farm safety has been improving in Kentucky. Kentucky recorded 14 farming-related fatalities in 2014, the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program reported. That compares to 50 agricultural fatalities in 1995, the highest number in the past 20 years. (Kentucky Department of Agriculture photo) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County, KY: Beautiful mule, Cane Valley 2015-07-19 - Cane Valley Mill Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County is horse country. This mule was seen on Cane Valley Mill Road on a suffocatingly hot but beautiful Saturday, July 18, 2015. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Four sauces at Malachi Smoke House 2015-07-18 - Malachi Smoke House, 234 Steve Drive, Russell Springs, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM. At the newly opened Malachi Smoke House in Russell Springs, I tried the pulled pork sandwich and both kinds of slaw, vinegar and creamy. The meat came plain with sauces to be added at the taster's choice. Sauces on each table for sampling included Carolina Mustard, Texas Hot, Kansas City Sweet and Carolina Vinegar. I'm going to have to do more tasting, working out which may be my favorite. -- LW. Paired photo. See also: Food news Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: The Harrises at Malachi Smoke House 2015-07-18 - Malachi Smoke House, 234 Steve Drive, Russell Springs, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM. I stopped in at the new Malachi Smoke House restaurant in Russell Springs, formerly The Porch, thinking I'd just sample barbecue, but I got more than just good food. I enjoyed learning the new owners are Mike and Laura Henry Harris of Columbia, KY and they are in the restaurant business because of a vision and faith. You'll see on the back of their menu, Malachai 3:10 … "bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house." -- LW. Paired photo. See also - Epicurean Kentuckian: Four sauces at Malachi Smoke House Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New intersection KY 55 & KY 206: Getting close 18 Jul 2015 2015-07-18 - Intersection, Campbellsville & Fairground Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The entrance to the Rob Wilkerson property has been paved and the whole new intersection appears to just lack a finish layer of blacktop and a few small touches to be complete. This photo was taken Saturday, July 18, 2015. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Life lost in fire on Hurt Street 2015-07-18 - Hurt Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Your eyes travel up the pretty sunlight dappled lawn on Hurt Street in Columbia and not until you get to the charred windows do you see the place of a tragic loss of life last night after 9pmCT. Shorman family and friends are grieving at the death of Louise Schorman, 84, who died from the fire Friday night, July 17, 2015. The obituary with arrangements is posted at Hazel Louise Schorman, 84, Adair Co., KY (1930-2015) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Joseph F. (Joe) Harbison, Jr., Russell Co., KY (1933-2015) 2015-07-18 - 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY - Photo Bernard Funeral Home. Joseph F. "Joe" Harbison, Jr., Russell Co., KY (1933-2015) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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