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The Daviess County Sassafras Tree

2026-01-20 - Owensboro, KY - Photo by William Feese
William writes, "On Friday, we went to Owensboro for the game. We did eat some barbecue and we also visited the Sassafras tree!"

visitowensboro.com says this tree is the largest known Sassafras tree in the world, approximately 300 years old, located in the 2100 block of Frederica Street in Owensboro. The tree measures over 100 feet tall
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Scenic Russell County, KY - businesses of the past

2026-01-20 - Russell County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
The exterior of Russell Springs Milling Company has the look of ones I remember from the past, like farm trucks from the fifties that have weathered the years and are still used.
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Remembering Evlyn Komosa

2026-01-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University
Adair County native Evlyn Komosa speaks at the 2016 Lindsey Wilson homecoming after being presented the Lindsey Wilson Honorary Alumna Award. Komosa, who died in 2025 at the age of 102, was Lindsey Wilson University's oldest known living donor. Her bequest of $1.84 million is the largest estate gift in the school's 123-year history.
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