Milken Educator honor includes $25K award 2025-12-18 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo courtesy Milken Family Foundation. Milken Educator Award recipient Sydney Newton '16, center, holds a facsimile check representing the unrestricted $25,000 cash award that is presented to the award's recipients on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in Taylor County High School's Citizens Bank Arena. Joining Newton are, from left: Kentucky Department of Education Program Consultant Allison Green; Jane Foley, senior vice president of the Milken Educator Awards; Taylor County High School Principal Neil Sanders; Newton; Taylor County School District Superintendent Robert Braden; Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman; and Kentucky Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sydney Newton surrounded by jubilant TCHS students 2025-12-18 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo courtesy Milken Family Foundation. Milken Educator Award recipient Sydney Newton '16 is surrounded by jubilant Taylor County High School students as it is announced that Newton is Kentucky's 64th recipient of the prestigious award on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in the school's Citizens Bank Arena. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ribbon cutting for Kay's Cafe 2025-12-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Dr. Mig Feuser. The Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-opening of Kay's Cafe at 808 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Winter gardening makes for health and savings 2025-12-17 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Wendy Butler Burt. Wendy Burt shared her winter garden recently. She is growing Brussels Sprouts in Adair County. She writes, "I choose cold-hardy varieties and just use a few time-tested, low-tech growing techniques. Everything pictured [on her Facebook page], except the lettuce, which thrives in a cold frame, grows in the open. The root crops - carrots, beets, radishes - need to be harvested before the REALLY cold weather sets in OR can be covered with a thick layer of hay/straw." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Getting the Adair County history calendar 2025-12-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mike Watson, Adair Genealogy and History Center. Jimmy Todd found the Adair Genealogy and History Center 2025 collector's calendar through Columbia Magazine and followed up to make sure he got it - he has ties to Coburg Store which is featured along with many other local stores in the county. Part of the mission of CM is linking the generations and we are always proud to make connections that help. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Doan, Brown and Saragas with Malvina Farkle Day quilt 2025-12-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Lindsey Wilson University professor Melissa Doan, center, is flanked by Assistant Vice President President of Educational Outreach Tommie Ann Saragas, left, and Lindsey Wilson School of Professional Counseling Regional Academic Director Kimberly Brown as they display a Malvina Farkle Day quilt Doan made for Brown and Saragas. The three were students together in the university's graduate program in counseling. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Variety of Geese 2025-12-17 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A pair of Canada Geese, at right, joined by a smaller Cackling Goose, with a notably stubbier bill. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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