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Daily News for Wednesday, June 7, 2023
New Adair County School Superintendent announced The Adair County School Board voted unanimously to contract with Jason Faulkner to be the new District Superintendent in a special called meeting Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The contract is for $136,000 per year for four years beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2027. He introduced himself and his family. Faulkner is an educator from London, Laurel County, KY. He attended the meeting with his wife, their two children along with his mother and father. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2023-06-07 23:06:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
JOY Ministries to break ground on permanent home From the Board of J.O.Y. Ministries After 10 years of operation, J.O.Y. Ministries will finally have a permanent home. Currently located at 116 Public Square in Columbia. J.O.Y. Ministries invites you to join them at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, June 12 at 2pmCT, as they begin construction on their new Crisis Resource Center located at 400 Greensburg St. J.O.Y. works diligently to serve those in the community who are impacted by poverty, fragile family situations, homelessness and addiction through the J.O.Y. Crisis Resource Center and two shelters, Cally's House and Ruth's Place. The new Crisis Resource Center will serve as the permanent home-base of these operations and provide greater space for food storage and clothing and home goods storage and improved accessibility for clients. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2023-06-07 22:14:21 | Comments | Printable version
Vacation Bible School at Russell Heights Baptist From Janet Harmon Vacation Bible School at Russell Heights Baptist Church will be held on June 19 through 23, 2023, from 6pmCT to 7:30pmCT nightly. Join us in marching around the walls of Jericho! Need a ride? Call 270-634-3173. Russell Heights Baptist Church is located at Russell Heights Baptist Church is located at 19 N Bramblett Street, Columbia, KY, (behind William's Furniture on Hwy 55 North). 2023-06-07 17:27:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News
Annual Chamber banquet held at LWC June 6, 2023 The 2023 Columbia Adair County Chamber of Commerce banquet was held Tuesday, June 6th at Cranmer Dining Center on the campus of Lindsey Wilson College. Ellen Zornes, Executive Director, welcomed a crowd of just under 170 people to the annual event. The guest speaker was native son Barry Dunn, the President and CEO Kosair for Kids, introduced by longtime friend and Kosair board member Robert Flowers. His inspirational speech about how Kosair helps children all across Kentucky will be printed separately. The awards presented and the nominees for each category follow. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2023-06-07 16:27:03 | Comments | Printable version
Adair Co. Primary Center special SBDM Council meeting From Debbie Bradshaw, principal Adair County Primary Center The Adair County Primary Center SBDM Council will hold a special called meeting at 3:30pmCT on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in the Library at Adair Co. Primary Center, 158 Col. Casey Dr, Columbia, KY. Topics will include the monthly budget and the open certified position. 2023-06-07 14:49:22 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
Vacation Bible School at New Hope Separate Baptist From Rita Neat New Hope Separate Baptist Church will be having their Vacation Bible School from June 19 through June 23, 2023. The theme is "Food Truck Party: On a Roll With God". It will be from 6:30pmCT to 8:30pmCT each night. There will be classes for everyone. Everyone invited. New Hope Separate Baptist Church is located on Hwy 206 at 11076 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY. The Pastor is Don Neat. 2023-06-07 14:46:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News
Kentucky Mesonet at WKU adds station in Russell Co. Ono, KY - The Kentucky Mesonet at WKU continues to grow its network of automated stations across the Commonwealth. On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the ribbon was cut on a new weather and climate monitoring site in Russell County near the community of Eli, about five miles east of Jamestown. The station, which includes a 33-foot tower with instrumentation that measures air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, and solar radiation, will help improve weather forecasting and increase lead times for severe weather warnings in the Lake Cumberland region. The land for the site along KY 1611 was donated by Russell County farmer John Adams. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2023-06-07 14:41:34 | Comments | Printable version
Boil Water Advisory lifted From Columbia/Adair Utilities District June 7, 2023 As of 10:38amCT on June 7, 2023 the Boil Water Advisory for customers of 149-1493 Bennett Ridge Rd, G Sexton Rd, and Slater Rd has been lifted by the Division of Water. This means your water is safe for human consumption. You no longer have to boil your water. 2023-06-07 12:03:33 | Comments | Printable version
Letter: UGO is Royal Paulownia Billy Joe Fudge writes: Common name is Royal Paulownia.Comments re: Unidentified Growing Object 2023-06-07 10:28:22 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Adair County's Deluge, 116 Years Ago: The Gradyville Flood From Mike Watson In a dry 2023, on the anniversary of the largest water-associated disaster in local history, we awaken to rain... One hundred sixteen years ago, 7 June 1907, was a day that shall never be forgotten in this county. An isolated weather-event that became national news placed Gradyville and Adair County at the center of newspaper readers' focus--the devastating Gradyville Flood claimed multiple lives and changed families forever. Read Mike's collected coverage of the flood from the Adair County News, 12 June 1907: Adair County's Deluge: June 7 For more on the Gradyville Flood of 1907, see the list of articles that first appeared back when in 1997, when Columbia Magazine was still printed on paper, and were added online in 2007: Gradyville Flood Articles. 2023-06-07 10:10:51 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Gradyville Flood Special Issue
Story Time at the Library starts at 10amCT on Wednesday We had incorrectly listed the start times for Story Time and Little Learners at the Adair County Public Library on our Events for today. Story Time starts at 10amCT, and Little Learners starts at 2pmCT, and Ms. Aleina says they're expecting a full house! 2023-06-07 09:44:32 | Comments | Printable version
Economic Development Authority to meet June 8 From Bobby Morrison, Chairman Adair County Economic Development Authority (EDA) The Columbia-Adair County Economic Development Authority will hold a Board of Directors Meeting at 8amCT on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Columbia-Adair County Training and Development Center/Chamber of Commerce Building at 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. Meeting Agenda: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2023-06-07 09:31:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government
7-County Area Courts for Wed 7 Jun 2023 Local schedules for Circuit Courts, District Courts, for Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at a glance:
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Haiku by Robert Stone for June 7, 2023 Faces came and went,--Robert Stone, Wednesday, 7 June 2023. -1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day 4285 2023-06-07 09:22:29 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Helen Richards, 90, Russell County, KY (1933-2023) Helen Holt Richards, of the Blair School House Community in Russell County, KY, passed away on June 6, 2023 at 90 years of age. Born at home on April 29, 1933, in Russell County, she was a daughter of the late Estus and Rosa Selby Holt. She was a faithful member of Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. She worked most of her life, retiring at the age of 80. Over the years, she spent 32 years as a factory worker at Russell Sportswear and then 20 years as a handicapped bus aide. But her #1 job for 68 years was being a helpmate and taking care of her husband, Thelbert. She was also a wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2023-06-07 08:28:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 7 Happy Anniversary, Jay and Ida Wheeler (1948) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Judy and Phillip McLean (1980) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Bethany Keith | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Cassie Taylor (1996) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, David Franklin (1962) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jeannie Picknell | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Josh Willis | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Justin Stearns (2002). | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kenneth Farris (1949) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kenny Cox | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lee Ann Collins | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Leon Huff (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Samantha Kemp | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tina Hadley | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rondal C. Rexroat, Russell County, KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alan W. Warriner, Adair and Russell Counties, KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Vernon C. Curry, Adair County, KY (1926-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pete McKinney, Russell County, KY (1930-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sandra Paulette Acree, Russell Springs, KY (1952-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paul Clifton Riggins, Liberty, KY (1943-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Enola Vest, Casey Co., KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Margaret Ann Simpson Underwood, Greensburg, KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Donnie Ray Burton, Russell Co., KY (1941) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ella Hazel Bunch, Adair Co., KY (1915) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William H. (Billy) Sandusky, III, Adair Co., KY (1932) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nancy Gilpin, Taylor County, KY (1941) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Eudinia McFarland Fox, Campbellsville, KY, Russell Co., KY native (1930 - 2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Louis Edward Mudd, Caneyville, KY (1931-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lucille Absher Turner, Adair County, KY (1932-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Aaron A. Phipps, Adair County, KY (1976-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Linnie Pearl Manis Wells, Cumberland Co., KY (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Anna Parker Goforth O'Neal, Casey Co., KY (1918-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Vincent Thomas Hayden, 50, Taylor Co, KY (1965-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Barbara J. Murrell, Adair County, KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Donald Dean Crosier, Casey County, KY (1974-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Laura Lee Kennard, 87, Russell Co., KY (1929-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marie Roy, 86, Russell Springs, KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lyle Heitz, 88, Adair Co., KY (1928-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Dowell, 84, Edmonton, KY (1933-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mildred Cloristine (Tena) Corbin Myles, Adair Co. KY (1934-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, David A. Braun, Russell County, KY (1927-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruby M. Smith, Russell County, KY (1929-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Connie Walters Bland, 68, Campbellsville, KY (1954-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Elmer Russell Powell, 52, Adair Co., KY (1969-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Howard Keltner (1934) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joseph (Leon) McGowan, 77, Russell Springs, KY (1943-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mae (Tucker) Sneed, 76, Knifley, KY (1947-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Miyanta Emony (Mony) Matney, 25, Greensburg, KY (1997-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pauline Joyce Jones, 88, Russell Springs, KY (1935-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Phillip M. Shroyer, 84, Gulfport, MS (1937-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Richard Smith (1915-1992) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rollin Wayne Wright, 71, Greensburg, KY (1949-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William Earl Branham, 79, Burkesville, KY (1943-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, 2023 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
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