Chestnuts roasting on an open fire 2025-12-27 . The chestnut tree fed humans and forest animals for at least 9 thousand years until a fungus, accidentally imported in 1904, was responsible for killing 30 million acres of chestnut forest in 40 years. Today most chestnuts come from Italy, but they are not the same as the sweeter American chestnut, according to USA Today. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Historic Adair County Courthouse at night 2025-12-27 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo from Mayor Pam Hoots. This quiet holiday scene of the historic Adair County Courthouse and public square at night was shared by Mayor Pam Hoots. Leading traffic from the courthouse - Jamestown Street goes off the square to the lower left and Greensburg Street to the right. Burkesville Street and Campbellsville Street go off the square at the top and bottom right. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Watching for tidbits that fall from holiday table 2025-12-26 - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Moose and Churchill, the Waggener family dogs, waited patiently, hoping some of the foods on the holiday table might fall (or be secretly shared) with them. It is a special time of year, after all. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron 2025-12-26 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A great blue heron fishing in shallow water on an unusually warm December day. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New residents discovering Columbia and Adair County 2025-12-26 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Linda Bennett, at right, introduces ColumbiaMagazine.com on her phone (thank you, Linda) to Jere Ciranny. She is moving to Adair County along with her daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and James Gibson. The new residents were very happy to discover the Trendy Farmhouse just off the Square in Columbia. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CACFD: Automatic Aid Response to Bird Road fire 2025-12-25 - Adair Co., KY - Photo courtesy Grant Loy. The Columbia Adair County Fire Department was dispatched by request of our Automatic Mutual Aid Agreement with Breeding Fire Department at approximately 23:47 hours on Tuesday night, December 23, 2025, to 2909 Bird Road on a report of a structure fire. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Henry barks Happy Holidays! 2025-12-25 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo from personal collection. Henry, a new resident of downtown, lives in one of the historic homes on High Street in Columbia with his person, attorney Galen Gray. Both send greetings and good holiday wishes to all! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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