Burton Ridge Grocery 2025-12-18 - Adair Co., KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson. This black and white photo of the Burton Ridge Grocery is one of dozens of historic photos in the pages of the 2026 Keepsake Calendar from the Adair County Genealogical Society. The 2026 Calendar is available for just $15 at the Adair County Genealogy & History Research Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Vintage Christmas Advertisements No. 5 2025-12-18 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mike Watson. Mike Watson sends these vintage Christmas adverts from old Adair County News, 22 December 1948. We'll add more between now and Christmas, click 'read more' to see them all in one place. Above, Christmas Greetings from Lerman Bros. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

STOP...Now Freeze! 2025-12-18 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Robert Ellis, robertelliswoodworking.com. A break from December photos, for a pastoral visit with curious cattle, taken in a November quite a few years back. Robert writes of this photo, "Rewind the clock a few seconds before this photo was taken, and it would reveal these cows charging across the field towards me. Actually, I'm the one, unseen, and frozen; all the while hoping they stop in time and not stampede over top of me." Paired Photo: Cattle on Oris Brockman Farm: Lean to the left, please. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Santa and Reindeer at Happy Hour Acres 2025-12-18 - Gradyville, KY - Photo by Benisha Johnson. A closer night-time view of the extensive Christmas decorations at Happy Hour Acres Corner Store & Watering Hole in Gradyville. The display is one of the entries in the Adair County 2025 Christmas Home/Business Decorating Contest, with voting underway now. Click 'read more' for a complete list of locations in this year's contest, and a link to the voting form. Note: 2025 Contestants are encouraged to send in a photo or two of their display using an email or phone number on the CM Comment Form. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Happy Hour Acres decorated for Christmas 2025-12-18 - Gradyville, KY - Photo by Benisha Johnson. A daytime view of the extensive Christmas decorations at Happy Hour Acres Corner Store & Watering Hole in Gradyville. The display is one of the entries in the Adair County 2025 Christmas Home/Business Decorating Contest, with voting underway now. Click 'read more' for a complete list of locations in this year's contest, and a link to the voting form. Note: 2025 Contestants are encouraged to send in a photo or two of their display using an email or phone number on the CM Comment Form. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY gets new Spay or Neuter license plate design 2025-12-18 - Frankfort, KY - Photo courtesy . The newly unveiled design of Kentucky's Spay or Neuter license plate, which was crafted by Lexington graphic artist Hayli Strickland, features peek-a-boo images of a kitten and dog on a green background. The new plate, which can be personalized, is available for purchase at County Clerk offices across the state or on the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's website. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Christmas Cookies 2025-12-18 - EK Kitchen - Photo by Pen. A tin full of homemade Christmas cookies, baked by Hailey Waggener and cousin Tillie, for a school fundraiser. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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