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First Responders honored on October 30

2026-10-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo from City of Columbia
October 30 has been proclaimed as First Responders Day in Columbia. Representatives from local agencies joined Mayor Hoots for a photo at the proclamation ceremony.

Pictured from Left to right: Laura Coffey, 911 Center; Brenda and Terry Harvey, Breeding Fire Department; Grant Loy, Emergency Management Director; Brandon Harvey, Breeding Fire Department; Derrick Murphy, 911 Director; Ed Weigal, Breeding Fire Department; Dennis Loy, Columbia Adair County Fire Department; Tyler Solum, City Fire Chief; Ashley Harvey, Ambulance Service; Madelon Butler, Ambulance Service; Chad Wheet, Director of Ambulance Service; Raena Steele, Ambulance Service; Mike Keltner; Ambulance Service; Travis Bell, Columbia Police; Drew Conn, Columbia Assistant Chief; Buddy Powell, Jailer; Mark Jones, Director of Class D Facility; Nick Davis, Kentucky State Police; Emily Wall, Deputy Sheriff; Elliott Smith, Columbia Police; Evan Burton, Columbia Police Chief.
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Barnetts Creek Church, 1959

2026-10-30 - Adair Co., KY - Photo from Susan (Sinks) Barber and Lolly (Sinks) Bolin
A photo of the Barnetts Creek Church building just after completion in 1959. Click 'read more' for other photos from this collection, which was passed on to Billy Joe Hagy from the two daughters of Reverand Harry T. Sinks and his wife Harriet Barclay Sinks.

Note: Special thanks to Billy Joe Hagy and Valerie Adams for helping get these photos to Columbia Magazine.
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Birds of Kentucky: Canada Geese

2026-10-30 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen
A quartet of Canada Geese fly in front of the nearly full moon on a crisp October day.
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