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How to be sure a utility person is legit

Storms with heavy rain and high winds take a toll on homes this time of year, bringing utility people knocking on the door. This note provides a few tips on how to feel sure it's a real dlocal service representative. - From local utility service KU/LGE

Authentic ID cards will feature the employee's photo and name, plus a company logo. Also be sure to confirm the vehicle they arrived in features the same logo.

If you're still not sure, note the person's name and politely ask them to wait outside. Then call us (LG&E and KU at 502-589-1444 or 800-331-7370 and ODP at 800-981-0600), and they'll help confirm the person is in fact a representative from the company.

Finally, keep in mind that our employees visiting your home will never ask for payment or personal information, including credit or debit card numbers.


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Sunset after harvest



2025-06-07 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold.
Veronica writes, "Many farmers rushed and worked tirelessly, some even into the night, to get a hay harvest. This has been a wet start to the season, pushing back the ability for farmers to cut hay, and delayed planting because the fields are too wet.

This past week we had a run of dry days and it seems that everyone everywhere was cutting their hay and seeding their fields. This is the sunset from my field after we finally brought in the last of the hay from that field. It was a peaceful sunset before the rains to come."

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Patricia Wethington, Adair County, KY (1938-2025)

Patricia Sue Wethington of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday, June 4th, 2025. She was born December 23, 1938, the youngest of four children born to Mary Gladys Russell and Charles Lee Fisher. A few years later the family moved to Plattsburg, MO.

Patricia was proceeded in death by her parents, husband James Harold, daughter Alice May who passed away as an infant in 1960, grandchildren Chase and McKenna Wethington-Padgett in 2011, three sisters Juanita Gilmore, Corrine Selvy, and Charlene Wayman. Patricia attended many years in grade school and high school there. In 1953 Patricia went to John Brown Military Academy in Siloam Springs, AR. She graduated from Mercy Academy in Marshall, Missouri, in 1956.


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Carol Perkins: The new rug

Previous Column: Then There Were Two

By Carol Perkins

The new welcome mat was a woven cream and tan braided weatherproof plastic. Guy commented on how pretty it was, so rather than putting it outside where I had intended for it to go, I laid it in front of the stove (range) and admired how it fit the room.

Seconds after setting it down, I decided to make a cup of coffee.

I stood on one side of the mat--it didn't say "Welcome"--while the Kerg stood on the other. You know what's coming.

I turned, stepped on the mat, and sailed through the air like a kite. It slid to my right while I went down on my left. I banged my head on the wooden cabinet. I think it bounced.

At first, Guy thought I had fainted and then slipped. The cracking sound from the head hitting the wood cabinet led Guy to either call the ambulance or try to get me up.


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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 Saturday, June 7, 2025
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
5:00amCTRescheduled for October
National Crappie League Semi-Pro and Amateur Tournaments at Holmes Bend | (ID:68798, Comment)
7:00amCTCACVFD Crusade For Children Roadblocks on Public Square
100% of your donations come back to the community to the children that are in need! | (ID:68824, Comment)
CACVFD Crusade For Children Roadblocks - give from the heart for Adair children | (ID:68862, Comment)
8:00amCTFarmers Market on the Square
8amCT to 1pmCT at the corner of Campbellsville and Merchant Street | (ID:68885, Comment)
Edmonton Summerfest on the Square | (ID:68926, Comment)
Farmers Market on the Square Bucks for kids | (ID:68927, Comment)
9:00amCTVacation Bible School at Sparksville Nazarene Church | (ID:68834, Comment)
6:00pmCTRed Hill Revivers singing at Flatwoods Separate Baptist Church | (ID:68843, Comment)

 
































 
 
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