4-H and FFA presented with 2022 Ag Tag donations at State Fair 2022-08-20 - Louisville, KY - Photo courtesy Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Kentucky farmers donated $606,223.11 to the Ag Tag Program for 2022. The voluntary donations are divided equally among Kentucky 4-H, Kentucky FFA, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA). This year each group received $202,074.37. Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles presented members of 4-H (left) and FFA (right) their Ag Tag donations Friday at the Kentucky State Fair. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Happy Anniversary, Jack and Janis Garrett 2022-08-20 - Adair County, KY - Photo from family collection. Friends and family are wishing Jack and Janis Garrett of Columbia a joyous anniversary week! They were married on August 15, 1960. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Danger lurks in the garden 2022-08-19 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica writes, "A garden can be a dangerous place. Well, it is if you're a small insect. Here we see the fate of a bee after he met a praying mantis on a squash flower. Personally I would rather the mantis to kill bugs other than pollinators, but the mantis doesn't take orders from the gardener." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

COVID 19 weekly update for August 19, 2022 2022-08-19 - Kentucky - Photo courtesy Lake Cumberland District Health Department. CDC map showing Community Levels by County for guidance as of Friday, August 19, 2022. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Old Mulkey Meetinghouse 2022-08-19 - Tompkinsville, KY - Photo by Brian Stansberry, from Wikimedia Commons. The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse in Tompkinsville is a log church erected in 1804, making it the oldest freestanding log meetinghouse in Kentucky. The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded $180,000 to Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site to support rehabilitation efforts. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County - historic Courthouse waiting for work 2022-08-19 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. It will be an adventure when work begins to remove the wings from the historic Adair County Courthouse. Will there be room for vehicles that are almost the size of the ground floor to have enough space? How can the City and County work together to improve signage and offer alternate routes for drivers when needed? Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Tiny Nest 2022-08-18 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. By Billy Joe Fudge The Great Wooded South never fails to titillate the learning gene. This tiny nest is hanging about three feet above the ground a few hundred feet from Little Pitman Creek just south of Old Summersville Road. Yes, I just like you flew right straight to the conclusion that it might be a Hummingbird nest. However, after much research I believe the builder was likely a Vireo. With the exception of the ink pen, I can see five or six different building materials used to construct this complex structure. Do you see them? Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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