Coats for Kids brings 48 winter coats to Head Start 2025-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Members of the Lindsey Wilson University Bonner Scholars program presented winter coats to students in the Adair County Head Start on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. The Lindsey Wilson Bonner Scholar Program's "Coats for Kids" donated 48 winter coats -- along with winter hats and gloves, toys and games -- to Head Start. In the last 14 years, "Coats for Kids" has donated more than 700 coats to Adair County Head Start students. Joining the Early Head Start students are, from left: LWU students Jay Woodall '27 of Somerset, Kentucky, and Emmalee Miller '27 of Louisville, Kentucky; Head Start primary caregivers Linae Furkins and Amber Franklin; LWU Director of Civic Engagement, Student Leadership and the Bonner Scholar Program Kisha Burton '13; and LWU Bonner Assistant Director Yayi Sonnabend '23. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bonner Scholars present winter coats to Head Start 2025-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Members of the Lindsey Wilson University Bonner Scholars program presented winter coats to students in the Adair County Head Start on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. The Lindsey Wilson Bonner Scholar Program's "Coats for Kids" donated 48 winter coats -- along with winter hats and gloves, toys and games -- to Head Start. In the last 14 years, "Coats for Kids" has donated more than 700 coats to Adair County Head Start students. Joining the Head Start students are, from left: LWU student Jay Woodall '27 of Somerset, Kentucky; LWU Bonner Assistant Director Yayi Sonnabend '23; LWU Director of Civic Engagement, Student Leadership and the Bonner Scholar Program Kisha Burton '13; Head Start teacher Courtney Wilson; Head Start teacher assistant Andrea Thomas; and LWU student Emmalee Miller '27 of Louisville, Kentucky. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lance Burton and pianist Cathy Abell at Summit Manor 2025-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Trey Stephens. Today the City was very excited to host Lance Burton and pianist Cathy Abell at Signature HEALTHcare Summit Manor, joined by Santa Claus. Thank you to Danny Fudge for all the paintings, to Lance, Cathy, Santa Claus, Ali Pike, and everyone who helped make this possible! Pictured, from L-R: Ali Pike, Cathy Abell, Santa Claus, Craig Lasley, Trey Stephens, Mayor Pamela Hoots, and Master Magician Lance Burton. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Stockings ready for distribution 2025-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Trey Stephens. The City of Columbia has been assembling stockings which were made possible thanks to a huge outpouring of support from various local businesses and organizations donating materials. The stockings will be distributed to residents of the Signature HealthCARE Summit Manor nursing home in Columbia on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sadie Kemp makes pancake art at Midnight Breakfast 2025-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Lindsey Wilson University student Sadie Kemp '26 of Columbia displays this fall's "pancake art" -- a trio of gingerbread men -- at the university's semiannual Midnight Breakfast on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Luckeys pose with students at Midnight Breakfast 2025-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Lindsey Wilson University President William T. Luckey Jr. and First Lady Elise Luckey pose for a picture with students K'Asia Palmer '27 of Owensboro, Kentucky, second from left, and Kaiden Rodgers '28 of Paducah, Kentucky, at the university's semiannual Midnight Breakfast on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Semiannual Midnight Breakfast 2025-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. This quintet of Lindsey Wilson University students were among the 482 who attended the university's semiannual Midnight Breakfast on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. Seated, from left: Braxten Davidson '27 of Hazard, Kentucky; Jay Woodall '27 of Somerset, Kentucky; and Connor Wilhoit '27 of Campbellsville, Kentucky. Standing, from left: Tezon Mitchell '27 of Campbellsville, Kentucky, and Zachary Hite '27 of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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