Lives spared in the tornado of 1971 2022-05-21 - Adair County, KY - Photo from the Columbia Statesman archives. HOME INMATES SPARED -- Emma Goodin and Gladys Goodin McOuaide stand before the ruins of a trailer near the Goodin Rest Home. They said the Home was damaged, but that they were thankful for the fact that the inmates suffered only minor injuries. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Smale Riverfront Park in Cincinnati 2022-05-21 - Cincinnati, OH - Photo by Pen. The view of Paul Brown Stadium from the John A. Roebling Bridge, just across the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, OH. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sparksville Grade Center Fall Festival advertisement, ca 1963 2022-05-21 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson. When Sparksville Grade Center was new, advertisement from the Adair County News, 23 October 1963. Offering "High Class Entertainment And Fun For The Entire Family," the festival advertised "such entertainment as Silly Clowns, House Of Horrors, Womanless Wedding, Beauty Contest, Musicals, Fortune Telling, Side Shows" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tick was an unwelcome visitor this week 2022-05-21 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. I have a heavy heart for I'm responsible for the demise of this tick which wanted to reside on my person, and of a community of ants that just wanted to share the kitchen. I keep asking creatures like these to simply stay in their place - outside, way outside - and I promise I'll stay in mine - inside. Sometimes discussion works, other times not. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Fire Tower View of the Smoky Mountains 2022-05-11 - Waynesville, NC - Photo by Graham Waggener. The view from the Mount Sterling Fire Tower on the Benton MacKaye Trail just outside of Waynesville, NC. It's the highest-elevation fire tower east of the Mississippi River. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Laurel Ridge Farms pork 2022-05-20 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Brandy Held. Laurel Ridge Farms seasoned pork belly and seasoned pork jowl. Brandy says "it's a non smoked version of bacon and jowl. Way less salt but still packed with flavor." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ribbon Cutting at Southern Nest Jamestown Branch 2022-05-20 - Jamestown, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Southern Nest Realty is holding a Grand Opening for their Jamestown Branch Office today, Friday, May 20, 2022. Pictured at the 11:30 ribbon cutting ceremony are Tammy and Barry Stotts and Justin, center, along with Southern Nest staff and friends and family from Adair and Russell Counties. The Southern Nest Realty Jamestown Branch is located at 1189 N. Main Street, Jamestown, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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