Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Conway in Columbia, KY 2015-07-31 - 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM photo. Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Conway posed with close friend Junior Stotts after most of the crowd which stopped in to support the campaign had left the scene. Conway, now the State's Attorney General, has close ties to Columbia. In addition to friendship with Mr. Stotts, his father is on the Board of Trustees of Lindsey Wilson College, and he was commencement speaker there two years ago. Among the visitors yesterday was George Kolbenschlag, who received an honorary doctorate from Lindsey Wilson at the same time Mr. Conway did. The crowd was swelled by Conway supporters from across the state. Among the local Democratic Party leadership in attendance were Party Chairman Ben Loy and Vicky Pike of the Adair County Democratic Party. Deputy CJE Holly Grimsley and spouse, City Councilman Charles Grimsley, attended and were warmly received, and Adair County CJE Mike Stephens made a brief appearance. The candidate kept security and logistics planners on edge, slightly overstaying his visit to Columbia; he had another big event scheduled for Bowling Green Thursday night. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Sunrise by the Bay 2015-07-30 - Siesta Key, FL - Photo by Pen. The bridge across Roberts Bay, looking toward Sarasota from Siesta Key, FL. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY Afield Outdoors: Widespread heavy rains create challenges 2015-07-30 - Cave Run Lake - Photo by Lee McClellan. Versailles resident Steve Reynolds fishes around a courtesy dock rendered inaccessible from high water at the Alfrey Ramp boat ramp on Cave Run Lake last week. Reservoirs like Cave Run Lake will release a lot of water from their dams due to the recent torrential rains. Anglers must adjust their tactics for success as lake levels quickly fall. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bids opened for new Adair County, KY bus garage 2015-07-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Renae Smith, Adair School District Financial Officer. Bids were opened at 2pmCT, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in the board room of the Adair County School District. Two bids were submitted, with Branscum Construction Co., Russell Springs, KY, the low bidder. Awarding of the bids is on the agenda for the board's Special Regular Meeting, this evening at 6pmCT, Thursday, July 30, 2015, at the Adair County Board Conference Room, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. The original estimate for the three bay garage was $1.3 million. Board member Mike Harris said that he thinks the board will have the bonding capability and enough from its general fund to go ahead with the building, if the board agrees tonight. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Digging the trenches for undergound lighting at school campus 2015-07-30 - Indian Drive, Adair County School District, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Barry Hamlett operates the track excavator, and Troy Kimbler, Kimbler Construction Company, operates the Bobcat backhoe for construction of underground utilities for the new boulevard lighting system underway on Indian Drive on the Adair County School District campus on Thursday, July 30, 2015. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Godfrey Jackson, gets ACHS lighting project underway 2015-07-30 - Indian Drive, Adair County School District, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Godfrey Jackson, ACHS '85, right, is the big man on campus again. He's the Taylor County RECC Staking Engineer for the boulevard lighting project which will soon illuminate Indian Drive from Greensburg Street to Indian Stadium. With him, above, are Adair County Maintenance Director David Jones, left, and Superintendent Alan W. Reed. The lighting project is one of several now in progress on the campus. Supt. Reed said that plans are to have five of the Indian Drive lights installed and operational by opening day of school, Thursday, August 6, 2015. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Stage of Construction: New Five Star 30 Jul 2015 2015-07-30 - Corner Burkesville Street & Hudson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener . B & B Cranes, Columbia, KY was putting trusses in place on the Five Star store at the corner of Burkesville & Hudson Streets in Columbia, KY, this morning, Thursday, July 30, 2015. The tanks are already buried for the gas pumps and the steel columns are in place for the canopy over the fueling island. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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