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Daily News for Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Fiscal Court votes 7-0 to dismiss Deputy Jailer Tim Bradshaw Fiscal Court votes 7-0 for the action. Adair County Regional Jailer Bug Knight's first recommendation of 30 day suspension does not get a motion; Knight's second, to dismiss, unanimously approved; action follows 2 hour executive session. Deputy's wife says any comment for her husband would come from their attorney. By Ed Waggener The Adair County Fiscal Court, meeting in an emergency session this evening, unanimously voted to dismiss Adair County Chief Deputy Jailer Tim Bradshaw. No explanation for the dismissal was given in the open session or afterward by Judge Ann Melton, County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin, or Adair County Jailer Wm "Bug" Knight. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 20:04:48 | Comments | Printable version
Burkesville woman arrested, charged with arson, attempted murder Mary S. Upchurch, 47, lodged in Adair Regional Jail Mary S. Upchurch, 47, Burkesville, KY, was arrested on April 30, 2007, in connection with the the house fire which occurred on April 26, 2007, in the Ashlock Community of Cumberland County, KY. She was charged with arson in the first degree, attempted murder, wanton endangerment, first degree and criminal mischief degree and lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail at Columbia, KY. Detective Alex Wesley of Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, is investigating the case. Courtesy Dwaine Barnett, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. For more on Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, Click Here Thanks also to Dispatcher Steve Wheeler 2007-05-01 13:15:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
LWC captures first Mid-South Conference President's Cup Lindsey Wilson College athletic program in first place in Mid-South Conference despite not participating in football; CU in three-way tie for second place By Chris Wells, LWC Sports Information Director Lindsey Wilson College athletics earned the school's first Mid-South Conference President's Cup award, presented annually by the conference. The President's Cup is a season long competition that awards points based on regular season finishes within 17 conference sanctioned sports. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 10:41:38 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Lindsey Wilson University
Feedback: Memories of the blackouts in WWII To the editor, CM: I am old enough to remember the blackouts which Gordon Crump referred to when he wrote about the lights from Lindsey Hill. That part of life on Jamestown Hill during World War II was scary, but also a little bit exciting. It probably seemed like a game to me, then. I think Daddy wore some kind of armband and was outside the house maybe to watch for enemy or to to see if all the houses were dark. Annette W. Richards Remembering life in World War II on Jamestown Hill , Columbia, KY Click here for a story by Gordon B. Crump which refers to the blackouts in World War II and photo at dusk from Lindsey Hill by Joe Hare. 2007-05-01 10:25:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Letter: Wherein ColumbiaMagazine gets bad news Top reporter in the county wants to--but is just too busy to--aid CM news team To the editor, ColumbiaMagazine.com Just to let you know I have talked to my Mom, Versie Streeval (Article from Jason Harmon about the news scoop) and she would love to come on board, but she really didn't have enough time. After she would have called everybody else and had gotten back to you it would have been old news, anyway (ha). Annetta Burton Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 09:59:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
AC Road Maintenance: Bridge work (7); brush clearance (4) Good morning. The Adair County Road Department will be working on the bridge on L. Hancock Road in District 7 today. Phillip Carter and Tom Brock will be cutting tree limbs in District 4 on Odell Baker Road. Becaise the road is narrow and a side mower can''t be used, they are using the chipper and pole saws.For your own protection and for the safety of our Road Department employees, please drive with extra caution in these areas. -LISA LEE, Office of Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton. High detail Adair Co. Map: 2007-05-01 09:33:30 | Comments | Printable version
Lindsey Wilson students organize letter writing to Virginia Tech Efforts of juniors from Albany and Tompkinsville produces 100 personal notes from Columbia campus to students at Virginia tech. For one of the organizers, the tragedy hit close to home . . . By Duane Bonifer, Director, LWC Public Affairs Two Lindsey Wilson College students are helping show members of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute that their suffering will not be forgotten. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 08:50:06 | Comments | Printable version
Columbia, KY Police Department activity report for April 07 Columbia Police Chief Mark D. Harris has issued the department's April 2007 report. The report lists 386 calls for service. There were 75 citations issued. Though there were 11 accidents investigated, no auto injuries occurred. The complete report follows: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 08:27:38 | Comments | Printable version
CULTURE & ENLIGHTENMENT: A poem, Burton Ridge Edition A historical poem has been written under the pen name "Mayor of Burton Ridge," entitled News, News Flash! Burton Ridge Edition. It is the ColumbiaMagazine.com poem of the day. "A good one," as Garrison Keillor says on Radio Purdy, WDCL-FM at the Nar's, Burton Ridge, Adair County, KY ( Misidentified by the ignorant as "Somerset, KY.") Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 07:19:53 | Comments | Printable version
LINKS: Dr. Phil Aaron in AP news story A story entitled "Doctors flex political muscle in governor's race," by Roger Alford, in Sunday's Lexington Herald features Columbia physician Dr. Phil Aaron and his support for Gov. Ernie Fletcher. To access the story, Click Here 2007-05-01 06:43:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Politics
With six days left, 199 Turkeys taken in Adair this spring With six more days to go in the spring turkey season, Adair County hunters have logged 199 total turkeys with the Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Telecheck. For the full spring season last year, 337 turkeys were taken in Adair County. Last year, all of the turkeys were harvested with firearms. This year, one turkey was taken with a crossbow. The general statewide turkey season this year started April 14 and ends Sunday, April 6, 2007. Turkey hunters may use a legal shotgun, archery or crossbow equipment. For more information on hunting turkeys and squirrels in Kentucky, Spring 2007, Click Here. 2007-05-01 06:02:07 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Today, Tues, May 1, 2007: Emergency meeting Fiscal Court Click Read More for news and links including today's weather, Adair County Schools, court news, this day in history, traffic and driving, and much more. Spotlighting, in full, today's events for 121th day of 2007 (244 days remaining). Election countdown: It is 21 days until the 2007 Kentucky Primary Election. Check Events Calendar for complete community calendar with future events as far out as we've received them. 4:30pm: Adair County High School Baseball: Home game today, Tuesday, May 1, 2007, with Marion County. 4:30pm CT. 5:00pm CT: Emergency Special Called Meeting:The Adair County Fiscal Court will have an Emergency Special Called meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 5:00pm CT in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss serious personnel matters. The meeting is open to the public. 8 pmET/7pmCT: Carmen at CU:Campbellsville University's School of Music students will perform a concert version of the opera "Carmen" Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 8 pmET/7pmCT in The Gheens Recital Hall of the Gosser Fine Arts Center. - LINDA WAGGENER, assistant director of CU communications Reading: Click here for a story you'll never forget by Gordon B. Crump "How I discovered Columbia . . . when Columbus didn't", and an unforgettable photo by Joe Hare Entertainment, Movies: "Are We Done Yet" and "The Reaping" at the Columbian Theater. Eating: Huddle House, Campbellsville offers 24 hr dining. Catfish Plus has new longer hours every day but Sunday. Check out Circle R's new buffet. Bring your laptops and read ColumbiaMagazine.com: The Circle R is also an Internet Buffet, with Wi-Fi. (new phone number 384-1793). Access menus from side ads in ColumbiaMagazine.com. Weather: The National Weather Service outlook for Tuesday, May 1, 2007: Today: Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Click Here for National Weather Service page for Columbia, KY, with lots of interesting interactive features, including radar and satellite images of planet earth, America, and Adair County, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 04:31:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Avis Withers, 74, retired Columbia businessman Mr. Withers was the head of a large, respected Adair County family Avis Withers, 74, of 33 South Bramlett ST, Columbia, KY, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 11:45 P. M. at Summit Manor Nursing Home Columbia, KY. The funeral service will be Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at 1:00pm CT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 200 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Hugh Withers and Bro. Sam Burris the officiating clergy. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-05-01 04:01:02 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries Birthdays and Anniversaries for May 1 Happy Birthday, Ashleigh Durham | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Bailey Harris (1998) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Brandon White | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jordan Willis | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Karli Jessie | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lee Ann Sullivan (1960) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lois Ann White | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lonnie McAllister | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Redith George | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Stephen McQueary | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tia White (1985) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Versie Streeval, Columbia, KY (1926-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Danny Miller, Russell Co., KY native (1953-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joyce Huber, Campbellsville, KY (1933-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Julius Agee, Campbellsville, KY (1943-2020) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rex Coffey (1962-2006) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Michael Lee Farmer (1997-2007) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bennie Herman Jessee (1915-2008) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Wayne Brown (1930) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Underwood, 92, Taylor Co., KY (1917) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Altha Pyles Burton, 95, Adair Co., KY (1914) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Richard "Rufus" Capps, Burkesville, KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Florence Wheeler, Adair Co., KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Phillip Ray Thompson, Green Co. native, Taylor Co., KY (1947-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dewey T. Wright, 91 Green County, KY (1922-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William O. Hall, Casey County, KY (1937-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charles Burton, 77, Adair County, KY (1936-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rosa Helen Irvin, Adair County, KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lori Morgan Loy, 38, Russell Co., KY (1976-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruth Hayes, 84, Gradyville, Adair Co., KY (1930-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alice L. Kohler Bacon, Burlington, KY (1922-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jackie Tim Strode, 60, Eighty Eight, KY (1956-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bennie (Foot) Curry, 76, Taylor County, KY/Green County native (1941-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Barabara Buchanan Lewis, Taylor County, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Donald (Donnie) Ruell Grant, 69, Taylor Co./Adair Co., KY native (1948-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Knight, 92, LaCenter, KY, mother of Susan Minton, Columbia, KY. (1926-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Chester Wayne Harper, 61, Edmonton, KY (1957-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Jean Emerson, 83, Casey Co., KY native (1938-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Clarence H. (Todd) Gardner, 94, Green Co., KY (1928-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dr. Robert B. Brashear, 67, Columbia, KY (1953-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Eldalene Henson (Burton) Clouse, 86, Sano, KY native (1934-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, J.C. Wilson, 89, Casey Co., KY native (1933-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Martin (Marty) Brewner, 59, North Vernon, IN (1963-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jimmie D. Moye, 72, Columbia, KY (1952-2025) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Larry G. Conover, 64, Columbia, KY (1959-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paul J. Davis, 95, Campbellsville, KY (1925-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ronald (Ronnie) Lewis Summers, Clementsville, KY (1946-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sylvester Harmon, 87, Columbia, KY (1937-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Vickie Petty, 72, Columbia, KY (1952-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Tuesday, May 1, 2007 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form. The events database was created in late 2007, and doesn't contain any data for earlier dates. |
 
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