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Adair Co. HS Boys Basketball 20th District Champions

Zion Harmon is Tournamnet's MVP, after averaging 31 points a game
Next: Adair Co. HS Boys Basketball vs. Central Hardin in the first round of the 5th Region tournament on Thursday, March 1, 2018, 7:15pmCT/8:15pmET, at The Robey Dome, Marion County High School, 735 East Main Street, Lebanon, KY.

By Kyle Burton

Last night, Saturday, February 24, 2018, Adair County Boys Basketball won the 2018 20th District championship.

This is the second year in the a row the indians have won the district.


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2018-02-25 20:20:03 | Comments | Printable version

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Daffodil Watch 2018: The biggest bouquet of the weekend



2018-02-25 - Green County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
It was in the Mt. Lebanon Church Road area of Green County, KY where this field of Daffodils brightened up a gray Sunday afternoon, 25 Feb 2018. - LW

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Daryl Ford retires after nearly 30 years service at Campbellsville

By Calen McKinney

Campbellsville Elementary School custodial worker Daryl Ford was recently honored for his nearly 30 years of service to Campbellsville Independent Schools.

Ford has worked at all three schools -- Campbellsville elementary, middle and high schools -- and retired Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018.


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2018-02-25 20:10:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Lindsey Wilson Baseball's home opener on Sunday postponed

By Chris Wells

COLUMBIA, KY - The Lindsey Wilson baseball team's home opener today, a doubleheader which was scheduled to start at 1pmCT, Sun 25 Feb 2018 at Egnew Park, inside Lindsey Wilson Sports Park, 928 Russell Road, Columbia, KY, has been postponed following heavy rains that hit Southcentral Kentucky last night.

The postponement with Culver-Stockton (M)) marks the third straight day that the Blue Raiders have been forced to move this season's home debut at Egnew Park.

Lindsey Wilson is scheduled to host three games on Monday, February 26, 2018, at Egnew Park: 1) Culver-Stockton faces Cleary (MI) at 11amCT in the opener. 2) Lindsey Wilson hosts Culver-Stockton at 2pmCT and 3) Cleary at 5pmCT.



2018-02-25 11:36:54 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

JDGee: Of 'curls' v. transformers. Squirrels win

Cute as they are, 'tree rats' continue to wreak havoc on the part of the power grid which is not buried
About: Squirrel hunting - with a Canon
By JDGee

When my first wife (who, curiously enough, looks and acts exactly like my current spouse) lived in Bowling Green, I was talking to my father via telephone one Saturday morning when a sudden loud snap-crackle-pop noise outside was followed immediately by the power going off. Soon as I finished talking, I called the local municipal utility switchboard and in a few minutes, a truck rolled up.


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Flood warning in effect until 8:15amCT Sun 25 Feb 2018

See: Flood Warning, from NWS issued for Columbia, KY.
Click on headline for complete Watches, Warnings & Advisories as issued and updated today, 25 Feb 2018

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY has issued a flood warning in effect until 8:15amCT, Sunday, February 25, 2018, for the following South Central Kentucky counties:
Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell in the CM 7 County area, and Allen, Barren, Clinton, Logan Monroe, Simpson, Warren
The warning said, "At 2:31amCT, Doppler radar estimates that up to 2 inches of rain have fallen across the warning area early this morning. This rainfall on top of already saturated ground will lead to excessive runoff and flooding of low water crossings and low-lying areas this morning. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Bowling Green, Glasgow, Russellville, Columbia, Scottsville, Tompkinsville, Albany, Jamestown, Edmonton and Burkesville."


2018-02-25 06:03:40 | Comments | Printable version

Gov. Bevin declares state of emergency

Order is in response to continued heavy rainfall events across Kentucky. Declaration allows emergency management to utilize vital resources
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By Nicole Burton

FRANKFORT, KY (23 Feb 2018) - Gov. Matt Bevin today declared a statewide emergency in response to continued heavy rainfall events which have caused widespread flooding and damage to critical infrastructure across Kentucky.


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AG Office ready to investigate price gouging during emergency

Report price gouging to the Attorney General at 888-432-9257 during State of Emergency declared by Governor Bevin
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Terry Sebastian or Crystal Staley

FRANKFORT, KY. (23 Feb 2018) - Now that a state of emergency has been declared in Kentucky, Attorney General Andy Beshear is asking Kentuckians to report price gouging to his office.

Beshear said due to recent storms and flooding, anyone with information regarding possible price gouging should contact the Office of the Attorney General at 888-432-9257 or email: consumerprotection@ky.gov.


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2018-02-25 05:45:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

William Edward Cochran, 71 Casey County, KY (1946-2018)

He was a U.S. Navy Veteran and will be accorded full military honors at committal rites at Haven Hill Cemetery, Columbia, KY. He was a native of Jeffersonville, IN, and was a resident of Liberty, KY, at the time of his death. He was the widower of Glenda Fay Curry Cochran. He leaves eight direct living descendants.
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U.S. Veteran William Edward Cochran age 71, of Liberty, KY passed away on Friday February 23, 2018 at the V.A. Medical Center.

Funeral Services will be held 12pmNoonCT/1pmET, Tuesday February 27, 2018 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel, 142 KY Hwy 49, Liberty, KY, with Rev. Jimmy Brown officiating. Burial will in the Haven Hill Cemetery, 1276 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY with Military Honors performed by the Casey County Honor Guard. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT/5pm-9pmET, Monday February 26, 2018 and after 7amCT/8amET, Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel.


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2018-02-25 05:26:26 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Today - SUNDAY with CM -25 Feb 2018

Haiku by Robert Stone for February 25, 2018:
Should not bedtime prayer
beg tomorrow’s daily bread
rather than today’s?
--Robert Stone, Sunday, 25 February 2018.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2357



2018-02-25 04:47:28 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for February 25
Happy Anniversary, James and Carole Thomas | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Jeff and Rita Neat (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Preston and Natashia Gaskin (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, August Mann (2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Benisha Wilson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bryan Cheatham | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chris Janes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Elbert Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob Lewis Wilson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lauren Paige Ollery (1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Michael Daniel | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mitchell Quinn | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tiffani Campbell (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Anniversary, Nathan & Faye Rowe | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory birthday, Chester Franklin, native of Adair County, KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leoner Bennett (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shawn Matthew Brumley, Russell Co., KY (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roger "Pop" DeSpain, Buffalo, KY (1942) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Estella Rice Hare, Taylor Co., KY (1918) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Avis Jean Holt, 74, Russell Co., KY (1937 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mattie L. Anderson, Russell Springs, KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David R. Cundiff, Greensburg, KY - Adair Co. native (1939) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kyra Grace Harmon, infant, Campbellsville, KY. (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Ann Campbell, Adair Co., KY (1939) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norma Jean Johnson, Taylor County, KY (1944-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randall Earles, Casey Co., KY (1960-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frances Robert "Bob" Dobbs , Taylor County, KY (1935-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stephan Keith Thompson, Green County, KY (1981-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eveline Fisher Tungate, 71, Taylor Co., KY (1943-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norma Jean Landis Pearce, Green Co., KY (1933-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Johnie Isac Hurt, 59, Summer Shade, KY (1956-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gertrude C. Allen, Taylor County, KY, (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donnie Beck, 45, Casey Co., KY (1970-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Lewis (Bobby) Simpson, Adair Co., KY (1939-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dora (Dodie) Skaggs, 78, Columbia, KY (1938-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nancy Guinn Taylor, 73, Burkesville, KY (1943-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Agnes Goforth, 86, Yosemite, KY (1930-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Mae "Dot" McKinney Parson, Taylor Co., KY/Green Co. Native (1930-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cecil Elmore Wilson, Metcalfe County, KY (1935-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jean Rexroat Hill, 88, Russell Co., KY (1930-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tina Beth Ramlow, 51, Russell County, KY (1967-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Christine Smith Hansford, Casey County, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mabel Chumbley Minton, Russell Co., KY (1924-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hellen Ridgeway, Taylor County, KY (1928-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bill Bryant (1922-1987) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bro. John Paul Cummins, Middleburg, KY (1932-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Debra Joan Parradee, 62, Columbia, KY (1958-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glenda Young Meadows, 85, Green County, KY (1935-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hallie Ratcliff, 80, Taylor Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herbert Claywell | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mabel Witham Bledsoe, 85, Adair County, KY (1935-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marie Houk, 96, Adair/Green Co., KY (1925-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Collins, 65, Glensfork, KY (1956-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Combest Thomas, 76, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert William Glover, 57, Louisvile, KY (1963-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In memory birthday, Vernon W. Keith (1969-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, February 25, 2018
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
12:01amCTSnake Creek Boat Ramp, Adair County, KY, closed for extension/repairs 12 Feb - 1 Mar 2018. Dave Baker, KY F & W STORY | (ID:52248, Comment)
ELECTION 2018 - NOTE: Following links live Saturday, 17 Feb 2018.
Linked from Latest List of candidates, Adair Co, KY or, go directly to

(PAID ADV) Statement ads:
Buddy Powell, for Jailer - Terry Sullivan, for Magistrate - Ken Hill, for PVA. - Chris Reeder for Magistrate - Leighann Vanarsdale Loy, for Magistrate - Doug Campbell, for Magistrate - - Scotty Neat for PVA - Chris Pennington for Magistrate - NEW - Joey White for Jailer

Dan Ballou for Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court

(Inquire at any time, 24/7/365, for statement placement at ColumbiaMagazine.com at 270-250-2730). | (ID:52249, Comment)
1:00amCTPostponed - See Mon 26 Feb 2018 - Doubleheader: LWC Baseball hosts Culver-Stockton at Egnew Park, in Lindsey Wilson Sports Park, 928 Russell Road, Columbia, KY. - Chris Wells. STORY | (ID:52253, Comment)
6:00amCTTime check CM Directory of Churches
for Sunday morning worship service schedules. | (ID:52251, Comment)
9:30amCTService for Leonard Waymon McGaha, 94, Adair Co., KY, native (1923-2018) | (ID:52268, Comment)
11:00amCTServices for Danny K. Terry, Russell County, KY (1954-2018) | (ID:52230, Comment)
NoonCTChimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:52250, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Columbia, KY, for David Edd Parrigin, 67, Adair Co., KY/Russell Co., KY native (1950-2018) | (ID:52225, Comment)
Service, Burkesville, KY, for Charles Ray Pace, Jr., 56, Burkesville, KY (1961-2018) | (ID:52242, Comment)
2:00pmCTPrayer walk for Adair County Schools | (ID:52231, Comment)
College Baseball: Lindsey Wilson hosts Culver Stockton at Egnew Park in Lindsey Wilson Sports Park, 928 Russell Road, Columbia, KY. - Chris Wells. STORY | (ID:52255, Comment)
6:00pmCTPraying for our schools at Russell Springs United Methodist Church | (ID:52194, Comment)
6:30pmCTRevival at Living by Faith Church, 3041 Edmonton Road, Columbia, KY. - 21-25 Feb 2018. Bro. Joe Milby, evangelist. Special singing. - Malesa Withers Schedule/Rotation of Evangelists | (ID:52117, Comment)

 

































 
 
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