Traveling along in the Omnicoot 2025-02-20 - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Take a look at the cars in this 1970s photo developed from old negatives at the Genealogy Center. Ed Waggener and son Tom are pictured unpacking the small light blue Dodge Omni that the boys had named the "Omnicoot" - they'll have to tell the story of why they felt it should be named that. I'm sure it was for good cause. It was in that car on the way home from Florida, I believe, that Tom and Pen developed ideas around a current events show they'd title Walter Kronphart and the Evening Pews. -- LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Icicles 2025-02-20 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica writes: 'You'll shoot your eye out!' 'Icicles have been known to kill people!' "Movie quotes that quickly come mind when I see this large icicle hanging from the roof!" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Deputy Joshua C. Phipps, 38, Columbia, KY (1986-2024) 2025-02-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Phipps family. Russell County Deputy Sheriff Joshua Phipps has been chosen for inclusion to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC in May 2025. Deputy Phipps' end of watch was September 16, 2024, at 5:27pm. He was killed in the line of duty, assisting Kentucky State Troopers in the apprehension of a repeat felon. The NLEOMF's 37th Annual Candlelight Vigil will take place on Saturday, May 13, 2025, on the National Mall to memorialize those who sacrificed all for their communities. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Meet Holland Jane Phelps, smart and talented 2025-02-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Bonnie Phelps. Retired educators Greg and Bonnie Phelps found this girl as an abandoned puppy, adopted her from Sugarfoot Rescue during the Pandemic, and love her as part of their family. Holland Jane Phelps is a smart and talented dog. With no training, she began posing in this way and has continued it as she enjoys the resulting praise and happiness. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

From a negative in the 70s to a digital print 2025-02-19 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. For transitioning negatives into digital prints, just go to the Adair Genealogy & History Research Center located at 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. For more information: adairgenealogy@gmail.com or 270-380-1024. In this photo are Pen and Tom Waggener, climbing their favorite tree on Town Creek in the 1970s. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Overnight snow in New Columbia 2025-02-19 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Vicky Pike of Miss Vicky\'s Pampered Angus Ranch. As the snow came down our road and street crews did a great job of preparation so drivers could keep traveling. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Audience participation at Four Bridges String Quartet performace 2025-02-19 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Audience members of Monday afternoon's Four Bridges String Quartet concert in Lindsey Wilson College's W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall clap along to the quartet's performance of Danish folk music. Over 80 Lindsey Wilson students, staff and community members attended the performance. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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