Natalie Bardin elected Kentucky FBLA State President 2025-04-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Adair County FBLA. ACHS Senior Natalie Bardin has been voted 2025-2026 Kentucky FBLA State President by her peers. This is a first-ever in Adair County and a huge accomplishment. Congratulations to Natalie! Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWC Alpha Kappa Phi Review staff 2025-04-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. The contributors and editors of the 11th edition of Lindsey Wilson College's Alpha Kappa Phi Review, a journal of undergraduate research in the humanities. From left: Aven Bryant '25 of Perryville, Kentucky; Sirenna Adams '28 of Danville, Kentucky; Morgan Bryant '25 of Shelbyville, Kentucky; Emma Couch '25 of Columbia; Xander Foster '25 of Campbellsville, Kentucky; Ada Gass '28 of Columbia; Zachariah Lawson '26 of Williamsburg, Kentucky; Baylee Hart '25 of Russell Springs; Jesse LaGrange '26 of Burkesville, Kentucky; Kara Ryder of Russell Springs; Chloe Taylor '26 of Russell Springs, Kentucky; Yesh Singayao '27 of Vine Grove, Kentnucky; Hunter Willis '25 of Campbellsville; and Megan Whitson '26 of East Bernstadt, Kentucky. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

FFA Greenhouse opening Thursday at ACHS 2025-04-16 - Columbia, KY . Adair County Future Farmers of America (FFA) welcomes everyone to the grand opening of their new greenhouse at 11amCT Thursday, April 17, 2025. Find the greenhouse, filled with plants, located at the back of the high school beside the FFA red barn. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair County Library leaders with Mayor Hoots 2025-04-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Proclaiming Library Week are leaders in the Adair County Public Library, Genealogy and History Center and the City of Columbia. Standing in back, from left, are Ernie Bennett, Serena Corbin, Beth Grant, Michele Watkins, Anita Riddle and Wendy Burt. Seated from left are Mike Watson, Mayor Pam Hoots and Library Director Lee Ann Jessee. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New members of Sigma Tau Delta at LWC 2025-04-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson College English faculty members Rachel Carr, Kendall Sewell and Karolyn Steffens join the college's new members of Sigma Tau Delta, the international honor society for students of English, on Monday, April 14, in the Lucretia C. Begley Gallery of the W.W. Slider Humanities Center. From left: Carr; Morgan Bryant '26 of Shelbyville, Kentucky; Jesse LaGrange '26 of Burkesville, Kentucky; and Chloe Taylor '26 of Russell Springs, Kentucky; Steffans; and Sewell. Not pictured: new member Lilly Streeval '26 of Columbia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Mute Swan 2025-04-16 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A mute swan spotted on Lake Shelby this week. Mute swans are non-migratory, but occasionally end up outside their established range due to weather or food scarcity. According to the Wikipedia entry for Cygnus olor, "The mute swan is one of the heaviest extant flying birds." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Special Visitor at Columbia Police Department 2025-04-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Adam Cravens. Kentucky's Sasquatch made an appearance in and around the Columbia Police Department on Tuesday, thanks to The Adair County Sportsman Club. For a chance to see the cryptid in person, the Sportsman Club will be hosting a special Big Foot Archery Challenge on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Click 'read more' for details. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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