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Most recent PHOTOS matching your search for 'montp'...- The Montpelier Diamond (Photo ID: 102990)
I was excited to find something from our neck of the woods on display on a recent visit to the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and M... (click photo title to read more)
- Lost pitt found on Keen Wilson Road (Photo ID: 101759)
Irvin writes, "Anyone missing a Pitt? Friendly dog. Came to our house July 8 on Keen Wilson Rd. off Hwy 92 Montpellier. Call 270-634-7190 to claim... (click photo title to read more)
- Marilyn Sparks Coffey, 86, Montpelier, KY (Photo ID: 101294)
... (click photo title to read more)
- The motorcycle gets lots of attention (Photo ID: 98168)
While many followed the auctioneers at Saturday's sale in Montpelier, still others gathered around Billy Andrew, at left, to hear all about his mo... (click photo title to read more)
- Auctioneers at work (Photo ID: 98166)
Dale Hayes, points to a bidder, and Bradley Karnes were the auctioneers selected to sell the Marguerite Dudley historic home and collectibles Satu... (click photo title to read more)
- At Auction in Montpelier, KY (Photo ID: 98165)
Marguerite Dudley was a teacher at Pleasant Hill School, an avid reader and keeper of printed information. In addition to books and newspapers, sh... (click photo title to read more)
- Blue Ribbon Bakery Bread has many dealers, 1924 ACN (Photo ID: 96215)
The Columbia Bakery's claim to fame, at least for a while, was Blue Ribbon Bakery bread. This clipping appeared on the front page of the November 11, ... (click photo title to read more)
- Young is Kentucky State Trooper of the Year (Photo ID: 96192)
Elliott Young has been awarded KSP Trooper of the Year in his Post Four and also for the State of Kentucky. His is the great grandson of the late ... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Kentucky: A roadside quartet (Photo ID: 95612)
A beautiful quartet of horses spotted along Blair School Road between Montpelier and Russell Springs.... (click photo title to read more)
- First Forsythia blooms spotted in Montpelier (Photo ID: 94547)
Mike Watson spotted these first Forsythia bushes in bloom yesterday in Montpelier, eastern Adair County. The flowering bush is as old as the outbu... (click photo title to read more)
- Daffodil watch 2022 - Montpelier blossoms (Photo ID: 94471)
Daffodils grace an old home place in Montpelier.... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Kentucky: Montpelier sunset (Photo ID: 94432)
Sunset looking over Montpelier from the Russell County side.... (click photo title to read more)
- Judy Shanahan, 63, Montpelier, KY (Photo ID: 93829)
... (click photo title to read more)
- Chance of storms looking very real (Photo ID: 91988)
Watching the skies over Montpelier on the trip from Russell back to Adair County Saturday afternoon. Clouds look full of rain ready to fall.... (click photo title to read more)
- Wheat & Williams, Montpelier, KY, ca 1901 (Photo ID: 91385)
In 1871, Cyrus Wheat's son-in-law Z.T. Williams became a partner in Mr. Wheat's general store at Montpelier, and the firm operated as Wheat & Will... (click photo title to read more)
- Have you seen Max? (Photo ID: 91035)
Our Dog Max has been missing since the night of April 9th. He is a Mostly Black Miniature Schnauzer with a touch of gray in his whiskers. He is 14 yea... (click photo title to read more)
- A piece of Montpelier history on display: Store sign (Photo ID: 89585)
Curtis writes, "I saw the post about the Montpelier Post Office/General Store. I actually bought the sign off it when it was being torn down. We ... (click photo title to read more)
- A piece of Montpelier history on display: Post Office sign (Photo ID: 89584)
Curtis writes, "I saw the post about the Montpelier Post Office/General Store. I actually bought the sign off it when it was being torn down. We ... (click photo title to read more)
- Still standing in Montpelier (Photo ID: 89579)
This beautiful graying home is one of the older buildings still standing in Montpelier today. The flaming yellow maple tree brings attention to it... (click photo title to read more)
- Montpelier circa 2014 (Photo ID: 89578)
Luckily for those wanting a trip down Memory Lane, Google's mapping cars haven't made a pass through Montpelier since 2014, preserving ... (click photo title to read more)
- Montepelier, Nov 2020 (Photo ID: 89577)
At the intersection of Old Montpelier Road and KY 92, looking at the site of ... (click photo title to read more)
- View from Old Montpelier Road (Photo ID: 89248)
Some of the countryside you'll see as you travel on Old Montpelier Road in eastern Adair County.... (click photo title to read more)
- Fall color begins (Photo ID: 89221)
One little tree is bright red beside Cabin Fork Creek on the new-Old-Montpelier-Road-bridge.... (click photo title to read more)
- Do mushrooms explode? (Photo ID: 89198)
Passed by this spot one day and there was a little mushroom - not near as big as the giant one featured in Montpelier - maybe the size of an orang... (click photo title to read more)
- Closer look at giant Mushroom in Montpelier (Photo ID: 89186)
Earl Coffey placed his hand on the giant mushroom he discovered on the family farm to help demonstrate its extraordinary size. After 24 hours away... (click photo title to read more)
- Giant Mushroom in Montpelier (Photo ID: 89178)
Earl Coffey was tending to chores on his tractor when he spotted what looked to possibly be a dead animal in the grassy edge of Coffeygrounds Farm... (click photo title to read more)
- Lost dog found in Montpelier area (Photo ID: 89115)
Brenna writes, "This little lady showed up at my home in the Montpelier area. Trying to find her home. Sweet as Pie!! I called the shelter and no... (click photo title to read more)
- Adopted! Snow white kitten
free to good home (Photo ID: 88032)
Update: Linda sends word that a wonderful couple adopted the kitten Monday evening.
We have a solid white kitten that wandered into ... (click photo title to read more)
- The Old Montpelier Store and Post Office (Photo ID: 87664)
Larry sends a photo from August 2018 of the Montpelier landmark.
As Jim so eloquently said, "In my heart, the old post office and gene... (click photo title to read more)
- The crossing's dangerous on Keen Wilson Road (Photo ID: 86970)
In this high-water winter of 2020, driving from one side of Keen Wilson Road through Russell Creek to the other side is not advisable. Keen Wilson... (click photo title to read more)
- Coming to Adair County from Russell County (Photo ID: 84378)
Traveling from Russell County toward Adair on Hwy 92, the sign tells you where one county stops and the other begins. Even without a sign, however... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co: Old Montpelier Road (Photo ID: 84363)
A scene from a summer drive on the back roads around Montpelier.... (click photo title to read more)
- Bobcat - deer hunter's surprise, can you find it? (Photo ID: 81484)
There's a Bobcat in this picture and the photographer asks if we can find it? Jack Scott said the cat visited the same area where he was deer hun... (click photo title to read more)
- Montpelier, KY area - Crepe Myrtle in 'Cotton Candy' stage (Photo ID: 79678)
Crepe Myrtle is at or nearing its peak in the CM 7-County area, now forming the familiar 'Cotton Candy' clusters weighing heavy over the shrubs,... (click photo title to read more)
- Family life, near Montpelier, KY (Photo ID: 78773)
Rain hardly dampened the enjoyment of the easy carefree days of youth in Adair County's Third Magisterial District not far from the Russell Count... (click photo title to read more)
- Sedan leaves roadway, comes to rest upside down, at Zion (Photo ID: 78722)
A single vehicle accident occurred mid morning on Hwy 55 S Road, just north of its intersection with Montpelier Road. - EW... (click photo title to read more)
- Daffodil Watch: Field beauties at Montpelier 27 Feb 2018 (Photo ID: 77501)
A patch of daffodils above Pleasant Hill Christian Church, looking west across Dry Fork and Cabin Creek Forks (of Russell Creek) valleys. - LW... (click photo title to read more)
- Daffodil watch 2018: Shy ones peek from behind picket fence (Photo ID: 77469)
A beautiful end of February 2018 scene in Montpelier, KY, in Adair County at just shy of the Russell County border. - EW... (click photo title to read more)
- Vinca/periwinkle/myrtle subshrub in bloom - 27 Feb 2018 (Photo ID: 77429)
Whatever you call it, it's such a delightful groundcover. These, fortunately, had escaped - or survived herbicides. Seen while in search for show... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair County, KY: Approaching Montpelier from the West (Photo ID: 77418)
One of the most photographed villages in Adair County, old Montpelier, is scene above in, for CM, a new perspective, approaching the location on K... (click photo title to read more)
- Dallas Ray Holt, 71, Montpelier, Adair County, KY (1946-2018) (Photo ID: 76682)
Dallas Ray Holt, 71, Montpelier, Adair County, KY (1946-2018)... (click photo title to read more)
- Load of gravel spilled over roadway in one-vehicle accident (Photo ID: 76046)
Kentucky State Police investigated this single vehicle injury collision on KY 55 near the intersection of Montpelier Road Monday, 27 Nov 2017, aro... (click photo title to read more)
- Russell Jones, 81, Montpelier, KY (1936-2017) (Photo ID: 75113)
Russell Jones, 81, Montpelier, KY (1936-2017)... (click photo title to read more)
- Silent City 2017 - J.D. & Ellen Zornes portray Millers (Photo ID: 75027)
J.D. Zornes portrayed Dr. Samuel Miller (1865-1936) and his his wife, Ellen Zornes, portrayed Dr. Miller's wife, Susan Patterson Miller (1866-193... (click photo title to read more)
- (Ad Photo) Pig shows up in Beautiful Joppa (Photo ID: 74808)
Visitor: Have stray pig in my yard at 34 Combest Drive, Columbia, KY; location is SW Corner of KY 92/Montpelier Road and Combest Drive. If it is ... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co., KY intersection: Acree & Old Montpelier Roads (Photo ID: 74744)
The first time we approached this intersection taking Acree Road from White Oak Road, and turned left to see the views along Old Montpelier Road a... (click photo title to read more)
- Mama Dog in Coyote Pounce Pose on KY 92 (Photo ID: 74633)
This mama dog stayed on point as we slowed to give her time to get out of the road, traveling past Montpelier, KY. She stayed as we got nearer and... (click photo title to read more)
- A 1928 ad for Bennett Motor Co., Columbia, KY (Photo ID: 73140)
BENNETT MOTOR COMPANY -This was Adair County's third attempt at a Durant and/or Star automobile agency. In the fall of 1923, a brief series of ad... (click photo title to read more)
- If-a-Camel-Could-Jump-Tree, Russell Co., KY (Photo ID: 71993)
This eye of a needle shaped tree formation near the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Montpelier, (Russell Co. side of town), KY, may imply a lesson fr... (click photo title to read more)
- Redbud along scenic Montpelier Road, Adair Co., KY (Photo ID: 71952)
A standout stand-alone, redbud beautifies this pasture along scenic Montpelier Road/KY 92 in Adair County. - EW Photo April 4, 2017. ... (click photo title to read more)
- The Perfect Pasture Cedar: KY 619 in Russell Co., KY (Photo ID: 71734)
Pasture Perfect Cedar tree near Bernard Way on KY 619, in Russell County, KY, well within Jim's 2 mile radius of Montpelier, Adair and Russell Co... (click photo title to read more)
- Elder Z.T. Williams, Montpelier, a great speaker of his time (Photo ID: 71585)
Eld. Z.T. Williams, sent the postcard in the accompanying piece. Eld. Williams is another of the great personages to arise from the two mile radiu... (click photo title to read more)
- Postcard to Montpelier, back (Photo ID: 71578)
A postcard that Eld. Z.T. Williams, one of Montpelier's best-known citizens, sent to his cousin, Drury Alice Williams Antle, while on a trip to the Ho... (click photo title to read more)
- Postcard to Montpelier, front (Photo ID: 71577)
A postcard that Eld. Z.T. Williams, one of Montpelier's best-known citizens, sent to his cousin, Drury Alice Williams Antle, while on a trip to t... (click photo title to read more)
- Church where Rev. G. W. Perryman was saved (Photo ID: 71548)
It's now Old Liberty Community Church, but as best we can determine. "Old Liberty Baptist Church was located near modern day Hwy 92 between Mont... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Green Co., KY: Pleasant patterns from the past (Photo ID: 70936)
There's something that soothes the soul about the remains of certain old buildings, especially for those seniors of seventy or older, especially ... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co., KY: Cattle grazing in winter pasture (Photo ID: 70433)
A favorite "shortcut" to Montpelier is Old Montpelier Road - which could aptly be named "the Montpelier Bypass" is an equally scenic County Ro... (click photo title to read more)
- Ripe Pokeberries near Montpelier, KY (Photo ID: 70398)
Ripe pokeberries made a nice winter statement on a sturdy-enough stalk in a fencerow above Dry Creek, not far from Downtown Montpelier - accessibl... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair County, KY: Romance in the forest (Photo ID: 70388)
They seem romantically involved. May not. But the two sycamores on the east bank of Dry Fork Creek, seen from Pleasant Hill Christian Church near ... (click photo title to read more)
- The pleasant moss lawn at Pleasant Hill Christian Church (Photo ID: 70338)
It appears to be cultivated, or a beautiful result of meticulous benign neglect, but either way, the expanse of the moss lawn at the foot of the P... (click photo title to read more)
- A long view across Meatskin from Olk England Road (Photo ID: 69054)
A scenic Ridge Top with the Weed-Sparksville Road rising toward Sparksville, KY, seen from Olk England road. Photo Saturday, October 15, 2016. KY... (click photo title to read more)
- Cattails ready for harvest near Montpelier, KY (Photo ID: 68692)
These Cattails on Old Montpelier Road in Adair County are ready for harvest -- they have uses from pillow stuffing to treatment of burns and wound... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Historic Montpelier (Photo ID: 65855)
Montpelier, KY, today, Monday, April 11, 2016. The eastern terminus of the historic highway, built over 100 years ago, connecting Adair County com... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Another view of Montpelier (Photo ID: 65854)
Finally, on the Main Road to Montpelier, a view from KY 92, from Russell County, in the last leg of the the route retracing the historic Crocus-to... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Montpelier from Cabin Creek Road (Photo ID: 65853)
An often viewed but not so frequently photographed view of the historic community of Montpelier, KY, seen above from Cabin Creek Road, in Russell ... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Cabin Creek Road at KY 92 (Photo ID: 65852)
As the Crocus-to-Montpelier Historic Highway is retraced today, the approach to last turn along the way is above. This area was once a part of Ada... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Failing to make turn. V Blakey Road (Photo ID: 65851)
This is off the Crocus-to-Montpelier historic roadway. The the writer of the accompanying piece recalls that it is one of the most beautiful bucol... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Turner Trail at Cabin Creek Road (Photo ID: 65850)
A critical juncture in the Crocus-to-Montpelier road way. JIM warns that the old roadway takes a left, at the well marked intersection. But the co... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Along Turner Trail, old home (Photo ID: 65848)
Standing in sacred respect for what must have been an important part of a family's history, a graying house from yesteryear warms the way along A... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Along Turner Trail (Photo ID: 65847)
A nostalgic look along the Turner Trail leg of the route retracing what was a major advance in transportation over 100 years ago, what was then a ... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Re-start point, Turner Trail (Photo ID: 65842)
We re-traced Jim's instructions for the route of his Crocus to Montpelier Highway, the big breakthrough in infrastructure in 1913, today, Sunday,... (click photo title to read more)
- Lilac along the route of the Crocus-to-Montpelier highway (Photo ID: 65825)
This lilac bush - in full bloom along the designated-by-Jim Crocus-to-Montpelier highway story retracing a development over 100 years ago - doesn... (click photo title to read more)
- Retracing Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: The Miller/Spickard House (Photo ID: 65820)
The 105 year old Spickard - or Miller - House begins Jim's update on history of a Main Road in Adair County, a big advance for transportation one... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Starting point, Pop. 16 (Photo ID: 65819)
This is the starting point for the Crocus-to-Montpelier Historic Highway progress story in the accompany article by Jim. Though the road above, be... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Starting point to get to starting point (Photo ID: 65818)
JIM suggests, for the accompanying column, that travelers retracing the route of the big advance in Adair/Russell County transportation which took... (click photo title to read more)
- Hey Folks, they got me on Montpelier RD - I'm in the pound! (Photo ID: 60779)
This older female boxer was picked up on Montpelier Rd. If this is your dog please contact Green River Animal Shelter at 270-385-9655 or 27... (click photo title to read more)
- Mike Keltner: Map of the EF-1 tornado 25 Apr 2015 (Photo ID: 59937)
The path of what we now was an EF-1 tornado originated in between the Glens Fork and Joppa communities on Dale Morrison Road. The tornado then co... (click photo title to read more)
- Storm 25 Apr 2015: Heavy damage on Donnie Coffey place (Photo ID: 59935)
Donnie Coffey's Barn on Old Montpelier Road, after EF1 tornado came through the area. There trees in yards along the way were also uprooted in ya... (click photo title to read more)
- Cabin Creek Bridge undamage amid storm debris (Photo ID: 59934)
The last of the 20 County Road Bridges built (of 80 bridges total in the county system) during the eight-year tenure of CJE Ann Melton, suffered n... (click photo title to read more)
- Silo Damage in Montpelier (Photo ID: 59927)
Mike Keltner writes, "This is damage I assessed this morning in Adair County in the Montpelier Community. The property owner had a few cows limpi... (click photo title to read more)
- Storm of 25 Apr 2015: Debris wrapped around utility pole (Photo ID: 59920)
The beautiful Eastern Red cedars which dot the countryside and line the fence rows in the Montpelier area of Adair County suffered a great deal of... (click photo title to read more)
- Storm 25 Apr 2015: Roof blown off building, Montpelier area (Photo ID: 59918)
Corrugated metal from a nearby building was wrapped around a mailbox following the storm which hit the Montpelier area of Adair County last night,... (click photo title to read more)
- Storm 25 Apr 2015: Cedar tree no match for high winds (Photo ID: 59917)
This 13-inch healthy cedar was splintered by the damaging high winds which caused property damaged still being assessed in the Montpelier area of ... (click photo title to read more)
- Yorkie found. Everyone will want, but little dog wants family (Photo ID: 59366)
We found a Yorkie on KY 92 (Montpelier Road) near KY 55 South Road. It was pretty wet, dirty and matted. I know a lot of people who will adopt but I w... (click photo title to read more)
- Beautiful home, Montpelier, KY: The Cyrus Wheat Mansion (Photo ID: 57743)
One of the most beautiful homes in Adair County - a mansion by Adair County Standards then and now. And, by the way, does anyone know how Montp... (click photo title to read more)
- Montpelier: A Memory on Demand (Photo ID: 57217)
It's an Had Oughta that we oughta heed: A dear friend, pining for his Old Kentucky Home from far northern Ohio, requested photo(s) ... (click photo title to read more)
- Used Cows: Only in Adair County? (Photo ID: 57144)
One of South Central Kentucky's most beautiful drives is KY 92 from Zion through Beautiful Joppa to Montpelier to Esto to Jamestown, KY. Along... (click photo title to read more)
- Teacher and student meet at homecoming (Photo ID: 57121)
Rev. Bobby Bowe, left, and Dr. John Hurtgen, caught up with each other at Campbellsville University's homecoming breakfast Satuday, Octobe... (click photo title to read more)
- Joe & Ada Coffey first to cross span after official opening (Photo ID: 56093)
Joe & Ada Troutman Coffey were accorded the honor of being the first to officially cross the new Cabin Creek Bridge, and did it in style in... (click photo title to read more)
- The Bridge Builder: Jobe Darnell (Photo ID: 54293)
Jobe Darnell, Adair County Road Supervisor, told Fiscal Court on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, that February had been a rough winter month, and that ... (click photo title to read more)
- Powell Creek Bridge is complete (Photo ID: 52247)
It's a beauty. The Bridge over Powder Creek on Clearsprings Road in Daryl Flatt's Magisterial District 2 is now open, and it's a beauty.... (click photo title to read more)
- Lost Kitten found in Beautiful Joppa (Photo ID: 51454)
Hello Ed. Found this little cutie wandering around our yard on Montpelier Road in beautiful Joppa. Don't know who he/she belongs to, but it's very f... (click photo title to read more)
- Old Montpelier Road Bridge - This Year? (Photo ID: 51126)
Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton said this morning that this bridge will be replaced, but she's not sure if the Adair County Road Depar... (click photo title to read more)
- CM Fashion: Plain Pink is the new rep (Photo ID: 51062)
Setting a high bar for the fashion standard for the Columbia City Council Councillor Dr. Ron Rogers sets the trend, usually very conservatively... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co., KY: Approaching Montpelier, from the east (Photo ID: 49663)
Montpelier, Adair County, KY looking westward on KY 92, approaching from Russell County, just inside the Adair County line. As fair a count... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co., KY: Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Photo ID: 48949)
At Rest - Mitchell Jones (1935-1965) stone in Pleasant Grove Cemetery on Old Montpelier Road near Acree Road. Adair County, KY, one of Adair Co... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co., KY: J. Coffey Road Farm Scene (Photo ID: 48948)
This beautiful farm scene combining the best of history and modern beef cattle production, can be seen from Old Montpelier Road on J. Coffey Ro... (click photo title to read more)
- Postcards from the Present: Montpelier, KY (Photo ID: 45639)
A beautiful preservation: Though the store, with its post office with the same zip code as Columbia (remember the mail addressed to your Co... (click photo title to read more)
- Bridge widening soon? Magistrate Sammy Baker thinks so (Photo ID: 44318)
Third District Magistrate Sammy Baker says he's getting word that the long awaited and desperately needed widening of the KY 55 South Road ... (click photo title to read more)
- Epicurean Kentuckian: Broken rule Left-over Turkey Sandwich (Photo ID: 42793)
Okay, here's the infraction, first: Pen says it is wrong to prepare food to be used in leftover dishes even when you'd rather have the Turk... (click photo title to read more)
| | Most recent STORIES matching your search for 'montp'...- Boil Water Advisory lifted for Montpelier Road area (Story ID: 132476)
From Columbia Adair Utilities District
September 6, 2024
As of 12:05pmCT on September 6, 2024, the Boil Water Advisory f... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory issued for Montpelier Road area (Story ID: 132458)
Update: Boil Water Advisory lifted for Montpelier Road area
Fr... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory issued for Montpelier Road area (Story ID: 132394)
From Columbia Adair Utilities District
Date Issued 8/29/2024
Time Issued 1:25pmCT
A Boil Water Advisory is i... (click title to read more)
- Marilyn Coffey, 86, Adair County, KY (1938-2024) (Story ID: 131383)
Marilyn Sparks Coffey, 86,of the Montpelier community, died Thursday, May 2, 2024.
She was member of the former Pleasant Hill Christian C... (click title to read more)
- Kentucky State Police Investigates Adair County Murder (Story ID: 130959)
See also: ACSO: Suspect in custody after Adair Co. man shot
From Trooper Jonathan Houk... (click title to read more)
- ACSO: Suspect in custody after Adair Co. man shot (Story ID: 130958)
From Sheriff Josh BrockmanAdair County Sheriff's Office
On Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 7:32amCT, Adair County 911 recei... (click title to read more)
- Anniversary of the giant mushroom discovery (Story ID: 129542)
By Linda Waggener
It's an anniversary season of a rare find. Each fall, since Ada Coffey reported a strange growth on Old Montpel... (click title to read more)
- Haulin' the mail (1858 style) (Story ID: 129337)
By JIM
These days, when a short delay in receiving a package or letter sometimes becomes cause for venting ones spleen on social med... (click title to read more)
- Bryant Realty auctions Dudley home in Montpelier (Story ID: 126732)
Billy and Tami Andrew inherited the family home of Marguerite Dudley in Montpelier, KY after her passing.
Bryant Realty's auctioneers Dale... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory lifted (Story ID: 124309)
From Columbia/Adair Utilities District
October 7, 2022
As of 10:35 a.m. on October 7, 2022 the Boil Water Advisory for c... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory issued (Story ID: 124295)
From Columbia Adair Utilities District
Date Issued 10/6/2022
Time Issued 9:00 a.m.
A Boil Water Advisory is i... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Congratulations Elliott Young (Story ID: 123926)
Laura Murrell writes:
While I am very proud of the Post 15 State Troopers, I would like to say congratulations to an Adair Coun... (click title to read more)
- ACSO: Adair man airlifted after motorcycle collision (Story ID: 123357)
By Sheriff Josh BrockmanAdair County Sheriff's Office
On Thursday, July 21, 2022, at approximately 8:21pmCT, The Adair C... (click title to read more)
- ACSO: Adair man injured in rollover on Montpelier Road (Story ID: 121974)
By Sheriff Josh BrockmanAdair County Sheriff's Office
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at 12:02pmCT, Adair 911 received a call... (click title to read more)
- Rev. Wyatt G. Montgomery Goes to Egypt, 1922 (Story ID: 121429)
By JIM
In 1900, Z.T. Williams, and Elder of the Christian church (and still a partner in the Wheat & Williams General Store at Montp... (click title to read more)
- ACSO: Injury collision on KY92 (Story ID: 121005)
By Sheriff Josh BrockmanAdair County Sheriff's Office
On Saturday, January 29, 2022, at 9:45pm, the Adair County Sheriff... (click title to read more)
- Brandy Held's mini-Hereford brings back memories (Story ID: 120613)
By Michael Watson
Seeing cattle in the snow and bitter cold always takes me back to the mid-1970s winters. We still had beef cattle ... (click title to read more)
- Judy Shanahan, 63, Adair County, KY (1959-2021) (Story ID: 120432)
Judy Shanahan, 63, of Montpelier, Kentucky, died Monday, December 27, 2021 at her home.
She was born July 3, 1958, in Adair County to the l... (click title to read more)
- Selected Christmas ads, 1956 (Story ID: 120313)
Sixty-five years ago -- December 1956 -- found America pretty much at peace. The Korean conflict for many was already a fading memory, and few citi... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory lifted for Hwy55S area (Story ID: 118761)
From Columbia/Adair Utilities District
9/18/2021
As of 4:24 p.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2021, the Boil Water Advisor... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory issued for Hwy 55S area (Story ID: 118710)
Update on 9/18/2021: Boil Water Advisory lifted for Hwy55S area
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- Letter: Montpelier house has rich history (Story ID: 113656)
Tamara L Andrew writes:
Linda, this old house belonged to my husbands family on his mother's side and now to him. It was us... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Montpelier Post Office and General Store (Story ID: 113637)
Larry Jones writes:
I was taken there by my Grandfather in the early 60's and I remember Miss Willie sitting in the back of t... (click title to read more)
- How to grow more puffball mushrooms (Story ID: 112922)
Comments re: Day trip: Old Montpelier Road for a giant mushroom
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- Day trip: Old Montpelier Road for a giant mushroom (Story ID: 112921)
By Linda Waggener
Ada Coffey called in a report of a giant mushroom discovery on Old Montpelier Road in Adair County, KY on the prop... (click title to read more)
- History Monday: Trip down Crocus and up Sand Lick from 1915 (Story ID: 112602)
Dr. J.T. Jones takes a trip down Crocus and up Sand Lick, visiting and pondering...
By Mike Watson
The following i... (click title to read more)
- Columbia High School, Graduating Class, 1940-- (Story ID: 111011)
By Mike Watson
A few things have changed in eighty years, but celebrating high school graduations has not. Here are a few items on t... (click title to read more)
- Montpelier Post Office & General Store building (Story ID: 110349)
Jim puts eloquent voice to everyone's concerns about recent news (Letter: Montpelier ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Montpelier General Store (Story ID: 110218)
Mickey Johnson writes:
Hello I'm trying to find any information about the old general store and post office at Montpelier. I am... (click title to read more)
- Donkeys found on Montpelier Rd (Story ID: 109253)
Update, 9:30pmCT: The lost donkeys have been returned to their owner.
By Shirley Jones
Two donkeys showed up in my... (click title to read more)
- Boil water advisory for Montpelier Road lifted (Story ID: 108534)
Received Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 5:33pmCT
As of 5pmCT on January 19, 2020 the boil water advisory for customer from 61 Montpelier Road ... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory issued for Montpelier Road area (Story ID: 108522)
Columbia/Adair Utilities District
January 18, 2020
As of 6:00 p.m. on January 18, 2020 a boil water advisory is in effect for... (click title to read more)
- Take a StoryWalk (Story ID: 103680)
By Debra Cowan
Take a stroll along the paved path at the Jim Blair Center, 901 Hudson Street, Columbia, KY, and discover an opportun... (click title to read more)
- Adair County's other first radio station (Story ID: 103036)
By JIM
In the mid-1920s, radio was still quite a novelty. When the Chester Harrison family purchased one in the late winter of 1925,... (click title to read more)
- Euline Bowe, 76, Columbia, KY (1942-2018) (Story ID: 99567)
Euline was a devout Christian and longtime active member of the First Baptist Church, and later Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Montpelier, KY, wh... (click title to read more)
- NWS issues Special Weather Statement Warning Russell/Adair (Story ID: 98275)
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a Special Weather Statement
at 638 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2018:
A strong thunderstorm w... (click title to read more)
- Maury asks: Name of creek under bridge on KY 55 S Road (Story ID: 96529)
Maury Lewis writes:
What is the name of the creek that runs under the bridge on KY 55 south before you get to Hwy 92/Montpelier... (click title to read more)
- Bobby L. Smith, 80, Russell County, KY (1937-2018) (Story ID: 96023)
He was the son of the late Olza Holt Smith & Ruel Smith. He leaves two brothers, Alvie Smith of Somerset, KY, and James Smith, Montpelier, KY to ca... (click title to read more)
- Dallas Ray Holt, 71, Montpelier, Adair County, KY (1946-2018) (Story ID: 94930)
... (click title to read more)
- Charles Marshburn: Fish? (Story ID: 94898)
About: Ralph Waggener: Hwy. 80 between Columbia and R Springs
... (click title to read more)
- Overturned truck Adair Co. closes Hwy 55 S Road for hours (Story ID: 94171)
Northbound 2007 Mack truck drops off should of road. When driver attempted to regain control, the load of rock he was carrying shifted, causing the... (click title to read more)
- Russell Jones, 81, Montpelier, KY (1936-2017) (Story ID: 93256)
He served his country in the US Navy during the Vietnam War and then went to work for the Department of Defense. He grew up in the church and gave ... (click title to read more)
- Billy Joe Fudge: Mystery Church at KY 768 & KY 92 (Story ID: 92534)
Comments re photo 74467 Mystery Photo Do you remember this church
... (click title to read more)
- Comment on the Greatness of Garlinians (Story ID: 90189)
The Wayfaring Stranger writes:
"Garlin, like Sano, Ono, and Esto (and on its better days, Montpelier), is greater in magnitude ... (click title to read more)
- A Little Romance: Gilbert goes to Chance (Story ID: 89841)
To see a fair young maiden, Gilbert endured much to make the 10 mile trips from Acree Road to Chance. First, by shanks mare. Second, in new brogans... (click title to read more)
- JIM: Elder Williams & the aeroplane: 'It sure was a grand sight.' (Story ID: 89312)
The wonder Elder Williams wrote of, of seeing an airplane fly for the first time in his life, he could now see any day at the twin cities Esto/Mont... (click title to read more)
- On Montpelier: Heaven is a Kentucky of a place (Story ID: 89279)
Wherein Jim describes earth's loveliest Circle of Prettiness, a two mile radius around Montpelier, KY, partially overlapping the Esto portion of t... (click title to read more)
- 'That magnificent voice' - G.W. Perryman, Russell Co., KY (Story ID: 89227)
Montpelier Memories - ''His father and mother, G.W. and Emily Perryman, lived in straightened circumstances in the rearing of such a large fa... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory lifted (Story ID: 87823)
As of 1:20pmCT on December 31, 2016, the boil water advisory has been lifted by the Division of Water Columbia Office for customers on:
48... (click title to read more)
- CAUD Boil Water Advisory: KY 55 South Road areas (Story ID: 87804)
Date Issued 12/30/2016, Time Issued 8:30amCT. Received 9:45amCT. Posted 10:08amCT
A boil water advisory is in effect for consumers o... (click title to read more)
- Shirley Coffey Holt, 83, Adair Co., KY (1933-2016) (Story ID: 87586)
She was a member of an outstanding Adair County, KY family. She was the daughter of the late Holland & Zelma Morrison Coffey and the widow of Orvil... (click title to read more)
- Mike Branson, 66, Adair County, KY (1950-2016) (Story ID: 85913)
Mr. Branson was a member of the Columbia Christian Church, a US Navy veteran, an electrician and cable networking installer for many years. He was ... (click title to read more)
- JIM: The US Postal Service & county of residence confusion (Story ID: 84409)
Names and places and things that go bump in the night: Jim confronts the confusion caused by mailing address vs. county of residence, specifically ... (click title to read more)
- Amy Irene Collins, 48, Adair Co., KY (1967-2016) (Story ID: 83242)
... (click title to read more)
- Letter: How did Montpelier get its name? (Story ID: 83180)
Phil Hanna writes: Do you know where Montpelier get its name? I have not found this in the Kentucky Place Names books. Montpelier i... (click title to read more)
- JIM: Warm memories of Edd & Helen Williams (Story ID: 82509)
Family memories from over 80 years ago in Russell County, KYRelated: JIM: As... (click title to read more)
- Robert Cumming: Mr. Miller kept general store by Crocus home (Story ID: 82417)
Robert C Cumming writes:
Edith Spickard was my wife Laura June Miller"s great aunt. Edith was the youngest of 10 children of B... (click title to read more)
- JIM: As today, improved transportation was issue 100 years ago (Story ID: 82382)
Today the focus is on the Heartland Parkway, safer bridges, traversible country lanes, pathways for tourists, and highway safety, and transportatio... (click title to read more)
- Epicurean Kentuckian: A more perfect, Pickle-Dog centric, meal (Story ID: 82380)
This could be the Last Word on this subject, unless anyone wants to seriously take issue with the notion that banana flavored Moon Pies are the bes... (click title to read more)
- KSP seeks input on ATV theft on Montpelier Road, Adair Co., KY (Story ID: 81901)
A white Ford Powerstroke 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck with aftermarket wheels and tires is believed to be involved.Click on headline for compl... (click title to read more)
- Shannon Sexton: Clearing up misinformation (Story ID: 81191)
(Chair of PAC provides link to the source: The Alchoholic Beverage Commission website's ... (click title to read more)
- JIM: Wheats, Williams families of Montpelier, KY store (Story ID: 80875)
A brief account of the Wheat and Williams families of the famed Montpelier General Store & Post Office, 1868-1917.Click on headline for ... (click title to read more)
- Von Flatt Price: Praise for life time friend Orvis Grider (Story ID: 79485)
She remembers days at Pleasant Hill School, at the intersection of KY 92 and KY 768, and her brother's best friend, Orvis Grider, the tallest guy ... (click title to read more)
- Von Price: Varying memories of Paw Paws - good; not so good (Story ID: 79241)
They were a treat for kids eating Mr. John Goff's paw paws - he lived in Michigan and didn't care - while walking home from Pleasant Hill School ... (click title to read more)
- Edward (Eddie) Alden Turner, 78, Adair County, KY (1937-2015) (Story ID: 77247)
He was a member of the Glens Fork Church of the Nazarene. He ... (click title to read more)
- Overview of Montpelier Community Tornado - Adair County EM (Story ID: 74832)
NWS Meteorologist: Storm was EF-1 Tornado, with wind speeds estimated to average 105-110mph. which touched down on Dale Morrison Road and followed ... (click title to read more)
- Storm, 25 Apr 2015: Just after radio gave almost clear, winds hit (Story ID: 74828)
Heaviest damage appeared to be at the Charles Fletcher farm off Dale Morrison Road, Jimmy Curry's on KY 92, and at Coffey Farms on Old Montpelier ... (click title to read more)
- Storm of 25 Apr 2015: Montpelier community of Adair Co. (Story ID: 74818)
Some residences damaged, but no injuries. Several barns, outbuildings, and a silo damaged. County road crews clearing tree damage. RECC, Duo-County... (click title to read more)
- Lindey Young, CU standout in title game, has Adair, Casey ties (Story ID: 74117)
Both Lindey Young and her brother, Elliott, help Campbellsville University basketball programs achieve phenomenal success this year
... (click title to read more)
- Help family which lost all in major fire the Adair Co. Way: (Story ID: 73353)
Aid may be delivered to office of Adair County Court Clerk Lisa Greer for Ron & Janet Smith and daughters: They need a place to rent, clothing, and... (click title to read more)
- Reader needs to know condition of KY 92/Montpelier Road (Story ID: 73349)
Marie writes:
Does anyone know if Montpelier Road (KY 92) from Hwy 55 up to the Russell county line, especially on the hills - ... (click title to read more)
- AC Fire Department responds to fire on Old Montpelier RD (Story ID: 73215)
By Donald Hare, Public Affairs Officer
Adair County Fire Department, 200 Merchant Street, Columbia, KY
The Adair Cou... (click title to read more)
- Jim: Roads and weather were in the News 27 Jan 1915 (Story ID: 72730)
News from the Adair County News from 100 years ago. With relevance to today by JIMBy JIM
A sad death, bad road... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Brother/Sister Basketball Players (Story ID: 72633)
Guinda Coffey Miller writes:
Just thought this may be of interest. Brother and sister play basket ball for Campbellsville U. Hi... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: A note on Williams or Montpelier Academy (Story ID: 72162)
By Mike Watson, Adair County Historian
This academy was operated in the late 1800s at Montpelier. Elder Z.T. Williams and Charles E.... (click title to read more)
- Tine Reynolds wants more information about Cyrus Wheat house (Story ID: 72145)
A letter was received this Sunday morning with a number of questions about the Cyrus Wheat house at Montpelier, with a thanks to Steven Weston for ... (click title to read more)
- Steve Weston: How Montpellier/Montpelier got its name (Story ID: 72133)
The town started in Adair County, in what is now Russell County, KY. It was moved back into Adair County, KY the year Russell County was establishe... (click title to read more)
- George Rice story evokes memory of sausage grinding accident (Story ID: 71544)
It happened the night she and Billy Flatt, her brother, were grinding fresh hog meat for sausage and she fell asleep and suffered an injury, one wh... (click title to read more)
- JIM: News from the News, early September, 1904 (Story ID: 69470)
It was an optimistic time in Columbia, with expansion on the South Side and a building boom in the Tutt Addition, the original part of Tutt Street ... (click title to read more)
- CAUD boil water advisory lifted Montpelier/Zion/Ozark area (Story ID: 69147)
Issued 12:30pmCT/received 12:51pm/Posted on CM 1:21pmCTAbout Boil Water ... (click title to read more)
- Boil Water Advisory: Montpelier, Keen Wilson, Combest, Harlan Brown, Rds. Bubby (Story ID: 69123)
UPDATEThis boil water Advisory lifted as of 12:31pmCT, on August 15, 2014, the boil water advisory for residents at Montpelier Road and all sid... (click title to read more)
- New Cabin Creek Bridge on Old Montpelier Road opened today (Story ID: 68827)
CJE, District 3 Magistrate host pre-opening dinner on the bridge to honor Adair County Road Department, who built the bridge in-house. The bridge w... (click title to read more)
- Adair County Road Department announces Road Closing (Story ID: 68426)
Public Notice
The Adair County Road Department, announces the closing of a portion of Old Montpelier Road (from Hwy 92 end to past t... (click title to read more)
- The Rev. Bobby Bowe will speak at Second Christian Church (Story ID: 68016)
The Rev. Bobby Bowe, Associate Pastor of Pleasant Grove Church, Montpelier, KY, will be the special speaker at Second Church, 828 Burkesville Street, ... (click title to read more)
- Lois Yarberry Grider, 77, Adair Co., KY (1936-2014) (Story ID: 67942)
She was a native of Montpelier, Adair County, KY, and a resident of Louisville, Jefferson County, KY, at the time of her death. She was a member of... (click title to read more)
- Frank Dohoney bridge opening ceremony today, June 4, 2014 (Story ID: 67716)
Magistrate Perry Reeder's District (4). It is 19th new county bridge built in Ann's Administration. Next and 20th: Over Cabin Creek, Old Montpel... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: A Tale of The Boney Woman (Story ID: 65663)
This 'story' was from the pen of Dr. J.T. Jones of Montpelier, later of near Columbia. An "old time dentist" or "tooth carpenter", as dentist... (click title to read more)
- Does Smithsonian still have Montpelier Diamond? (Story ID: 64673)
Columnist needs information for upcoming Kentucky Living column
By Byron Crawford
I'm thinking of revisiti... (click title to read more)
- Lucille W. Sparks, Adair County, KY (1928-2013) (Story ID: 61876)
She was a native of Adair County, KY, and a resident of the Montpelier Community of Adair County at the time of her death. She was the widow of Fre... (click title to read more)
- Alfred Jones Thomas, Adair Co., KY (1920-2013) (Story ID: 61710)
He was a native of Adair County and a resident at the time of his death. He was the son of the late Earnest and Martha Jones Thomas. He leaves 9 di... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: Dr. J.T. Jones, visiting, pondering (Story ID: 60048)
Dr. J.T. Jones practiced dentistry and other callings at Creelsboro, KY. Mike Watson has retrieved notes he made and sent to the Adair County Ne... (click title to read more)
- A favorite view traveling KY 92, Montpelier, KY (Story ID: 59726)
Linda Cook writes:
Good morning Ed. Loved the photo you posted at Mt. Pleasant Hill - it's one of my favorite views when trave... (click title to read more)
- An Adair Countian Spends Easter in Jerusalem, 1900 (Story ID: 58588)
By JIM
An Adair Countian Spends Easter in Jerusalem, 1900
On the morning of Sunday, March 4, 1900, Eld. Z.T... (click title to read more)
- Syntactically Uprighteous Movement grows. Issue boiling (over) (Story ID: 58254)
Writer invokes memory of Miss Jane Sullivan, Miss Myrtie Sullivan to support grammar orthodoxy of Tine Reynolds. (Can anybody out there help my ... (click title to read more)
- Syntactically Upright Montpelierite sends prayer (Up? Out?) (Story ID: 58252)
The Syntactically Upright Montpelierite writes:
A Prayer for the Proper Prepositionist
Dear Lord:
... (click title to read more)
- Ice - A Curse on the One Hand, A Luxury on the Other (Story ID: 57214)
'The ice house was a fixture on many farms and in towns. Originally, they were dug into the side of a hill, as would be a root cellar, lined with ... (click title to read more)
- More on Combest Drive (Story ID: 56873)
Celia Stuart writes:
I don't know if it the place the man is looking for but I live on Combest Drive off of KY 92 (Old Montp... (click title to read more)
- The Silent City: Fannie B. Smythe (Story ID: 55501)
See also, main story by Lee Ann Jessie: The Silent City 2012 production was splendid... (click title to read more)
- Donald Ray Bardin, 78, Scottsville, KY (d. June 20, 2012) (Story ID: 52684)
He was the son of the late Henry Amos Bardin and Alta Coomer Bardin of Adair County and was preceded in death by a sister, Patricia Hale. He was a ... (click title to read more)
- Adair County Bookmobile Schedule, June 2012 (Story ID: 52355)
By Anita Riddle, Bookmobile LibrarianNews from the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KYMonday... (click title to read more)
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