Steve Branscum speaks at Taylor Primary School groundbreaking 2015-01-22 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, FM 92.7 the WAVE; FM 99.9 The Big Dawg. Steve Branscum, President of Branscum Construction Co. of Russell Springs, KY, address those at a groundbreaking for a new Taylor County Primary Center being constructed on Broadway & Ingram Avenue. Seated are members of the Taylor County Board of Education Tony Davis, Lillian Clark, Deanna Hunt, David Hall, and Jim Cheatham. The groundbreaking took place this morning, Thursday, January 22, 2015. The school will house pre-school through second grade. It will be be a performance based school, which will unique in the nations. Education Commmissioner Terry Holladay is coming. Branscum Construction has two school projects going at the same time. The other is the new Taylor County High School being built north of Campbellsville. Superintendent Roger Cook called today a "Red Letter Day in Taylor County." The massive building program is credited in large part to the passage of a Nickel Tax. "We raised $6 million locally and got $25 million in state grants," Superintendent Cook said. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

At Heartland Parkway Foundation meeting in Lebanon, KY 2015-01-22 - Lebanon, KY - Photo From office of Adair County CJE Mike Stephens. Dr. John Chowning, founder and chairman of the board of the Heartland Parkway Foundation, left, is pictured above at a meeting of the foundation's board today, Thursday, January 22, 2015, with Adair County Deputy Judge Executive Holly Grimsley. At the meeting, Holly Grimsley was elected Secretary of the Board. She will represent Adair County on on a committee with one representative from each of the four counties. Sue Stivers, representing the C/AC Chamber of Commerce and Lindsey Wilson College attended the meeting with Grimsley. Mayor Curtis Hardwick and County Judge Mike Stephens are ex officio members of the board but were not present today. At the same time as the Foundation the Heartland board was meeting, Judge Mike Stephens and Fifth District Magistrate Billy Dean Coffey were at a meeting of Kentuckians for Better Highways in Lexington, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Larry Smith: Heartland Parkway one step closer 2015-01-22 - Lexington, KY - Photo from Larry Smith, The Big Dawg 99.9 FM & The WAVE 92.7. "The Heartland Parkway is one-step closer to reality. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Mike Hancock, second from left, is shown above with three County Judge Executives, from left, Adair County Judge Mike Stephens, (Hancock), Taylor County Judge Executive Eddie Rogers, and Russell County Judge Executive Gary Robertson. Secretary Hancock expressed appreciation for so many CJE's showing up at the meeting of Kentuckians for Better Transportation. Also attending from Adair County was Magistrate Billy Dean Coffey (District 5). Deputy CJE Holly Grimsley is attending a meeting of the Heartland Foundation in Lebanon at the same time." - LARRY SMITH, Operations Manager, Shorelines Communications Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Rep. Bam Carney on DPI with Dr. John Chowning 2015-01-22 - WLCU Broadcast Studios, 203 West Broadway, Campbellsville, KY - Photo By Rachel DeCoursey, CU photo. Campbellsville University's Dr. John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president of CU, right, interviews Kentucky State Rep. John "Bam" Carney who represents House District 51, which includes Taylor and Adair counties, for his "Dialogue on Public Issues" show. The show will air The show will air Monday, January 26 at 1:30pmET and 6:30pmET and Wednesday, January 28 at 1:30 pmET and 7pmET on WLCU-TV, on Campbellsville's cable channel 10 and at 8 amET and at 6:30 pmET Sunday, January 25 on both WLCU-TV and on 88.7 The Tiger radio Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia singers at MLK Memorial Service, CU 2015-01-22 - Ransdell Chapel, 401 N Hoskins Avenue, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CU photo. Adair County was well represented at Martin Luther King Memorial Service at Campbellsville University. Yulonda Bradshaw and Ricardo Hughes of Columbia, KY, above provided musical presentations at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. worship service at Campbellsville University Wednesday evening, January 21, 2015. Rev. Lewis Henry, pastor of Santa Fee Missionary Baptist Church, in the Flatwoods of Adair County, and Moderator, Zion District Association of Baptists, gave the closing prayer for the event. Music for the service included the opening anthem, James Weldon Johnson's "Lift every voice and sing," and the closing anthem, "We shall overcome." - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

John Campbell: Lookie, Lookie, gas at $1.89 2015-01-21 - Garfield, KY - Photo by John Campbell. This morning's price at Garfield, Kentucky. I also passed through Lebanon, Kentucky about an hour ago and found one convenience store selling gasoline @ $1.83. - JOHN CAMPBELL Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Found dog: found on KY 55 S Road, Adair Co., KY 2015-01-21 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Ann Young. Posted: 8:32amCT. 51 minute rescue. Received this note at 8:23amCT. "The dog's owner has called. Yay! She saw the ad on CM. Thanks for posting it. Found this dog in our yard this morning, Wednesday, January 21, 2015, on Hwy 55 South Road, Columbia, KY. Please call 270-250-4810 if you have lost it. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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