Hometown will honor Judge Emberton with naming 2024-04-11 . Metcalfe County native, Judge Tom Emberton, began in the private practice of law in 1962 in Edmonton, where he was elected Metcalfe County Attorney two years later. He went on to become the Republican candidate for Kentucky governor in 1971. He was appointed as a Court of Appeals judge in 1989 and subsequently elected to the position twice. He served as chief judge from 2002 until his retirement in 2004. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Early painting by Cora Renfro to come back to Adair 2024-04-11 - IL - Photo by Andrea Shiffer-Frantz. A cousin to James D. Renfro, whose mother Ethel would have been his Aunt, writes from her home in Springfield, IL. She has an unframed painting Cora Renfro did in 1972 that she says is "in a bit of rough shape." She would like to get it back to Adair County into the family or the genealogy center. Andrea Shiffer-Frantz can be reached at 217-529-2765 or by email at Oneshiffgirl@msn.com . Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Red Bellied Woodpecker 2024-04-11 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Roldcat. Roldcat writes, "A Red Bellied Woodpecker shelters himself from today's rain in Crocus." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

How AI might perceive itself 2024-04-11 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Two imaginative self-portraits were created in LWC Professor David Goguen's presentation with a prompt to "visualize how an artificial intelligence (AI) program might perceive itself." The artworks blend abstract and technological elements, featuring visual metaphors like neural networks and circuit patterns, to represent the AI's essence and its contemplative view on existence and role. In each result, it is the human prompt that determines the end result. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

AI is now part of our future - adapt or resist 2024-04-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. LWC Professor David Goguen shared his research on Chat GPT, one of the new AI (artificial intelligence) programs at a recent Adair County Arts Council meeting. As he spoke, he demonstrated with two examples. The example behind him in this photo is a result of his prompt given to the AI program - "Oil painting, Woman and Child, in the style of High Renaissance, Tenebrism lighting, clean sharp focus, 16:9 ratio." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Twins 2024-04-11 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. By Billy Joe Fudge The mother of these two kids born this week at Homeplace on Green River is a fence-jumping Lamancha goat owned by Chris and Marie Anderson. They own Boerderline Goat Farm at Coburg, and have some of their operation at Homeplace. The daddy of these two is a Boer buck. Boer goats have long floppy ears and Lamanchas have, well, tiny ears. As you can see the baby on the left has the Boer ears and the sibling on the right has the Lamancha ears. When you come to Spring Plow Day Craft and Music Festival on Saturday, April 20, 2024, you can see these two cutie pies! Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Van Giles 2024-04-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Cheryl Wall. ACHS graduate Dr. Van Giles, the son of Dr. Charles Giles, is returning to Columbia to be a part of the community and to practice alongside his father. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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