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Daily News for Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Smoke Alarms installed free Friday and Saturday Working smoke alarms can cut the risk of death from home fires in half. That's why Red Cross volunteers in fire departments and partners are working to Sound the Alarm. Together, they're installing free smoke alarms in the community. Request a smoke alarm installation on Friday, October 10, or Saturday, October 11, 2025 between 9am and 3pmCT. by calling 270-201-4177 or emailin sckyhomefire@redcross.org. More information at www.redcross.org/local/kentucky.html 2025-10-08 22:47:31 | Comments | Printable version
Willard Cleve Willis, 80, Cumberland County, KY Willard Cleve Willis of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away on Monday, October 6, 2025, at the Cumberland County Medical Center in Burkesville, Kentucky having attained the age of 80 years, 7 months, and 12 days. He was born on Sunday, February 25, 1945, in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, the son of Leslie Nell & Alta (Blythe) Willis. A man of Christian faith, he attended Grace Union Baptist Church, and proudly served his country in the United States Army. He worked as the head mechanic for Oshkosh and had a lifelong love for tinkering and fixing things. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Emogene (Willis) Gwinn. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 22:46:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Phillips Tank & Structure officially open in Sparksville By Heather Spoon, Consultant for Economic Development Authority (EDA) We are thrilled that Phillips Tank & Structure chose Adair County to locate their business and as of last week, the new plant had a ribbon cutting ceremony in their new home, the former Jimmy Reliford building in Sparksville, KY. We are looking forward to PTS not only being a part of our community and creating new jobs, but providing hope and opportunity to students in the ACHS Welding Program, giving them a better chance to work where they live. Economic development takes time. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 22:26:36 | Comments | Printable version
Louise Bradshaw, 83, Russell County, KY Louise Bradshaw, 83, of Jamestown, KY passed away Sunday, October 5, 2025. She was born in Russell Springs, KY on September 15, 1942, a daughter of the late Elizabeth (Grider) and Adrian McFarland. She was a member of Jamestown First Baptist Church Baptist. She worked as a Seamstress at 'At the Front' in Columbia, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 22:12:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
48th Homecoming at Hadley's Community Church From Rita Carter Hadley's Community Church will be celebrating its 48th Homecoming at 10amCT on Sunday, October 12, 2025. There will be special singing by The Gospel Sounds, followed by a meal. Hadley's Community Church is located at 8269 Fairplay Rd., Columbia, KY. Bro. Elbert Hadley and congregation cordially invite everyone to attend. 2025-10-08 21:34:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News
Adair Co. Little League Basketball and Cheer signup deadline From Daniel Hedges A Final Reminder: The Little League Basketball and Cheer sign-up deadline is one week from today, at 5pmCT on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Forms can be picked up and dropped off at Downey EYE Clinic, 1463 Campbellsville Rd, Columbia, KY. Signup fees are due when the form is submitted. 2025-10-08 21:31:58 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Adair County Cattlemen to meet Oct 20 The Adair County Cattlemen's Association will meet at 6pmCT on Monday, October 20, 2025, at the Adair County Extension Office, 409 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY. The meeting is sponsored by Day & Day Feed and Purina, and topics include Body Conditions Scoring Cattle and 2025 Hay Test Results. 2025-10-08 15:56:17 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Adair Co. Extension Service
Kiwanis Club of Campbellsville holds year-end banquet From Rose Jones The Kiwanis Club of Campbellsville ended the 2024-2025 year on September 30, 2025, with a banquet at the Taylor County Extension Office. The Kiwanis Kentucky Tennessee District 13 Lt. Governor Chuck Fletcher installed the 2025-2026 officers and board members. The officers are:
President Jones expressed appreciation to the board and club members who have worked diligently throughout the year to make this year a success in reaching the children and families we serve. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 15:48:09 | Comments | Printable version
Report on the October City Council meeting From Mayor Pam Hoots The Columbia City Council met in regular session on Monday, October 6, 2025. The Council heard from the Trabue Russell House. Board members presented a check from Christa Belle Montgomery Gimbel for $5,000.00 to the city for preservation of the Trabue Russell House. Board members Mary Ann Loy, Chuck Rogers, Susan Loy, and Susan Upchurch were in attendance. Janell Dixon, Public Affairs Specialist, with the U.S. Small Business Administration was in-house to give an update on services offered through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan. In other business: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 11:18:18 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government
Football: Indians fall to Raiders at Hart Co. By Trey Stephens, Staff Writer On Friday, October 3, 2025, the Adair County Indians fell 43-14 on the road, to the Hart County Raiders. The Indians were unable to stop the Raiders rushing attack, giving up some 373 yards on the ground to Hart County. The Indians also struggled to move the ball, posting just 179 total yards of offense (98 on the ground and 81 through the air). All the Indians' passing yards came from junior Madden Moye, who was four for 13 for 81 yards, with a touchdown with two interceptions. The majority of those yards came on a 67 yard touchdown catch by senior Dawson Gilbert. Senior Ryder Rodgers led the team on the ground with 14 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore Callum Darnell was the only other Tribe player to post positive rushing yards. He had seven carries for 17 yards. Rodgers led the team in tackles and rushing yards, posting an impressive 18 tackles. Junior Tristan Mullins had 17, and junior Brayden Bennett posted 10 tackles to round out Adair County players posting double-digit tackles. The Indians defense on the game posted four tackles for loss, one sack by junior Damon Edwards, and two fumble recoveries by the prior mentioned Ryder Rodgers. The Indians now have a bye week before returning to the field when they travel to take on Edmonson County (2-5) on Friday October, 17, 2025. 2025-10-08 11:00:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Carol Perkins: I'm Falling and I Can't Get Up Previous Column: Raindrops Keep Falling By Carol Perkins When I left off last week, the rain was pelting down on Connie and me as we tried to reach the walkway to our condo in Jacksonville Beach. Staggering my way along the wet sand with Connie following, I heard her yell, "You go on ahead. I'll be behind you." I reached the gate into the condo gardens and looked back to see Connie's head pop up over a sand dune near the wooden walkway. When she didn't soon follow, I looked again and this time saw nothing. I turned to Freeda, "I bet she's down." Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 10:54:49 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins
Downtown Days 2025: Classic Car Show and Cruise In Registration for the Downtown Days 2025 Classic Car Show and Cruise In will begin at 8amCT on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 201 Campbellsville St., Columbia, KY. The entry fee is $20, and all makes, models & bikes are welcome Viewing will take place from 9amCT to 2pmCT on Saturday. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 drawing, 14 Elite trophies, 2 Best of Show trophies, plus Top-20 trophies. For more information, call 270-634-0469 or 270-634-0553. 2025-10-08 09:21:31 | Comments | Printable version
Antioch Church 160th year celebration By Judy Reliford 160 years--that's how long Antioch Church in the Sparksville Community of Adair County has had a church on the present property. On Sunday, September 7, 2025, 116 people gathered at the church to celebrate Antioch Church. During the worship service, former pastors and Antioch's present pastor, Carol Weddle, were presented with a small gift of appreciation to their devotion to the Antioch family. Each person present received a "history" booklet, an ornament, and a "Sparksville News" bulletin. Thanks to everyone who helped in making this event happen and be so successful! See also: Antioch Church to celebrate 160 years in September 2025. 2025-10-08 09:05:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News
Doris Jean Benningfield Price, 81, Green Co., KY (1944-2025) Doris Jean Benningfield Price of Green County, Kentucky, daughter of the late Chester Benningfield and Ivan Martin Benningfield was born on Friday, April 21, 1944 in Campbellsville and departed this life on Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Louisville. She was 81 years, 5 months, and 13 days of age. The funeral services for Doris Jean Benningfield Price will be conducted at 11amCT on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main St., Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Brookside Cemetery. Bro. Bryan Estes and Bro. Earl West officiating. Visitation is requested from 4pmCT until 8pmCT on Wednesday at the funeral home and will continue after 7amCT on Thursday until time of the service. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 08:57:10 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Metcalfe Chamber Fall Auction seeks donations From Kim Harwood, Executive Director Edmonton Metcalfe Chamber of Commerce The Chamber of Commerce Fall Auction will start at 6pmCT nightly on November 3 and 4, 2025. Items for the Edmonton-Metcalfe County Chamber of Commerce Fall Auction are now being accepted at the Chamber office. Donations for the auction are greatly appreciated and the proceeds from this auction go toward the $1,000.00 Memorial Scholarship that is awarded each year to a Metcalfe County High School Senior as they further their education. The proceeds also go toward other events throughout the year hosted by the chamber. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 08:54:07 | Comments | Printable version
Lindsey Wilson University opens podcast studio for students By Duane Bonifer More than 500 million people listen to podcasts annually. Soon they will be able to listen to podcasts produced by Lindsey Wilson University students. Thanks to a new podcast studio in the university's J.L. Turner Leadership Center, Lindsey Wilson students now have access to an on-campus podcast studio that allows them to produce podcasts on a variety of subjects and for a variety of reasons. "For the last several years, I have had this vision of being able to offer students a wider variety of opportunities so that they will have more technology at their fingertips," said LWU School of Business and Communication Dean Benson Sexton '04. Sexton, who is also a communication professor, hopes the new podcast studio will become "an incubator for student learning." Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2025-10-08 08:47:14 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Lindsey Wilson University
Rep. Barr to visit Columbia From Bridget Compton Adair County Deputy Judge Executive, Road Administrative Assistant & Solid Waste Coordinator 6th District Representative Andy Barr will be at Hardee's at 1:30pmCT on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, to visit with the citizens of Adair and surrounding counties. Hardee's is located at 90 Dohoney Trace, Columbia, KY. 2025-10-08 08:44:24 | Comments | Printable version Birthdays and Anniversaries for October 8 Happy Anniversary, Barry and Tracy Stephens (1983) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Boon & Anita Matney (1997) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Boon and Anita Matney (1997) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Caitlin & Jimmy Helm (2011) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Dustin & Jennfer Martin (2005) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Forrest & Ella Lee Wilson (1966) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Jared & Chelsea Conover (2011) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Phillip and Dana Richard (1998) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Alexander Kyle Biggs | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Dona Depp Smith | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Gary Wayne Coffey | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Haley Blaydes Martin (1987) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Hannah Blaydes Shaw (1987) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jackson Lee Willis (2008) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jamie Collins | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jamie Hatcher | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Julius Feyette Holmes (2003) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kathy Parker | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Korey Hundley | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lauren Jessie | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Marketta Ann Lawless (1993) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Matt Mouser | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Natalie Sneed | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Reagan McCalister (2001) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sammie Jo Wheat | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tanner Caldwell | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tim Curry | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday Mary Jane Bryant, Adair Co., KY (1951) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Allen Taylor, 83, Adair Co., KY (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Harry Taggart, Russell Springs, KY (1939-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Judy Carol Huff, Columbia, KY (1955-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Randall Thomas Baldwin, Campbellsville, KY (1986-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Morris Wade DeHart, Russell Springs, KY (1937-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lilburn Glyn Kelly, Greensburg, KY (1934-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paul E. Bennett, Russell Springs, KY (1950-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Roger Wayne Humphrey, Burkesville, KY (1957-2020) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Molen Corbin, Adair Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rick Bailey, Adair Co., KY (1953-2010) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James (Jimmy) Forsyth, Green Co., KY, Adair Co., KY, native (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alma Shofner, Taylor Co., KY (1925 | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Anna Lee Goode, Casey County, KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Connie Jo Davis, Green County, KY (1955-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Shelby Dewey Key, Cumberland Co., KY (1944-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Brenda C. Houston, Russell Springs, KY (1965-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Larry Wayne Scott, 66 Burkesville, KY (1948-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Geneva Thomas York, 85, Burkesville, KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruth Warriner Loy, Russell County, KY (1917-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kerry Roger Jones, 61, Knifley, KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Johnnie Janes, 79, Adair Co., KY (1936-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Edna Mae Sullivan, 90, Glasgow, KY (1925-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marie Powell, 75, Louisville, KY (1940-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Peggy Sue Johnson Stratton Adair Co., kY native (1968-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Earl Ray, Sr., 61, Green County, KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Annie Aline Froedge Whitlow, 91, Metcalfe Co., KY (1925-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Vera Delphine Shaw, 77, Burkesville, KY (1939-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alice Helen Haney, 91, Greensburg, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ann Waggener Richards, (d. May 12, 1982) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Anthony (Craig) Byrd, 50, Russell Springs, KY (1970-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Audrey Spivey, 82, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cathy Turner, 69, Columbia, KY (1954-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Clarice Jean Franklin, 67, Greensburg, KY (1954-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dallas Lee Miller, 74, Russell Springs, KY (1946-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jack David Catron, 59, Columbia, KY (1961-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Darrell Loy, 65, Columbia, KY (1958-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Janice Sneed, 64, Columbia, KY (1959-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jenna Rose Ferguson, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1939-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Sinclair, 84, Columbia, KY (1936-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lee John Rogers, 55, Adair County family (1964-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marcus Scott Sheene, Casey Co., KY (1990) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Stevie Joe York, 64, Columbia, KY (1959-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Walter Oglesby Peatross, 61, Jamestown, KY (1961-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2025 All events are listed in Central Time. 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