Fall bouquet captured before Harvey's rain reached us 2017-08-31 - Ewing Road, Casey County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Here's a bouquet to brighten a rainy day in south central Kentucky. With this region now coming under a Flash Flood Watch and the country monitoring what Tropical Storm Harvey is doing, this photo is shared for a bit of sunshine. Prayers and contributions continue for those families suffering from the effects of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. -- LW, 30 Aug 2017. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Blessing Box at Church with a Heart, just off Heartland Parkway 2017-08-31 - Cane Valley Baptist Church, Cane Valley, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The Cane Valley Baptist Church "Blessing Box" is open for those in need and those who want to share. There's no lock on the window door, just the advice to "Take What you need. . . Leave what you can." Inside is a variety of canned and boxed food, hygiene and household necessities. To the left, a car speeds along the Heartland Parkway. The Blessing Box is part of a delightful playground, pavilion, and picnic area alongside the historic Baptist Church. The Blessing Box is new and we haven't received word of how it is working out. Maybe there have been others, but it's the first of it's kind we've seen. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Trees of Kentucky: Osage orange, laden with fruit 2017-08-31 - Ewing Road, Creston, Casey County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Ripening, ready-to-fall Osage Orange fruit - hedgeapples - hang heavy on the tree, on Ewing Road in Casey County, KY. Photo Wed 30 Aug 2017. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Helpful information and handouts provided by AG 2017-08-30 - Adair County Extension Agency - Photo by Victoria Pike. Several key issues facing families were addressed by Kentucky's Attorney General Andy Beshear today at an event sponsored by the Lake Cumberland Area Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educators. He provided handouts like the one at right on how to protect seniors from elder abuse and how to sign up to be alerted on scams and get early information on how to protect ourselves. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Attorney General Andy Beshear spoke in Columbia 30 Aug 2017 2017-08-30 - Adair County Extension Agency - Photo by Victoria Pike. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear spoke on issues including child protection, human trafficking, senior protections, rape and sexual assault, the drug epidemic, and the state's pension crisis to a large crowd in Columbia August 30, 2017. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The reluctant llama 2017-08-30 - KY 2288/Pelham Branch Road N of C.R. Jones Road - Photo by Ed Waggener. Despite repeated requests, this llama declined to face the camera - or was just busy enjoying supper in this pasture alongside Pelham Branch Road. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fire totally destroys home at 801 Page Street, Columbia, KY 2017-08-30 - 801 Page Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). A Fire at 801 Page Street, Columbia, KY, totally destroyed this one family residence on Sunday night at 10:21pmCT, August 27, 2017. Twenty-one firemen answered the call were on the scene for 1.5 hours, - Donald Hare, Public information officer for the Columbia Fire Department, reports. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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