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Runner finds syringe on sidewalk on Fairground Street

This sidewalk is highly traveled and used quite frequent by young children and students, especially college students going between parts of campus on both sides of street. Police Officers have recovered syringes from parks, sidewalks, and local retailer's parking lots and everywhere in between.
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By Ofc Josh Brockman, Public Information Officer
Columbia Police Department, Chief Jason Cross

The rise in addiction is not the only concern we are dealing with in Adair County.

There are many issues that go along with drug use and the pictures accompanying this article is one issue which is becoming frequent.


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2017-08-12 13:58:04 | Comments | Printable version

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Epicurean Kentuckian: The Clifton's Special



2017-08-12 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. Pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage, onion and green pepper, from Clifton's Pizza on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville.
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Eulogy for a Peach Tree

'Yesterday (August 11), when I stopped on my way home to observe the fruit, the once-vital leaves that were once suspended at a jaunty angle on branches of this tiny tree were hanging limply downward, their glossy green blackening from callously sprayed poisons.' - JOYCE COOMER
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By Joyce M. Coomer
Commentary/Guest Editorial

To those who truly respect the Earth and mourn the needless and untimely deaths of any living thing, I wish to tell a story of unforgivable loss that occurred this week.

In March of this year, along the roadside one morning I noticed a bright pink speck. I turned my vehicle around and retraced my route slowly so I could hopefully identify that spot of pink. It was one of several blossoms on a spindly tree that had green leaves just beginning to emerge. These vibrant pink blooms brightened my mornings for several days, and I often stopped to watch them sway in gentle spring breezes.


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2017-08-12 12:18:16 | Comments | Printable version

Bro Clifford DeHart, 85, Casey County, KY (1932-2017)

Bro. Clifford was an ordained minister of over 50 years. He served in Churches in Casey, Adair, Russell, and Wayne counties. Bro. Clifford was the founder and pastor of Mt. Calvary Community Church in Dunnville. He was a former member of the Craftsman Masonic Lodge #722. Bro. Clifford enjoyed helping people. He also enjoyed the outdoors and horses. He was the son of the late Willie Aubrey DeHart & Nannie Bell Chumbley DeHart and the widower of Nellie Rose Lee DeHart. He leaves 24 direct living descendants.
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Bro. Clifford DeHart, 85, of Dunnville, KY, passed away on Friday, August 11, 2017, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held at 1pmCT/2pmET, on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home, 752 Campbellsville Road, Liberty, KY, with Bro. Allen Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in the South Fork Cemetery. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT/5pm-9pmET, on Monday, August 14, 2017, with Masonic Funeral Rites at 7pmCT/8pmET.


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2017-08-12 11:33:38 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Two dead in Nelson Co. after multiple vehicle collision

Occupants of Ford Mustang transported to UL Hospital, where the two were later pronounced dead. Operator of Ford F-100 pickup extricated and taken to UL hosspital. Collisiion currently under investigation by KSP Trooper/Reconstructionis Brandon Brooks
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BARDSTOWN, KY (Sat 12 Aug 2017) - Kentucky State Police Post 4 Troopers responded to a multiple vehicle fatal collision in Nelson Co. Friday evening.

On August 11, 2017 at approximately 5:27pmET, KSP received a call from Nelson Co. dispatch asking for assistance on a multiple vehicle accident on Ky. 245 (New Shepherdsville Road).


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2017-08-12 11:00:36 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Former KSP Detective charged with making false statements while under oath

During a United States District Court hearing, officer allegedly made false declarations about the destruction of evidence. The Eastern District was granted a recusal in this prosecution.
Note: The indictment of a person by a Grand Jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

From U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of Kentucky

LEXINGTON, KY - John E. Kuhn, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, announced the grand jury indictment of a former Kentucky State Police Detective for making false statements, while under oath, during a United States District Court hearing in Lexington. The statements were made while testifying about the destruction of evidence tied to the prosecution of defendants charged by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. For that reason, the Eastern District was granted a recusal in this prosecution.


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2017-08-12 09:59:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

Columbia Rotary designated a Star Club

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News from Columbia Rotary Club

The Columbia Rotary Club was designated a Star club having been in the top ten in supporting Paul Harris Trust in the Western District of Kentucky which covers Louisville to Columbia, over to Paducah.


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2017-08-12 09:41:41 | Comments | Printable version

Miss Victoria claims kin to Virginia Sparks Wonderling

As a small girl, Mrs. Vicky remembers cast iron skillet cornbread she ate at Cousin Elva's house
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Victoria Pike writes:
We sure are kin. My great grand mother was Victoria Rosina Hunter and my great grand father was William Barlow Rowe. They lived here on the farm Ed has so lovingly named "Miss Victoria's Pampered Ranch." I remember going to visit cousin Elva as daddy called her. Momma said she always had cornbread baked in a cast iron skillet and I would ask for a piece when we visited. My grand mother was Josephine Rowe Browning and my grandfather Chapman Browning. Josiah's first wife was Marietta Hurt, daughter of William Hurt who was one of the early settlers of Adair County. --Victoria Pike
Comments re article 92124 Virginia Sparks Wonderling comments on GG Grandfather Josiah Hunter


2017-08-12 08:52:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

Forty-one Cadets Graduate from KSP Academy

New graduates headed to Post 15: Allen D. Shirley, of Columbia, Dexter B. Colvin, of Campbellsville, Ricky E. Cross, of Edmonton, and Daniel S. Forbis, of Campbellsville.

By Tpr. Josh Brashears

Frankfort, KY - The Kentucky State Police Academy presented diplomas to 41 new troopers at ceremonies held in Frankfort today. Their addition to the force brings the agency's strength to a total of 866 troopers serving the citizens of the Commonwealth.

The new troopers are part of the agency's 95th cadet class, which was the agency's fourth Law Enforcement Accelerated Program (LEAP), a condensed course for current officers who have two years of Kentucky Police Officer Professional Standards (POPS) law enforcement experience.

The training included more than 500 hours of classroom and field study in subjects such as constitutional law, juvenile and traffic law, use of force, weapons training, defensive tactics, first aid, high speed vehicle pursuit, criminal investigations, computer literacy, hostage negotiations, evidence collection, radio procedures, search and seizure, crash investigation, drug identification, traffic control, crowd control, armed robbery response, land navigation, electronic crimes, sex crimes, hate crimes, domestic violence, bomb threats and hazardous materials.


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2017-08-12 05:33:26 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

New monarch butterfly waystation at Barren River

By Danny Sallee

Lucas, KY - The Garden Club of Kentucky will dedicate the latest of a series of Monarch butterfly waystations at Barren River Lake State Resort Park on Monday, Aug. 14.

Monarch waystations are gardens that provide milkweed, the only plant that Monarch caterpillars will eat, nectar producing flowers, and shelter for some of the millions of migrating Monarch butterflies. Monarch butterfly habitats are disappearing due to development and the widespread use of herbicides, and gardens like these help provide the resources the butterflies need for their migration to and from Mexico.

The ceremony will be at 10amCT, just below the lodge patio and pool, at Barren River Lake State Resort Park, 1149 State Park Rd, Lucas, KY.


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2017-08-12 05:23:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

Crackdown on impaired driving planned for Labor Day weekend

KY AG Beshear is working with local prosecutors, MADD on impaired driving crackdown over the upcoming Labor Day Holiday. Awareness campaign runs from Aug. 16 until Sept. 4

By Terry Sebastian/Crystal Staley

Frankfort, KY - Attorney General Andy Beshear and the Prosecutors Advisory Council (PAC) are joining with local law enforcement officials statewide to crackdown on impaired driving during the heavily-traveled upcoming Labor Day holiday.

The Attorney General's Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, part of PAC, is working with Beshear to highlight the upcoming national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, Aug. 16 to Sept. 4.

"Law enforcement visibility will be elevated and citations will be issued at a much larger rate during this crackdown period," Beshear said. "PAC has notified all our state prosecutors to expect a greater amount of cases on their upcoming traffic dockets because of the crackdown."


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2017-08-12 05:19:28 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

Query: re Aaron Allison inheriting 160 acres in Adair Co., KY

Jim Allison writes:
I have researched at the KY State Archives a number of court cases involving my ancestor Aaron Allison. Many of them involve Alexander Noel stating that Aaron Allison inherited 160 acres from him in Adair County. Also stating that Aaron Allison was the executor of the estate. These court cases are in Adair County from 1845 to 1863. Included is an 1845 sale bill of Alexander Noel. I have not been able to find his probate file? Any ideas? I'm thinking they must be related in some way. I have heard that Aaron Allison's mother's maiden name was Noel, but I have never seen proof. (His father was Henry Allison who died in Oldham County, KY leaving a will there.) Thanks for your time. I'm hoping to do a bit more research at the archives in a couple of weeks. Jim Allison from Illinois --Jim Allison
Comments re article 52925 Mike Watson Independence Day


2017-08-12 04:25:21 | Comments | Printable version

Robert Stone Poetry: With words to speak their mind

With words to speak their mind:
a sonnet for the first anniversary of Poetry in the Boro
Ideas do not deftly come alive
until a willing worker builds a web
where time and place and theme together thrive,
where hope maintains through temporary ebb.

How many poets still remain unknown
unsure if what they write is poetry,
while self-proclaimed make claims much overblown,
while recognition swells as more agree.

Wherever safe and friendly places are
arrangers come with words to speak their mind,
where strangers kindly listen hearts ajar,
where friends discover likes with yours aligned.

As others write in ways that I cannot,
may all of us secure a monthly slot.
~ Robert Stone, 11 August 2017 The first "Poetry in the Boro,"organized by Kory Wells, was at the Green Dragon Public House in Murfreesboro, TN on 12 August 2016


2017-08-12 03:33:21 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Poetry by Robert Stone

ACHS Site Council regular meeting 14 Aug 2017

Adair County High School's regularly scheduled monthly site-base meeting will be Monday, August 14, at 4:30pmCT in the library ACHS 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY. - Troy W Young, Principal

2017-08-12 03:13:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Today, SATURDAY with CM - 12 Aug 2017

Haiku by Robert Stone for August 12, 2017:
Filled with wondrous books,
one’s personal library
need not be fancy.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 12 August 2017.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2160



2017-08-12 03:10:54 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for August 12
Happy Anniversary, Dennis and Kathy Powell (1977) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Don and Faye Bault (1961)
In Memory Faye, d. Jan. 19, 2011 | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Ray and Brenda Prock (1960) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amanda Taylor | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amy Martin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Anita Vanarsdale | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Billy Lacy (1940) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brody Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chass Isabelle (1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Daniel Ross Kermeen | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Daryl Wilson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Derrick Shane Pickett (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Graham Waggener (2001) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, John Hojnik (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lucy Scott Yarberry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mollie Quinn | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Nicholas Honaker (2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Skyler Moss | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tanner Lewis | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Trenton Page | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Garnett Davis, 90, Taylor Co., KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rhymon Shorty Claywell, Russell Springs, KY (1939-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gerald Rousey, Hustonville, KY (1949-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Taylor Thistlewaite, MD, Metcalfe County, KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carrie Alice Dillingham, Columbia, KY (1946-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Opal Barger Edwards, Campbellsville, KY (1941-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randy K. Bolin, Russell County, KY (1960-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stella Parson, (1943-2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Irene Bryant, Casey Co., KY (1915) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. William Dennis Shirley, Adair Co. native (1925) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Everett Kendrick, Cumberland Co., KY (1912) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Ida M. Harmon Corbin, Adair Co., KY native (1915) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Janet Marie Grant, Adair Co., KY (1954) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virgil Brown, Pulaski native (1936) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Guy Morgan, Cumberland Co., KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Arvilla Garner, 95, Russell Co., KY (1915) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Nunn Dunman, Green County, KY (1932) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Johnie R. Sprowles, Taylor Co., KY (1946) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lester Earl Taylor, Adair Co. native (1939) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earl Delmer Buis, Casey County, KY (1946) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Olene Gaddis, Taylor County, KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ned Lyon Russell, Green Co., KY native (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ernie Randolph, Jr., Green County, KY (1966-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Clara J. Barnes, 65, Russell County, KY (1948-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James (Jing A Ling) Shoopman, Cumberland Co., KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, O.B. Atchley , Adair County, KY (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J.C. Popplewell, 52, Russell County, KY (1962-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Houston Bradshaw, Adair Co., KY (1930-2014 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Julia Mae Cheatham, 98, Adair County, KY (1916-2015 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carolyn Sue Jewell, 67, Russell County, KY (1947-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Jerry Simpson Wilcoxson, 71, Green Co., KY (1944-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mark T. Brown, 34, Russell County, KY (1981-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rev. Robert Lee Lehman, 88, Taylor Co., KY (1928-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dennis Randolph Ballenger, Russell Co., KY/Adair Co., KY native (1960-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dale Mann, 77, Russell County, KY (1939-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ransom Earl Guffey, 89, Russell County, KY (1927-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edvert -Ed- Glen Gaskins, Russell Springs, KY (1929-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Travis Cape, 81, Adair County, KY (1936-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Ann Durham Simmons, Green County, KY (1933-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glydus Bailey, Columbia, KY (1913-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billie Sue Perkins, 77, Adair Co., KY native (1945-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Gene Lacy, 80, Glensfork, KY native (1940-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Gene Money, 86, Greensburg, KY (1936-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Buford Leslie Akin, Greensburg, KY (1941-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Derrick S. Pickett, 27, Columbia, KY (1996-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edward McKinley White, 79, Burkesville, KY (1942-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Esther Cox Gabehart, 80, Campbellsville, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gail Ann Murphy, 56, Adair County, KY (1963-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Johnnie Ray Patton, 75, Dunnville, KY (1947-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Cox, 74, Taylor Co., KY native (1948-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert F. Montville, 61, Russell Springs, KY (1961-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sheila Parson, 71, Columbia, KY (1952-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Valerie Kay Wheeler Morris (1968-2007) | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, August 12, 2017
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:00amCTWelcome Back, Lindsey Wilson College residence hall students - Move in Day | (ID:48739, Comment)
Farmer's Market on the Square 8am-1pmCT
Now at Municipal Parking Lot, corner Campbellsville & Merchant Streets, Columbia, KY. | (ID:48786, Comment)
9:00amCTServices, 9amET/10amET, Columbia, KY, for Mr. Philip Ray Clark, Taylor Co., KY (1955-2017) | (ID:48770, Comment)
NoonCT Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:48787, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Campbellsville, KY, for Rev. Carlis Compton, 85, Taylor Co., KY/Green Co., KY native (1932-2017) | (ID:48738, Comment)
Services, 1pmCT/2pmET, Mooresville, IN, for Walter Bennett, 83, Adair Co., KY native (1934-2017) | (ID:48765, Comment)
Services, Edmonton, KY, for Wesley Carl Ennis, 64 years, Metcalfe County, KY (1952-2017) | (ID:48771, Comment)
Services, 1pmCT/2pmET, Liberty, KY, for Bro Clifford DeHart, 85, Casey County, KY (1932-2017) | (ID:48789, Comment)
1:30pmCTService, Russell County, KY, for Phillip Wayne York, 66, Russell Co., KY (1951-2017) | (ID:48731, Comment)
2:00pmCTServices, Russell Springs, KY, for Patricia Faye Oakes, 71, Russell Co., KY (1945-2017) | (ID:48752, Comment)
Services, Russell Springs, KY, for Linda McElroy Marcum, 55, Russell Co., KY/Barren Co. native (1961-2017) | (ID:48783, Comment)
4:00pmCTGradyville Community Fish Fry/Singing - Debbie Bennett | (ID:48481, Comment)
5:00pmCTPause for Chimes in the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:48788, Comment)

 

































 
 
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