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KSP Post 15 Monthly Activity Report for October 2018

By Tpr. Nick Hale, Public Affairs Officer
KSP Post 15 Columbia

During the month of October 2018, there were 16 traffic accidents investigated by the State Police working in the Post 15 area in the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington.

There were three fatal collisions during the month of October in the Post 15 area:


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2018-11-02 20:15:46 | Comments | Printable version

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Earl Porter McCoy, 90, Cumberland County, KY (1928-2018)



2018-11-02 - Photo from the family.


Earl Porter McCoy, 90, Cumberland County, KY (1928-2018)


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Earl Porter McCoy, 90, Cumberland County, KY (1928-2018)

He was of Christian faith, a member of Burkesville First Christian Church, a U. S. Army Veteran, owner of McCoy Chevrolet, and a lifelong farmer.

Earl Porter McCoy of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away on Friday, November 2, 2018, at the Cumberland County Hospital in Burkesville, Kentucky, having attained the age of 90 years and 26 days.

The Funeral service will be conducted on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home in Burkesville, Kentucky. Burial will be in the Burkesville Cemetery in Burkesville, Kentucky. The family will receive friends after 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2018 until the funeral hour on Sunday.


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2018-11-02 20:07:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Joseph Trent 'Smitty' Smith, 53, Cumberland County, KY

He was a member of the Army National Guard stationed in Germany, a Correctional Officer and Jack of all trades for the Kentucky State Reformatory in La Grange, KY for 18 years and a Maintenance Worker for Cagles Keystone Foods.

Joseph Trent 'Smitty' Smith of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, KY having attained the age of 53 years, 1 month, and 5 days.

The Funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 1pmCT in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home in Burkesville. Burial will be in the Smith Family Cemetery in the Howards Bottom Community of Cumberland County, KY. The family will receive friends after 1pmCT on Friday, November 2, 2018 until the funeral hour on Saturday.


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2018-11-02 19:31:35 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

This is the weekend to fall back, get an extra hour

Sunday, November 4, 2018 is the day we set the clocks back an hour - many set reset the clocks before bedtime Saturday night and that way they are on the right time for church the next day.

2018-11-02 18:58:02 | Comments | Printable version

Columbia City Council meeting 5 Nov 2018 - Agenda

The Columbia City Council will meet Monday, November 5, 2018 at 6pmCT in City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. The meeting is open to the public.

Citizen's comments time is opened up at the start of the meeting right after the Pledge of Allegiance. Any Columbia resident is welcome to speak before the Council and the audience.

The agenda continues below:


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2018-11-02 18:04:30 | Comments | Printable version

Parkway in Adair County temporarily reduced to one lane

By Amber Hale

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has temporarily reduced the Louie B. Nunn/Cumberland Parkway westbound to one lane in Adair County as crews perform maintenance operations to the Russell Creek bridge (mile point 56.25).

Speed limits are also reduced from 70 to 55 mph through the work zone. In addition, lane widths are restricted to 12 feet.

The lane closure will be in place until all necessary operations have been made. Drivers should expect delays and are encouraged to allow extra time in reaching their destination.


2018-11-02 14:58:34 | Comments | Printable version

Grimes Projects Turnout for 2018 KY General Election

By Bradford Queen

Frankfort, KY - Approximately 46 percent of the 3.4 million Kentuckians registered to vote will turn out for next week's general election, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes projected Thursday.

Grimes tracks absentee ballot totals as an indicator of final turnout on Election Day. According to current statistics, Grimes projects turnout for the Nov. 6 general election will be in the range of the last two midterm election years, 2010 and 2014, when about 49 percent and 46 percent of Kentuckians voted, respectively.

As of Monday, more than 30,000 in-person absentee votes had been recorded in county clerks' offices and nearly 24,000 mail-in absentee ballots had been sent to voters who had requested them.

About 23 percent of Kentucky voters cast ballots in the May Primary Election.


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2018-11-02 14:56:55 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Politics

Nude trucker jailed on drug charges in Graves Co.

by The Mayfield Messenger

The Graves County Sheriff's Office arrested a Washington, D.C., man on DUI and drug charges after receiving a call from a regional trucking firm that one of its trucks and the driver was missing. Chief Sheriff's Deputy Davant Ramage said deputies received a call from D2 Express Inc. on Wednesday in an attempt to locate a semi-truck that had been traveling Interstate 69 near Mayfield.

Company officials said they could not make contact with him. Deputies located the truck and the driver, Lawrence McCrimmon, 55, at the 18-mile marker. The deputies reported that McCrimmon was nude inside the truck and under the influence of an intoxicating substance.

Read the full article at mayfield-messenger.com.


2018-11-02 13:11:22 | Comments | Printable version

GM buyout offer unlikely to affect Corvette plant

By Don Sergent, Bowling Green Daily News

Already much leaner than it was before its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization a decade ago, General Motors is looking to slim down some more. But this week's announcement of voluntary buyouts to trim the automotive giant's workforce isn't expected to have much of an impact at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant.

Read the full article at bgdailynews.com.


2018-11-02 13:09:51 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

Jimmie Dean Johnson, 63, Columbia, KY (1955-2018)

He was a construction worker and a member of Clear Springs Missionary Baptist Church.

Jimmie Dean Johnson, 63, of Columbia, KY (formerly of Russell Co), died Thursday, November 1, 2018 at his home.

Funeral service for Jimmie Dean Johnson will be 1pmCT on Monday, November 5, 2018 at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 N. Main St., Russell Springs, KY. Interment will follow in the Bernard Cemetery.

Visitation is requested from 4pmCT until 8pmCT Sunday, November 4, 2018, and after 8amCt on Monday, Novemer 5, 2018.


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2018-11-02 11:26:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

KY 910 in Russell Co. to be temporarily closed from Nov. 12

By Amber Hale

Somerset, KY - Beginning, Monday, Nov. 12, KY 910 in Russell County will be temporarily closed to through traffic beginning at KY 3525 (Gosser Ridge Road) and extending to the intersection of East Mt. Eden Road (mile point 6.5).

The closure is to allow crews to make the necessary improvements to the existing bridge structure for the ongoing Cumberland Parkway/KY 910 interchange project. The closure will be in place until all necessary work is completed on the structure.

Signed detour routes will be posted via KY 80 and KY 910.


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2018-11-02 11:21:42 | Comments | Printable version

Paz-Holley Project update: an early Thanksgiving

"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." - Ephesians 2:10 NIV

By Rick Wilson

This past Sunday, October 28, 2018, the Paz-Holley home on Kellyville Road in Adair County, KY became a reality! At 3pmCT, Troy Grider lead a prayer of blessings on the home after which the key to the home was presented to the children and their parents.

Since March 12th of this year, 51 churches and hundreds of people donated locally, and as far away as Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida, California and North Carolina.


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2018-11-02 09:27:15 | Comments | Printable version

Adair County Sheriff's Dept. Activity for Oct 2018

The Adair County Sheriff's Department has released their activity report for the month of October, 2018:
  • 59 Warrants of Arrest Served
  • 3 Criminal Cases Opened
  • 7 Call Response Reports Written
  • 6 Domestic Abuse Cases Worked
  • 13 Non-Injury Accidents Worked
  • 2 Injury Accidents Worked
  • 33 Out of County Transports
  • 14 Citations Written for Criminal Activity
  • 49 Civil Process Papers Served
  • 4 Criminal Summonses Served
  • 20 Subpoenas Served
  • 120 Hours of Court Security Provided
  • 213 Vehicle Inspections Done
  • 20 Animal Complaints
  • 13 Motor Assists
  • 581 911 Calls (5 Alcohol Related)


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2018-11-02 09:08:20 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Adair gardeners can use your leaves - please call

Wendy Butler Burt writes:
Yes, Fall is in the air and leaves are falling all over Adair County. And when you rake and bag those leaves (and pine needles), remember that avid gardeners would be happy to take them off your hands! We use leaves for mulch. We use leaves as soil conditioner. We use leaves anywhere and everywhere in our flower and vegetable gardens. So, if you'd rather that your leaves (no Black Walnut leaves) are used in gardens rather than sent to a landfill, please call Wendy Butler Burt at 270-378-3197 and leave your name and contact information. --Wendy Butler Burt
Comments re photo 81327 Fall is in the air and on the wet streets of Columbia


2018-11-02 08:45:05 | Comments | Printable version

New Hepatitis A cases in Casey, Green, and Taylor

No additional cases of Hepatitis A were reported in Adair, Metcalfe or Russell Counties between October 13 and October 20, 2018, but new Hepatitis A cases were reported in Casey, Green, and Taylor Counties during that period, according to the latest report from Kentucky Department for Public Health, available at chfs.ky.gov. No data was available for Cumberland County.

Taylor has seen 1-3 addition cases per week for the last several weeks of reporting, bringing the total to 37 reported cases during the August 1, 2017 – October 20, 2018 period covered by the KY DPH's most recent publication (Acute Hepatitis A Outbreak Week 42 Report (PDF).

CountySept-22Sept-29Oct-6Oct-20Rate/100k
Adair222210.3
Casey122531.7
CumberlandNANANANANA
Green222327.1
Metcalfe11119.9
Russell11115.6
Taylor31323537145.3


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2018-11-02 05:58:26 | Comments | Printable version

Cloudy today, much cooler, high temp only 49

The National Weather Service is forecasting a cloudy day today, with a high near 49. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Tonight, there is a 20 percent chance of showers before 10pmCT. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Light and variable wind becoming west around 5 mph.


2018-11-02 05:45:13 | Comments | Printable version

7-County Area Courts for Fri 2 Nov 2018

Local schedules for Circuit Courts, District Courts, for Friday, November 2, 2018, at a glance:
  • Adair County: One event Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Casey County: No events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Cumberland County: No events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Green County: 65 events Circuit Court. One event District Court.
  • Metcalfe County: No events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Russell County: No events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Taylor County: Two events Circuit Court. Five events District Court.
Note: NOT Official. Always Click to Docket for all Kentucky Counties


2018-11-02 05:40:36 | Comments | Printable version

Today - FRIDAY with CM - 2 Nov 2018

Haiku by Robert Stone for November 2, 2018:
Start to tell the truth
and some of it will slip out
before lying starts.
--Robert Stone, Friday, 2 November 2018.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2607


2018-11-02 05:39:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for November 2
Happy Birthday, Carter Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, David Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Drake Sneed. (2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dylan Franklin (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jason Neat (1979) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Julinda Kean Morrison | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kayden Birdwell (2005 | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kenetha Dial Atwell (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Marjorie B. Payne | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Moriah Catherine Young (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Randy Scott Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ryan Moss | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sandy Bell Coomer (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carol Jeanette Johnson, 52, Scottsville, KY (1964-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dr. Frances Walker, Cumberland Co., KY (1932-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Evan Scott, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Allene Carroll Eastridge, Columbia, KY (1927-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Leah Overstreet, Russell Springs, KY (1936-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pauline Staten, Cumberland Co., KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Martha R. Baxter, Taylor Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cosby Munday, Adair Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lawrence Fredrick Boger, Russell Co., KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Ruth Shuffett Rogers Bruton, Green Co., KY (1916) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dale Lynn Melson, Russell County, KY (1972) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Helen Houk Wall, Taylor Co., KY native (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Finis Crawhorn, Adair Co., KY (1946-2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ret. Lt. John E. Humkey, Adair County, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vesta M. Nankivell, 88, West Milton, OH (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roy C. Ooten, Cumberland Co., KY native (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wilburn (Geary) Wolford, Adair County, KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lavern Stone, Taylor Co., KY (1922-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lori Elaine (Hopper) Keen, 49, Russell Co., KY (1964-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rollin Harper, Metcalfe County, KY (1928-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Faye Rice, Adair County, KY (1943-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Ann Arnold, Taylor County, KY (1942-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Willie Abner Wooldridge, 87, Russell Co., KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy Walker, 78, Taylor County, KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Doris Jean Miller, 76, Adair County, KY (1940-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cheryl Wall Hembree, Adair County, KY (1954-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Bell Perkins, Jamestown, KY (1948-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cecil Luster, 80, Middleburg, KY (1939-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Deering (1953-2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Land, 84, Liberty, KY (1936-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herbert Lester Wright, 77, Greensburg, KY (1945-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeanette Jones, 86, Columbia, KY native (1936-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Donald Dickson, 62, Knifley, KY (1961-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Browning, 81, Columbia, KY (1939-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Missy Grider, 50, Columbia, KY (1970-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Onia Tucker Semones (1922-1971) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Opal Tucker Bryant (1922-2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rebecca Cook, 73, Burkesville, KY (1949-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rondall Fredrick (Freddy) Gibson, 67, Breeding, KY (1953-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thomas J. Lockaby, 92, Russell Springs, KY (1928-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vivian Sullivan | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Friday, November 2, 2018
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:30amCTThe Adair County Public Library Bookmobile will be doing the Pellyton bookmobile run today from 8:30amCT until 3:30pmCT | (ID:55905, Comment)
9:00amCTOpen House Benchmark (foster parenting), 859 Jamestown Street, Columbia | (ID:56039, Comment)
10:00amCTFuneral service for Mollie Vaughn, 92, Liberty, KY (1926-2018) | (ID:56037, Comment)
10:30amCTAC Jaycees Chili Lunch | (ID:56003, Comment)
NoonCTService for Elsie Thrasher Dyer, 73, Cumberland County, KY (1945-2018) | (ID:56137, Comment)
1:00pmCTService for Vera Faye Morgan Wicks, 73, Russell County, KY (1945-2018) | (ID:56032, Comment)
4:00pmCTAnnual Fish Fry at Trinity United Methodist Church | (ID:56004, Comment)
5:00pmCTAdair County Band Bingo Doors Open 5pmCT - Close 10pmCT. Bingo is each Tuesday and Friday in the Adair Band Bingo Building, 50 Shady Lane, Columbia, KY. License # ORG0002285. Five Regular Games, Pull Tabs, and Much More. Concessions available at all sessions. (Sponsored) | (ID:55851, Comment)
6:30pmCTRevival services at Harrods Fork Baptist Church | (ID:56009, Comment)
7:00pmCTACHS play "A...My Name is Alice", in the ACHS cafeteria | (ID:56021, Comment)

 

































 
 
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