4-H Garden Club spruces up the Public Library 2026-10-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Members of the 4-H Garden Club, master gardeners and volunteer parents met on Monday evening, October 5, 2026, for their fall service project, planting donated bulbs and plants to beautify the grounds of the Adair County Public Library. Plants were provided by Columbia Walmart, Springhead Farm, and a few local Master Gardeners. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACSO: Injury collision on Hwy N 55 2026-10-07 - Adair Co., KY - Photo from Sheriff Gary Roy. On Sunday, October 4, 2026, the Adair County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle injury collision between a passenger car and a semi truck, at the intersection on HWY N 55 and Cane Valley Rd. A juvenile driver was transported by helicopter to a Lexington hospital for injuries he received in the collision. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jean and John Collins celebrate 64 years with lunch at LWU 2026-10-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Jean and John Collins of Campbellsville met at Lindsey Wilson University in 1961 when it was a junior college. They celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary by having lunch in the university's Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center, which was a field when they were students at the school. They met in fall 1961 on the top of Lindsey Wilson Hill, where they are pictured standing. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Eastern Wood Pewee 2026-10-07 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. All About Birds says, "The Eastern Wood-Pewee's plaintive song of three sliding notes (pee-a-weeeee) is distinctive and easy to learn. It makes finding these woodland birds fairly straightforward." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mid-Century Date Night: Portable Dryer 2026-10-06 - Edmonton, KY - Photo courtesy Carol Perkins. Carol remembers getting ready for date nights in the 1950s and 1960s in her latest column. She writes, "When the day came for a date, I kicked things off by washing my hair in the kitchen sink. I had a big bonnet dryer and hair rollers, so I rolled my hair in the morning, and if it wasn't dry by early afternoon, I sat under that portable dryer." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Arts & Humanities Month proclaimed in Columbia 2026-10-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy City of Columbia. In order to recognize Lindsey Wilson University and their commitment to our community, Columbia Mayor Pam Hoots met with joined Dr. Allison Egnew Smith from Lindsey Wilson University at the start of the month to proclaim October as Arts and Humanities month in the City of Columbia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County - stairway to nowhere 2026-10-06 - Adair County, KY - Photo from personal collection. Christopher Rowe posted this picture on his Facebook page with the note, "A staircase to nowhere on public land in Adair County. Who knows where it is?" Eric Feese gave the winning response, "It's at Evans Bottoms in the Little Cake community of Adair County, KY." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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