Cram the CPD Crusier breakfast and toy drive 2025-12-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. TJ Health Columbia sponsored the Tuesday morning Chamber of Commerce Cram the Cruiser breakfast and toy collection event. Columbia Police Department loaded up three cruisers and prepared to connect the gifts with families in need. Pictured from left are Mayor Pam Hoots, CPD Officers Justin Cross and Drew Conn, CPD Chief Evan Burton and Shelby Hatcher. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sunrise over Christmas breakfast at TJ Health 2025-12-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Stacey Biggs. On her way to TJ Health for the Chamber of Commerce Cram the Cruiser Christmas breakfast at TJ Health Columbia, Stacey Biggs said she had to stop for a moment and appreciate the glorious sunrise at 6:30 Tuesday morning. TJ Health provided breakfast and sponsored the Cram the Cruiser toy collection. Three Columbia Police Department vehicles were loaded up to go to families in need. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Live animals on the Free Union Separate float 2025-12-09 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. One reason the prize went to Free Union Separate Baptist Church's float in Saturday's Christmas in Columbia parade was the sweet live animals on the back of the manger. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron 2025-12-09 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A great blue heron fishing on a snowy afternoon, unbothered by a Canada goose. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Donnie's Drive In, ca 1957 2025-12-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo from the Adair Genealogy and History Center. Donnie's Drive In opened in October 1957 at the corner of Highway 55 South and Tutt Street in Columbia, according to an ad in Adair County News. The site would later be the home of Jim Dandy, Harold's Steak House, and now Speedway. The photo above is one of the featured photos in the 2025 Keepsake Calendar from the Adair County Genealogical Society, available for just $15 at the Adair County Genealogy & History Research Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWU Business seniors win National Marketing Competition 2025-12-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. The Lindsey Wilson University team of, from left, Taylor Harvey of Columbia, Allee Harris of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and Grace Adams of Bethlehem, Kentucky, took first place in this fall's Marketing Research Competition's undergraduate division. The three business administration seniors proposed using the doll Barbie to help Lincoln Financial attract more clients from the Gen Z and Millennial generations. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Friendship leads to podcast for LWU Business students 2025-12-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Lindsey Wilson University business administration majors Summer Ray '27 of Stanford, Kentucky, left, and Emerson McKinnis '28 of Auburn, Kentucky, have launched the podcast "That's God," which they produce in the university's podcast studio in the J.L. Turner Leadership Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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