Birds of Kentucky: Song Sparrow 2019-08-08 - Shelby Co., KY - Photo by Pen. A song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) trying to stay cool in the August sun. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KSP looking for Etown escapee 2019-08-08 - Elizabethtown, KY - Photo courtesy Kentucky State Police. UPDATE: Jailer Joshua Lindblom with the Hardin County Detention Center, and with the assistance of family members made contact with Jordan Lee Geary, and thus persuaded Geary to turn himself in. On Friday afternoon, Geary turned himself in directly to Jailer Lindblom without incident and is now back in custody. On August 8, 2019 at approximately 12:32pmET, KSP Post 4 received a call from the Hardin County Control stating an inmate had walked away from the Hardin County Detention Center's Substance Abuse Program (SAP) building located at 211 S. Mulberry Street in Elizabethtown. The preliminary investigation revealed, as the inmates were walking between the dormitory and classroom buildings, Jordan L. Geary, 22 of Louisville, fled on foot. KSP, the Elizabethtown Police Department and Hardin County Sheriff's Office searched the area, but were unable to locate Geary. Geary is listed as a white male, 5' 8", 150lbs, with brown hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing blue jean shorts and no shirt. Geary had recently been transferred to the HCDC from Jefferson County on a parole violation. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Geary is asked to contact KSP at (270) 766-5078 or your local law enforcement. The case is under investigation by Trooper James Gaither. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Brody Blair after first day 2019-08-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Brody Blair stopped by Nanwood Market on the Square for an Ale-8 and a conversation about city and county government, and about his first day back to school Thursday, August 8, 2019. He is an eighth grader at Adair County Middle School. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACMS Guidance Counselor Cindy Wells and Charlie 2019-08-08 - ACMS, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Cindy Wells, guidance counselor at ACMS is pictured with the school's new assistant, Charlie, a five month old Golden Doodle, only the third trained and certified Therapy Dog in Kentucky and the first of two in the Adair School District. The other Therapy Dog in the local public schools is Blue at ACPC, shown in the previous photo. Charlie's duties will include greeting, comforting and teaching responsibility among some 640 students who attend ACMS. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Welcome to Adair County Elementary School 2019-08-08 - ACES, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Adair County Elementary School (ACES) Principal Steve Burton and Assistant Principal Summer Brown would like to give a warm welcome to all the students and to faculty and staff members at this start of the fall semester! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Country road sign will have to be repaired 2019-08-08 - Adair/Casey County area - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Sadly, road signs get shot up, painted over and stolen in rural areas where damage and/or theft can be easily and anonymously perpetrated - at a high cost for repairs and replacement. The black paint on this Adair County sign disappointed me as I drove down scenic Dunville Road from Casey County into Adair. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair County Primary Center gets started today 2019-08-08 - ACPC, 158 Col. Casey Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Principal Debbie Bradshaw and Assistant Principal Gerald Hadley welcome students, faculty and staff back to Adair County Primary Center, ACPC, for the new school year getting started today. They are pictured here with the school's new Terapy Dog, Blue, who is one of two new ones on the school district campus of almost 700 students. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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