Scenic Adair County - nature's fence decorations 2024-06-09 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Mother Nature decorates fence posts and wires on country roads. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hunter School 2024-06-08 - Adair Co., KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson. For much of the time the Hunter School was in existence, it was taught by the late Ruth Allen, except for one year when Jean Dohoney (now McLean) taught the school. Though it's now on Stotts Road, formerly Burkesville Road, it is still an unforgettable landmark for travelers along KY 61 South of the Louie B. Nunn Parkway in Adair County. (see also: Scenic Adair Co., KY: Hunter School lives on - as barn ) Preservation of historic Adair County buildings is the purview of the Adair Heritage Association. The next quarterly meeting of the Association will take place at 5pmCT on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in the Adair County Genealogy & History Research Center Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWC Junior College communications 2024-06-08 - Adair County, KY - Photo from Phillip Coffey. LWC Junior College President White's letter a keepsake in the Coffey family. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

400 Mile Yard Sale going on this weekend 2024-06-07 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Kim Harwood, Executive Director, Edmonton Metcalfe Chamber of Commerce. Hwy 68 takes shoppers through Edmonton and Metcalfe County on the 400 Mile Yard Sale this weekend. This is one of the views from Edmonton during last year's sale. Weather is predicted to be great for Saturday shopping but rain is called for on Sunday. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Citizens Park development continues 2024-06-07 - Adair County, KY - Photo from City Hall, Columbia, KY. Citizens Park is in early stages of development but the beginning walking trail and the dog park are already usable. This drawing shows Burkesville Street arching from left to right along the bottom. The 17-acre Citizens Park property connects where the pink dots indicate future blooming trees. The bright white outline is the walking trail. The property parallels West Frasier Avenue which also connects to Burkesville Street. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Inviting Purple Martins to summer here 2024-06-07 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Owners of this Purple Martin apartment complex shared that Purple Martin residences draw the birds to come for spring and summer and eat their weight in mosquitoes. I'm motivated to build a Purple Martin village so they can come enjoy dining on mosquitoes in Columbia. - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Communications assist requested 2024-06-07 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. One local official told Kathryn Burton she has to provide the pole number to get a street light bulb replaced on her corner of West Fortune and South Monroe Streets in Columbia. So far in her month long quest, she hasn't been able to get the light replaced. And when Columbia Magazine checked into it, the question becomes - which number for which utility company? There are more than three sets of numbers on the pole showing by the stop sign in this picture. Kathryn says, "please let there be light." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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