LWU group aims to help students discover their vocation 2026-08-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. A group of Lindsey Wilson University faculty and staff members met on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, to discuss ways the university can better help its undergraduate students discover their vocation. The initiative, which is funded by a Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education grant, will be developed during the 2026-27 school year with the hope that it will lead to programming that can be utilized across the university. Pictured, from left: Director of Alumni Relations Allison Cross '09; Vice President for Academic Affairs Ray Lutgring; Art Instructor Kristyne Gilbert; School of Arts and Humanities Dean Allison Smith; Chaplain the Rev. Tyler Brumfield; Sustainability & Energy Applications Instructor Evan Mahanna '22; Assistant Dean of Students Abe Cross; Dean of Students Chris Schmidt; Director of the Bonner Scholar Program and Civic Engagement and Leadership Yayi Sonnabend '23; School of Business and Communication Dean Benson Sexton '04; guest speaker Brady Banks of Nolensville, TN. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Black-crowned Night Heron 2026-08-12 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A Black-crowned Night Heron, spotted along the banks of Clear Creek in Shelbyville, demonstrating typical daytime behavior. All About Birds says, "Black-crowned Night Herons often spend their days perched on tree limbs or concealed among foliage and branches. They forage in the evening and at night, in water, on mudflats, and on land." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Proof returning to LWU Theatre 2026-08-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. The 2026-27 Lindsey Wilson University Theatre season will open with David Auburn's award-winning drama "Proof," which was last produced at Lindsey Wilson in fall 2014 (pictured). Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

To a senior, everyone is a little girl or boy 2026-08-12 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Dr. Cathy Abell, at left, blushed and enjoyed it when David Lewis Butler, seated, asked, "are you Gene Hoots' little girl?" Yes, and she is pictured with David's little girl, Kelly, and Mike and Margaret Owens' little girl Beth, in back, and Todd and Cayce Davenport's little boy Emmett, at right. Everyone enjoyed the August Columbia Adair Chamber of Commerce meeting hosted at Holmes Bend Marina where they are celebrating 40 years since its start, especially the founder who shared a some of his memories. - ColumbiaMagazine.com shares our mission of 'Linking the Generations.' Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County - the state of our crops 2026-08-12 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Corn (or 'coin' as my first grandchild Graham would have said) crops are thriving as far as the eye can see. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Telling the candidate what he needs to do 2026-08-11 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Vicky Pike, election official and cattle rancher, gave Adair County Judge Executive candidate Todd Davenport a talking to after the Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday about what his priorities need to include during the campaign. Top of the agenda was to get the mowing cleaned up in New Columbia. Todd was one of two candidates at Holmes Bend for the lunch meeting, the other being Richard Swartz who is running for Columbia City Council. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Swimming at Holmes Bend Marina on a hot day 2026-08-11 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Families were making time for swimming in the heat of Tuesday, August 11, 2026, with the start of school moved to allow for a little more summer. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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