The Best and Worst of Beanpole 2025-07-02 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Dave Rosenbaum. Dave Rosenbaum writes, "Ran across a classic today. It was advertised as Statesman Country. Classic Volume Number One. Few of us remain that recall Beanpole on WAIN. Beanpole's autobiography contained perhaps the most profound philosophy I have ever encountered. In describing his varied life pursuits, he concludes with: From job to job I searched for the easy way, which was not. That, my friend is deep stuff." More on Col. Hudson (Beanpole) Willis: Remembering a famous Adair Countian: Hudson Willis. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beshear congratulates the Lindsey Wilson University community 2025-07-02 - Louisville, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear congratulates the Lindsey Wilson University community on the school's transition to university status in a recorded message played on Tuesday, July 1, at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate the school's first day as a university. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Parnell and Begley at LWU Celebration 2025-07-02 - Louisville, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson University trustee Dr. Allan M. Parnell, left, and former Lindsey Wilson College President John B. Begley were among those who attended the Lindsey Wilson University celebration on Tuesday, July 1, at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. An Adair County native, Parnell was the longest-serving chairman of the Lindsey Wilson College Board of Trustees, and Begley was Lindsey Wilson's sixth president from 1977-97. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Cammack Station 2025-07-02 - Yorktown, IN - Photo by Pen. Cammack Station, just outside of Muncie, Indiana, features old-fashioned sandwiches, hamburgers, homemade salads, ice cream, milkshakes and sundaes. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lindsey Wilson University trustee Carrie Luker Farris 2025-07-02 - Louisville, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson University trustee Carrie Luker Farris '67 discuses the impact Lindsey Wilson has made on students' lives over the decades on Tuesday, July 1, at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate the school's first day as a university. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Standing room only for Luckey address 2025-07-02 - Louisville, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson University President William T. Luckey Jr. addresses a standing room only crowd on Tuesday, July 1, at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate the school's first day as a university. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KDA welcomes summer interns 2025-07-02 - Lexington, KY - Photo courtesy Kentucky Department of Agriculture. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture welcomed 12 college interns this summer to work alongside KDA employees gaining insight into the agriculture field. Pictured are, from left, is Davis Miller, Emily Tabor, Taylor Bishop, Shelby Butler, Leslie Monhollen, Dylan Foster, Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, Mary Brooke Stith, Rachel Cowheard, Abigail Barrett, Callie Hudson, Emily Chunglo, and Sayde Lowe. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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