Rhododendron in full bloom 2025-05-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This has been a great season for Rhododendron blossoms. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Congratulations to MCHS alumni Chris and John 2025-05-12 - Edmonton, KY - Photo by Torrie Osbon, Director of Communications, Metcalfe County Schools. Congratulations to two MCHS alumni, Class of 2022, honored recently at Western Kentucky University - Chris Shaw (left) received the 2025 Outstanding Animal Science Student Award at the WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering Awards ceremony. John Shirley (right) received the 2025 Outstanding Agribusiness Student Award. Both John and Chris graduate from WKU this month as only third-year college students. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Looking for owners of this good dog on Little Cake Road 2025-05-12 - Adair County, KY . Shelia Ford has had this visitor for the past two days on Little Cake Road in Adair County and hopes to find its owner. She writes that this is a "good dog" and remembers it may be one that was posted as missing some months back on Columbia magazine. She hopes to make a connection with its family. Click 'comment' for the number if you think this is your dog. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Northern Cardinal 2025-05-11 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A female cardinal stands out against a backdrop of green spring foliage. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Blue and Mama Cat welcome sunny spring spots 2025-05-10 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Warm spring sunshine gives the cats back their hot spots on the porch where they lounge and stretch. At the moment of this picture they were up and ready for dinner. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWC Business Class prepares next generation of entrepreneurs 2025-05-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Students in Linda Grider's "Entrepreneurship Project" spent the spring semester creating and implementing plans to start their own business, and two of them won awards in the highly competitive University of Kentucky Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 1.0. From left: Cash Stephens '26 of Russell, Springs, Kentucky; Larry Montgomery III '27 of Louisville, Kentucky; Grider; Troy Churchill '26 of Louisville; Taylor Harvey '25 of Columbia; Caleb Marsh '26 of Shelbyville, Tennessee; and Isaac Duop '25 of Louisville. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

When students walked to a one room school 2025-05-10 - Clinton County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. About 20 students, from grades one through eight, could walk from surrounding rural areas and attend school here in the late 1800s. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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