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Daily News for Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Adair Co. Grand Jury returns indictments 26 July 2016 Charges brought against eight individuals from Adair, Laurel, and Scott. Charges include drug charges, flagrant non-support, wanton endangerment, burglary. NOTE: Indictments are considered formal charges. An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceeding. The Adair County, KY Circuit Court grand jury, Columbia, KY, returned indictments against the following individuals on Tue 26 July 2016: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 18:12:47 | Comments | Printable version
Molasses tank rupture allows spill of 4,800 gallons of molasses Short Street in Columbia, KY temporarily closed this morning. Caution still required as heavier than normal equipment will continue to travel the area. Kentucky EPA Response team called in to supervise clean up at M & W Milling, including some on clean up on Short Street, Columbia, KY. Columbia Police, ERT, Columbia Street Department, and Adair County Emergency Management respond. Click on headline for complete story By Mike Keltner, Adair Co. Emergency Management Director At 8:21pmCT, Tuesday, July 27, 2016, the Adair County 911 received a call of a molasses release from M&W Milling located at 510 Short Street, Columbia, KY. The molasses tank had ruptured and released approximately 4,800 gallons of molasses. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 14:32:36 | Comments | Printable version
Fake law enforcement charity scam targeting Kentuckians Attorney General Andy Beshear says con artists exploiting law enforcement charities to collect payment over the phone By Terry Sebastian and Crystal Staley FRANKFORT, KY (Wed 27 Jul 2016) - Today, Attorney General Andy Beshear warned Kentuckians of a fraudulent phone scam where a caller claims to represent a law enforcement charity. Beshear said his office is receiving reports of a suspicious call, which appears to be coming from a Kentucky phone number, where a caller requests a donation to supposedly help police officers or law enforcement families. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 14:22:51 | Comments | Printable version
Columbia City Council Regular Called Meeting, 1 Aug 2016 - AGENDA There will be a regular called meeting of the Columbia City Council at 6pmCT, Monday, 1 Aug 2016, in the Council Meeting Room, City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, with the following agenda: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 13:31:41 | Comments | Printable version
Carol Perkins: How quick thinking saved Elvis' life A story with all the elements of a tragedy, but fortunately for Elvis, his best friend in the world instinctively knew what to do after a perfect storm mixed all the wrong elements for a good outcome: A pair of black pants. A clothes dryer. And a mischievous black kitten named Elvis. Next earlier Carol Perkins column, and absolute "CM Classic": Carol Perkins: HGTV begs interactive television By Carol Perkins Bobby Sue ran off. My friend Becky looked everywhere for her, but no Bobby Sue. “I think she’ll find her way home,” said Becky, “unless someone has taken her.” I doubt anyone would want a huge cat like Bobby Sue whose personality wasn’t exactly purring, but I didn’t tell that to Becky. My opinion is that Bobby Sue met up with a gang of alley cats and either ran off with them, or they killed her. I didn’t tell Becky that either. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 13:04:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins
Fred Steel to speak at Journey to Recovery 29 Jul 2016 Fred Steele will be speaking to Journey To Recovery, 114 Office Park Drive, Columbia, Ky. This Friday, July 29, 6pmCT. Everyone welcome. - Laverne Hadley 2016-07-27 12:30:03 | Comments | Printable version
KSP seeks help locating missing Fountain Run, KY resident UPDATE: He's safely home. See - Fountain Run, KY man is home Click on headline for bulletin with photo By TFC Billy Gregory, Public Information Officer KSP Post 15 is attempting to locate 56-year-old Randy H. Baughman of Fountain Run, KY. Baughman is a 6'1", 230 lb. white male with hazel eyes and gray hair. He was last seen operating a 2010 yellow Chevy Camaro with KY registration plate 572-KYA, on Friday, July 16, 2016 at the Bowling Green flea market. If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Randy H. Baughman, please contact the Kentucky State Police at 1-800-222-5555, Facebook or through the KSP mobile app. Tpr. Jonathan Houk is investigating. - TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer, KSP Post 15, Columbia, KY 2016-07-27 12:27:02 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
ACHS Cheerleaders Dancing with the Stars will be 22 Oct 2016 Dancers needed! By Angie Hixson The Adair Co. High School Cheerleaders will be hosting Dancing with the Stars October 22, 2016 at 6pmCT at the Adair Co. Middle School. Couples who love to dance are needed for a fun filled night of entertainment. Prizes will be awarded for 1st place of $1,000, second place $500 and third place a gift card. Also, Best Dressed, Crowd Favorite, and Best Choreography will be awarded with trophies. Please contact Tiffany Reynolds at 270-378-0321 or Cortney Mooney at 270-378-2273 to sign up. Deadline is August 10, 2016. Please come out and enjoy all the fun!!! - Angie Hixson 2016-07-27 12:24:14 | Comments | Printable version
Free cooking class Thurs 28 July 2016 Healthful Living Cooking Class offered free of charge on Thursday, July 28th, at 6pmCT. Everyone is welcome to come to the free classes. The speakers will be providing health information and samples of delicious food. For more information, call 270-634-1910 or 270-378-4495. The classes will be held at: Joy Resource Center--Alma Jackson 2016-07-27 10:49:14 | Comments | Printable version
Adair FFA takes part in KY Leadership Training Center By Grant Robertson, FFA Reporter The local Adair county FFA chapter took its part in the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center located in Hardinsburg, Kentucky from July 11th-15th. There were a total of fourteen members and two advisors participating in many activities including sports and agriculture related projects. Our chapter officers led the night session with over 400 people including six state officers and one national officer present. Ashley Hadley won the FFA Quiz Contest and Susan Spinks participated in the talent competition. Sarah Hancock ran for camp council and received an outstanding leadership award. Our members would like to thank Jessica Gaskins and Robin Hancock for taking time out of their busy schedules to help chaperone our week at camp. 2016-07-27 08:59:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
Anntikk sends link to possible solution for city's heat islands Here's a link to a story in the Los Angeles Times: In Phoenix, an ambitious plan aims to cover 25% of the metropolis with tree shade which reader and ex-pat "Anntikk," sends with a note: "Be like Phoenix . . ." The article not only suggests an expanded urban forest with its cooling canopy, but tells how Phoenix, AZ, utilizes the shade of "engineered" and small steel trees. 2016-07-27 06:59:03 | Comments | Printable version
Whitfield praises USDA decision to combat horse soring By Robert Hankins News from Representative Ed Whitfield's Office WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) released the following statement commending the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement yesterday of proposed changes aimed at ending the practice of horse soring - the intentional infliction of pain to horses' feet to achieve the high stepping "big lick" gait: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 06:44:53 | Comments | Printable version
Barren Co., KY, man sentenced to 42 months for fraud Defendant misrepresented his mental condition to qualify for benefits. Ordered to pay $106,716.07 in restitution to victim agencies Click on headline for complete story From U.S. Attorney's Office Department of Justice, Western District of Kentucky BOWLING GREEN, KY - (Tue 26 Jul 2016) A Cave City, Kentucky, man was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court, by District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to 42 months in prison, and ordered to pay restitution of $24,884.80 to the Social Security Administration and $81,831.27 to the Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services, the victim agencies, for defrauding the Supplemental Security Income program, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 06:06:01 | Comments | Printable version
Mr. Lonnie Luther Abbott, Clinton Co., KY (1942-2016) He was a mechanic for Chevrolet Motors and a Proud Democrat. He was the son of the late Arlen Roosevelt Abbott and Ivola Troxell Abbott. He leaves 14 direct living descendants. Click on headline for complete obituary Mr. Lonnie Luther Abbott, 73, of Somerset, KY, formerly of Monticello, KY passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016 at The University of Louisville, KY. A gathering of family and friends will be held to celebrate his life, 4pm-7pmCT/5am-8pmET, Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the home of Ms. Hilda Richardson, 127 Kendrick Avenue Monticello, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 05:45:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Campbellsville High School to host blood drive 19 Aug 2016 By Calen McKinney Campbellsville High School, 230 W Main Street, Campbellsville, KY, will host its first blood drive of the 2016-2017 school year, 7am-12pmCT/8am-1pmET, Friday, August 19, 2016. Kentucky Blood Center officials will be on hand to help students, teachers, staff members, parents and community members donate. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-07-27 05:10:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
Community Fish Fry at Gradyville Baptist Church 13 Aug 2016 Events start at 3pmCT; food at 4pmCT, and Blakey's Singing at 6pmCT By Debbie Bennett Community Fish Fry at Gradyville Baptist Church, 59 Old Gradyville Church Road, Columbia, KY, on August 13, 2016. Kids games at 3pmCT, food at 4pm to 6pmCT, singing at 6pmCT with the Blakey Quartet, Carry out available by calling 270-250-6563 or 270-250-5222. Everyone is invited to come out and and fellowship with us. Donations are appreciated --Debbie Bennett 2016-07-27 03:23:25 | Comments | Printable version
Free family movie at Summit Manor 29 Jul 2016 Update: Due to the weather, the movie will be moved inside - Laura Koller The community is invited to a free family friendly movie night at Summit Manor, 400 Bomar Heights, Columbia, KY, on Friday, July 29, 2016 at 7:30pmCT, in the back courtyard. We will be showing the movie, "Zootopia" So bring your kids, a blanket, beach towel or lawn chair for a night out with the family. There will be food items for purchase, with proceeds going towards this years Elders vacation fund. - Laura Koller Note: Outdoor movies were quite the thing in the early days of cinema. Morgan Brothers, Van Zant's Overland, and Mr. Kerbow entertained us with portable theaters in the open, long before drive-ins were here Some of Adair's theatres were out-of-doors, some itinerant. Among them were. See: Adair Theatres, which first appeared in Columbia! Magazine issue 18. 2016-07-27 03:14:14 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Movies
Today, WEDNESDAY with CM - 27 Jul 2016 Haiku by Robert Stone for July 27, 2016: When bad news likely,--Robert Stone, Wednesday, 27 July 2016. -1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1779 2016-07-27 03:07:56 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Remembering Sidney Smith: He attended school in Adair County Comments re article 84631 Sidney Smith 66 Portage IN/Edmonton KY native 19502016 Billy Joe Fudge writes: Sidney's obituary said nothing about living in Adair County, but I am sure I went to school with him either at Sparksville or in high school. I thought he lived in the Flatwoods. - Billy Joe FudgeThanks - When the obituary was posted, we wondered if the Edmonton reference were a mail address only, or not. We still are looking for the answer. - EW 2016-07-27 03:03:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback Birthdays and Anniversaries for July 27 Happy Anniversary, Dannie and Faye Word (1968) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Annette Rowe | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Austin Horton (1995) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Bonnie Spoon | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Chad Price | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Chris Quinn | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Doris Harvey | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Dwight Lawless, grandfather and Daniel Lawless, grandson (1993) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Faye Burton | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Gary Crawford | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jennifer Lynn Moss | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Josephine Posey (2004) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Joyce York | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kortnei Beth Kelsay (1991) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, LaGene Sexton | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Margaret Huddleston | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Mary Jane Williams | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Melissa Corbin | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Wanda VonFumetti | (Updates/Corrections) Happy IMO Birthday, Doris Smith Harvey | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Bradley Franklin, Cumberland County, KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carl Hadley, Russell Co., KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Wendell Otis Young, Green Co., KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Leonora Corbin, Adair Co., KY, native (1927) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marie Greer Goodin, Adair Co., KY (1927) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Lou Martin, Burkesville, KY (1952) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Eugene McClendon, Burkesville, KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carl Taylor Fudge, Marrowbone, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William Bill (Little Richard) Milby, Green County, KY (1937-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Archie Thomas Coffman, 53, Casey Co. KY, (1960-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ray Roy Bybee, Edmonton, KY, Adair Co. native (1935-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dixie Mae Short, Taylor County, KY (1922-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lemuel (Junebug) Burton, Jr. , Russell Co., KY (1934-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Michael Tucker Passmore, Russell Springs, KY (1979-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Wanda L. Williams, 73, Russell Co., KY (1941-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Alice Reane' Parrish Kerwin, Cumberland Co., KY (1970-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Teresa Jo McQueary, 50, Russell Co., KY, Adair native (1965-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lois Janes, 76, Adair County, KY (1939-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kara Fudge, 91, Adair County, KY (1925-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Harold E. (Gene) Vaughan, 86, Taylor Co., KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Bobby B. Bingham, Green County, KY (1937-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Donald Joseph Holmes , 80, Summer Shade, Metcalfe County KY/Westford, NY native (1937-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Barbara Obeginski, 81, Russell Springs, KY (1941-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Glenn Brown, 71 Knifley, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Helen Faye Burton, 68, Columbia, KY (1951-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jimmy Stidham, 77, Columbia, KY (1945-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Keith Jewell, 44, Green County, KY (1975-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Norma Jean Grider Jessie, 83, Columbia, KY (1936-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Roy Graybeal, 79, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sam Tucker, 83, Knifley, KY (1937-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Washington (Pete) Vaughn, 99, Summersville, KY (1921-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Wednesday, July 27, 2016 All events are listed in Central Time. 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