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Johnie Isac Hurt, 59, Summer Shade, KY (1956-2015)

He was a native of Glasgow, KY, and a resident of Summer Shade, KY, at the time of his death. He was the son of the late Johnie and Clora Wheat Hurt. His wife of over 42 years, Robin Prater Hurt, survives. He leaves 12 direct living descendants. Mr. Hur was a self-employed concrete finisher
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Johnie Isac Hurt, age 59, of Summer Shade, KY, died Monday, May 18, 2015, at his residence.

Funeral services were Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 1pmCT, at the McMurtrey Funeral Home, 2232 Summer Shade Road, Summer Shade, KY, with burial following in the Beaumont Cemetery. Visitation began at 9amCT, Wednesday, May 20, and continued until time of services.


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2015-05-20 18:15:35 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

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Bill Goodman on DPI with Dr. John Chowning



2015-05-20 - WLCU Broadcast Studios, 203 West Broadway, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Drew Tucker, CU. Campbellsville University's Dr. John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president of Campbellsville University, right, interviews Bill Goodman, host and managing editor of the Emmy Award-winning public affairs series "Kentucky Tonight" on Kentucky Educational Television in Lexington, Ky., for his "Dialogue on Public Issues" show. The show will air Sunday, May 24 at 8amET; Monday, May 25 at 1:30 pmET; Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30pmET; Wednesday, May 27 at 1:30pmET; and Thursday, May 28 and Friday, May 29 at 8pmET on WLCU-TV. The show airs at 8amET and 6:30pmET on Sunday, May 24 on 88.7 The Tiger radio
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Recanvass in Comer v Bevin ordered Thu 28 May 2015

Secretary Grimes received recanvass request from James Comer and Chris McDaniel today

County boards of election across Kentucky will convene on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 9amCT, local time to recheck and recanvass the voting machines, following the receipt of a written request from James R. Comer and Chris McDaniel, candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The Comer-McDaniel ticket currently trail Matt Bevin and Jeanean Hampton by 83 votes. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes set the recanvass schedule after the request dated May 20, 2015, on a Comer-McDaniel letterhead, which read:
"Pursuant to KRS 117.305, we hereby request a full and complete check and recanvass of every one of the voting machines and absentee ballots from all all precincts of all 120 counties involving our Republican Governor/Lieutenant races from this 2015 Primary Race."
It was signed by James Comer and Chris McDaniel. The letter was stamped received and filed with the signature of Mary Sue Helm.

Secretary Grimes had already sent county clerks information and forms for a potential recanvass prior to the election.

County Boards of Election are to notify the candidates of the location of the recanvass and have been instructed to file their recanvass reports with the Secretary of State immediately on completion.


2015-05-20 15:45:58 | Comments | Printable version

KSP Post 15 Detective involved in shooting in Monroe Co., KY

Suspect in case arrested - Kentucky State Police Post 15 detective, whose name not yet announced, involved in shooting incident in Monroe County, KY; suspect fled, seeks medical treatment in Macon County, TN, is transferred to Vanderbilt for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Upon release suspect taken into custody and lodged in Metro-Davidson County Detention facility awaiting extradition where the Mt. Hermon, KY man faced charges of Attempted Murder (Police Officer) and Fleeing or Evading Police, 1st Degree. The investigation is ongoing by Kentucky State Police
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By Trooper B.J. Eaton U/500, Public Affairs Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 3, Bowling Green, KY

TOMPKINSVILLE, KY - On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at approximately 8:38pmCT on W Phillipi Church Road in Tompkinsville, KY an incident occurred which led to a Kentucky State Police Post 15 Detective firing his issued weapon upon the suspect. The suspect fled the scene and his vehicle was located abandoned a short distance from where the incident originated.


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2015-05-20 15:23:22 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Memorial Day Service Sun 24 May 2015 at Freedom SBC

There will be a Memorial Day Service on Sunday May 24, 2015 beginning at 10amCT, at the Freedom Separate Baptist Church, 576 Freedom Church Road, Adair County, KY. There will be special singing in the morning followed by Br. Willard Bryant preaching. Lunch will be served at 12pm noon CT. Special singing in the afternoon. - FERN ROY

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Marie Dickson, Adair County, KY (1935-2015)


Miss Dickson was an active and faithful member and pianist for several years of the Prices Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Adair County. Marie worked in the Adair County School System for over 20 years as a cook and cafeteria manager.
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Marie Dickson, 79 years of the Prices Creek Community of Adair County, KY, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 5pmCT, at her home after several months illness.

Funeral service will be Friday, May 22, 2015 at 1pmCT, at the Prices Creek Missionary Baptist Church, 2116 Prices Creek Road, Edmonton, KY Clergy officiating will be Bro. Danny Dickson and Bro. Danny Wayne Sexton Interment in the Shirley-Dickson Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2pmCT, on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY


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2015-05-20 12:19:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair Extension Office moving back to Fairground Street

Office will be closed Wed 20 May 2015 through Tue 26 May 2015 to move from temporary location to remodeled building at 409 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY. Extension office will reopen with regular service on Wed 27 May 2015

By Tony Rose

The Adair County Cooperative Extension Service office will be closed starting Wednesday, May 20 to Wednesday, May 27 to relocate back to the 409 Fairground Street office location. It is our goal to open the office for regular service on Wednesday, May 27. If you need assistance during this time, please contact the agents by cell phone or email as our phones are currently down to be moved. - Tony Rose Adair County Extension Agent for 4-H and Youth


2015-05-20 11:56:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Farm and Garden

Matalea, endangered species, found at Jim Blair

Plant, a member of the dogbane family, is a flowering vine which can host Monarch butterfly. Naturalist has suggestions on protecting the plant, helping diversity.
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By Alicia Bosela

My wish is to remind folks that there is a state-endangered plant, matalea at Jim Blair Community Center, that our Natural Heritage is rich but needs to be recognized. The photo is from a plant that got weed-wacked this spring, but may come back.


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Mike Watson: How Eunice, KY got its name

By Mike Watson, Adair County Historian

Eunice post office, Adair County, was established in June 1896 with Robert Welby Allen as first post master. The name submitted by Mr. Allen was "Eunice" in honor of his daughter. Mr. Allen operated a store at what came to be Eunice. The store burned one night in June 1900. Nothing was said of the post office being destroyed, but it was almost certainly housed in his store. Mr. Allen later resigned as postmaster and John M. Vaughan took over in April 1901. Mr. Allen moved his family from Adair County about 1903 and settled first at Selma, Kansas, then at Anson, Kansas, where he was a merchant in 1910. His wife and daughter, Eunice, visited relatives in Adair County in 1909.


2015-05-20 11:26:28 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Mike Watson - History

Adair County Grand Jury returns indictments 19 May 2015

Charge cover wide range, from flagrant non-support, manufacturing met and other charges, rape, to promoting contraband
Indictments brought against seven individuals, 9 June 2015

The Adair County, KY Judicial District Circuit Court grand jury, Columbia, KY, returned indictments against the following individuals on 19 May 2015:


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2015-05-20 09:05:33 | Comments | Printable version

KSP locates abandoned car, but not suspect or 2 year old girl

UPDATE at 3:59amCT, Wed 20 May 2015
See next previous story: KSP searching for reported missing 2 Year old and suspect, Monroe Co., KY

From Kentucky State Police, Posts 3 & 15

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at approximately 7:30 pm the red 2000 Pontiac Sunfire was located in the area abandoned in a field. An extensive search of the area was conducted but neither Anthony Dale Barbour nor the missing 2 year old child was located. Barbour could still be in possession of a firearm and should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information in reference to the whereabouts of Barbour or the child is asked to call Kentucky State Police Post 15 Columbia at 270-384-4796 or Post 3 Bowling Green at 270-782-2010. The investigation in still ongoing.


2015-05-20 04:09:31 | Comments | Printable version

Today, WEDNESDAY with CM, 20 May 2015

Haiku by Robert Stone for May 20, 2015:
To be a mother
for just one beautiful day,
childless have envy.
--Robert Stone, Wednesday, 20 May 2015.
-1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1345



2015-05-20 03:32:00 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Counties in Comer's country had high voter turnout percentages

James Comer's home county, Monroe, had the highest voter turnout in the state
See Voter Turnout by County for all 120 counties: 2015 KY Primary Election Voter Turnout

ColumbiaMagazine.com Special Story

ANALYSIS

The results of last night's primary election was evidence of the importance of old fashioned, belly-to-belly, one-on-one, local organizational efforts. In South Central Kentucky, local, retail political efforts dominated.

Small personal efforts yielded huge results. Even in Adair County, Comer partisans are waking up this morning knowing that had they gotten fewer than an average of six more of their voters per precinct, their candidate would have narrowly won, rather than narrowly lost, the statewide election. Similar numbers can be calculated in the South Central Kentucky Counties where the Tompkinsville native did best.

Counties in the the CM 7-County area, all of which voted heavily for South Central Kentuckian Jamie Comer, had higher turnouts than the state average in the Tue 19 May election, ranked below by percent voter turnout:
  1. Cumberland Co., 1,111 ballots cast of 5,380 Registered Voters: 20.65% Turnout
  2. Russell Co., 2.774 ballots cast of 13,531 Registered Voters: 20.28% Turnout
  3. Green Co., 1,581 ballots cast of 8,606 Registered Voters: 18.37% Turnout
  4. Taylor Co., 2,982 ballots cast of 17,748 Registered Voters: 16.80% Turnout
  5. Adair Co., 2,206 ballots cast of 13,184 Registered Voters: 16.73% Turnout
  6. Casey Co., 1,792 ballots cast of 10,818 Registered Voters: 16.56% Turnout
  7. Metcalfe Co., 1,224 ballots cast of 7,601 Registered Voters: 16.10% Turnout
In James Comer's home county, Monroe, the 3,435 ballots of 8,516 registered voters, yielded a 40.34% turnout, the highest percentage vote in the state.

Statewide unofficial results: 399,196 votes were cast of 3,175,905 registered voters, for a 12.575 voter turnout - dismally low, but slightly higher than the 10% predicted.


2015-05-20 03:14:23 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for May 20
Happy Anniversary, Micah and Jaclyn Abbott (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, William and Ople Dial (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Briley Ann Breeding (2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brooklynne Carroll (2002) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob Stewart Cowan (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Janet Wall | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jennifer Wall | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jessica Pyles (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Hitch | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Norma H. Scott (1933) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ruth Redmon (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hunter Durham, 78, Adair County, KY (1941-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wilma Irene Justet, Liberty, KY native (1946-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Deborah L. Wade, Jamestown, KY native (1952-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Adam Bowen, Taylor Co., KY(1979) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Anna Mary Milby, 80, Green Co., KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alta Graham Roberts, Taylor Co., KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Lenva Garmon, Cumberland Co., KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rosalie Wiley Mitchell, Cumberland Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cleo Watson Adair Co., KY (1918-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Genneive Tarter, Taylor Co., KY (1918) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Robert "Bobby" Marcum, Green Co. KY (1951) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Eva Jewell Curry Shuffett, Green Co., KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Otha Zimmerman, Jr., Russell Springs, KY (1945-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Marcus Wayne Smith, 38, Cumberland Co., KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ricky Eugene Murray, Russell County, KY (1958-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Katherine Brown, 60, Casey Co., KY (1955-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. James Edward Sinders, Cumberland Co., KY (1938-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy Grammer Wilcoxson, 78, Taylor Co., KY (1938-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Junior Long, Casey County, KY (1941-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ernest Leon White, 75, Metcalfe County, KY (1942-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Chaplain Lt. Col. Brian D. Curry, 50, Bullitt Co., KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeannie S. Fortune, 69, Russell Co., KY (1949-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alvin Gupton, 78, Campbellsville, KY (1942-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ashleigh Nicole 'Ginger' Swiney, 30, Taylor County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bonda Dean Taylor, 65, Adair County, KY (1956-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bro. Alfred Landon Hadley, 81, Taylor/Cumberland Counties, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carl A. Burton (May 20, 1912-Feb. 23, 1973) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carl Kenneth Rogers Jr, 65, Green County, KY (1954-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Daisy Vibbert, 93, Cumberland County, KY (1925-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Delores England, 84, Russell Springs, KY (1937-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Ann Moore, 68, Adair Co., KY native (1952-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva Brown (May 20, 1932-July 17, 2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gladys Lucille Irvin, 74, Russell County, KY (1939-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glenna Bailey, 90, Columbia, KY (1933-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Carl (Jim) Rock, 82, Metcalfe Co., KY (1940-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judy Garrett Allen, 65, Dunnville, KY (1957-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lois Charlene Gaskins, 96, Columbia, KY (1924-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marcella Cox, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary McClain, Russell County, KY (1932-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Thompson Tsukagoshi, 73, Metcalfe County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norma F. Scott, 81, Bliss Community (1933-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patsy Harper-Roach, 89, Edmonton, KY (1933-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pearl M. Dunbar, 90, Adair Co., KY native (1930-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phyllis Jo Rooks, 75, Columbia, KY (1945-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rhonda Wethington, 32, Casey County, KY (1986-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roslin Keith, 59, Adair Co., KY (1963-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vivian Matthews, 64, Columbia, KY (1958-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2015
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
7:00amCTAdair Recycling Center, 32 Service RD, Columbia, KY / 270-378-0782
Open 7am-3pmCT Monday through Friday; 7am-12pm noon CT, Saturdays. | (ID:34088, Comment)
8:00amCT Linda Lewis art exhibit at Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Monday through Wednesday 8am-5pmCT, Thursday 9am-6pmCT, Friday 8am-5pmCT, and Saturday, 8am until 12 pm noon CT | (ID:34372, Comment)
7 County Area Court: Circuit Courts. District Courts, at at Glance. Not Official. Always Click to Docket for all Kentucky Counties Once at Docket for all Kentucky Counties, Choose 1) Circuit or District, 2) County - from drop down list 3) Verify dates :
Adair County. Adair Co. Judicial Center, 201 Campbellsville ST. Columbia, KY: No (0) Event(s) Circuit Court. Forty-six (46) Event(s) District Court.
Casey County Judicial Center, 231 Courthouse Square, Liberty, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Event(s) District Court.
Cumberland County, Justice Center, 112 Courthouse Square, Burkesville, KY. One (1) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. Sixty-nine (69) Event(s) District Court.
Green County Judicial Center, 200 W. Court Street, Greensburg, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) District Court.
Metcalfe County, Judicial Center, 201 E. Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. Thirty-four (34) Court Event(s) cases District Court.
Russell County. Judicial Center, 410 Monument Square, Jamestown, KY. Four (4) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. Sixteen (16) Court Event(s) District Court.
Taylor County, Justice Center, 300 E. Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) in Circuit Court. One hundred seventy (170) Event(s) Court Event(s) in District Court.
Not an official docket. For official court information, check with circuit court clerk in your county. | (ID:34454, Comment)
Adair Extension Office Closed May 20-26, 2015 Adair Extension Office 409 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY | (ID:34455, Comment)
9:00amCTAntique Tractor Show and Plow Day 9am-1pmCT/10am-2pmET, at Homeplace on Green River, 5807 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY, | (ID:34534, Comment)
10:00amCTChildren's Story Hour at Adair County Public Library (Recurring Event)
307 Greensburg Street (Google Map/Directions), Columbia, KY | (ID:34099, Comment)
It's Adopt An ADORABLE KITTEN - or another Great Pet - Day at GRAS!!!

Green River Animal Shelter open today, 10am-5pmCT. GRAS, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY. Suggested Supply donation today: BLEACH, any brand.

Stop in and see the progress we're making. Thanks, KIM SALLEE Director

(See Animal control pickups and GRAS dogs for adoption in CM Animals - CM) | (ID:34466, Comment)
NoonCTPause for Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:34120, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Summer Shade, KY, for Johnie Isac Hurt, 59, Summer Shade, KY (1956-2015) | (ID:34465, Comment)
4:00pmCTTime to check CM DIRECTORY of CHURCHES for Wednesday worship service schedules. | (ID:34135, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes at the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:34156, Comment)
6:30pmCTRevival at Melson Ridge United Baptist Church | (ID:34432, Comment)

 

































 
 
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