Kentucky Color: Exposed roots 2024-03-18 - Great Wooded South - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Billy Joe says you might be able to salvage an uprooted tree if you don't wait too long, since they still have a few roots intact which will keep them alive for a period of time. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Uprooted tree 2024-03-18 - Great Wooded South - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Hurricane force winds last summer did more than damage the roofs on our homes and businesses -- Billy Joe says he's finding many trees uprooted in our forests, too. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Threat caused Betty's OK Country Cooking to close early 2024-03-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Betty's OK Country Cooking in Columbia was cleared inside and outside with a Kentucky State Police bomb dog Sunday afternoon. Columbia Police Department and Adair County Sheriff's Office responded along with the Fire and Gas Departments. We will print details as soon as a police report comes in from the investigating agency. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Homeplace On Green River: Revisited 2 of 2 2024-03-17 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis Woodworking. Robert writes, "I returned after a few days to check on the status of the spring colors, and it appears the field of purple nettles are near peak. For this round I was dealt a sky full of drama and no harsh sunlight...proper elements for my kind of photography!" Paired photo: Homeplace On Green River: Revisited 1 of 2 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Russell Compton and Cora Belle Compton Hyden 2024-03-17 - Edmonton, KY - Photo courtesy Leslie (Stacye) Lindsay. Leslie Lindsay, a writer with ties to Adair Co., shares this old photo, given to her by her father, that she thinks dates to the 1930s. The photo was taken at the home of either Bert or Russell: Left: (Lee) Russell Compton b. 1896 Middle: Cora Bell Compton Hyden (moved to Springfield, MO in 1920) Right: Unknown; believed to be (Henry) Burton "Bert" Compton, b.1903 (son of Louvenia Carp Coomer Compton and George H. Compton). Leslie writes, "If you happen to have a guess on the dates or locations of these photos, please let me know. I plan to be in Adair County April 8-10 for additional research, and perhaps to find the (remains) of any homes where my ancestors may have resided." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Russell, Riley, Bert Compton, and Cora Belle Compton Hyden 2024-03-17 - Edmonton, KY maybe - Photo courtesy Leslie (Stacye) Lindsay. Leslie Lindsay, a writer with ties to Adair Co., shares this old photo that she thinks dates to the 1940s: At far Left: (Lee) Russell Compton Middle: Harlan Riley Compton b. 1905 (son of George Henry Compton and Louvenia Carp Coomer Compton) Middle Right: Cora Belle Compton Hyden b. 1894 (daughter of George Henry Compton and (Nancy) Alice Gosser Compton d. 1898) Far Right: (Henry) Burton "Bert" Compton b. 1903 (son of George Henry Compton and Louvenia Carp Coomer Compton) Leslie writes, "If you happen to have a guess on the dates or locations of these photos, please let me know. I plan to be in Adair County April 8-10 for additional research, and perhaps to find the (remains) of any homes where my ancestors may have resided." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Kentucky: Foggy morning in Shelbyville 2024-03-17 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A foggy spring morning on the Sixth Street plaza in downtown Shelbyville. You can see a somewhat CGI-modified version of Sixth Street in the trailer for upcoming movie Wildcat, starring Laura Linney, Maya Hawke, and Philip Ettinger, which was partly filmed in Kentucky in winter 2023. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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