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Saturday, April 8, 2023
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Phillip Coffey - Blackened Face

BLACKENED FACE - By Phillip Coffey

Pretty Red Cardinal with blackened face, observed sitting outside my window sitting in a Silver Maple tree, help me find my consoling heart to lift those suffering from horrendous, unexplained loss.

Soothing those with so much hurt and ingrained Hate who only wish to destroy and maim, indiscriminately beyond reason - bearing no recognized soul.


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Piper Jewel Smith and the Easter Bunny



2023-04-08 - Russell Co., KY - Photo from David Smith.
Lil Piper Jewel Smith is seen recruiting the Easter Bunny to assist in opening the eggs she found at the Lake Cumberland State Resort Park's annual egg hunt. Piper is the daughter of David & Jaclyn Smith.

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Archery: LWC finishes runner-up at MSC Outdoor Championship

Williamsburg, KY - The Lindsey Wilson archery team posted a second-place finish at the Mid-South Conference Outdoor Archery Championship Saturday at the UC All-Purpose Field.

The Blue Raiders totaled 135 points to finish second. Lindsey Wilson earned 16 total medals with four gold, four silver and eight bronze. Cumberlands won the championship with 225 points.

Lindsey Wilson finished third in the overall season standings which included the 3D and Indoor Championships as well.


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2023-04-08 21:17:10 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Esther Tucker, 85, Knifley, KY (1937-2023)

Esther Leora (Perkins) Tucker of Knifley passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was 85 years old.

Funeral services will be held at 4:30pmCT on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY, with Bro. James Walker, Bro. Doug Roberts, and Bro. Jody Perkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Robinson Chapel Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Tuesday after 1pmCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.


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2023-04-08 21:09:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Retter Bailey, 72, Adair Co., KY native (1950-2023)

Retter Bell (Janes) Bailey of Campbellsville passed away on Friday, April 7, 2023, at Taylor Regional Hospital. She was 72 years old.

Funeral services will be held at 11amET on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY, with Bro. Adam Pruitt officiating. Burial will follow in the Tarters Chapel Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Monday from 4pmCT until 8pmCT, and will continue on Tuesday until time for the service at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.


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2023-04-08 21:05:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Bernice Frances Luttrell, Casey County, KY

Bernice Frances Luttrell, of Dunnville, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at age 88.

She was a member of the Thomas Ridge Church, where she had a strong Christian faith. She was a homemaker and also a cook at the Phelps School for many years. Bernice loved her family and her Church. She enjoyed cooking, gospel music, bluegrass, and socializing, as she easily made friends.


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2023-04-08 12:29:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Chuck Wagon Gang coming to Egypt on Friday April 21

From W. M. Feese, Jr.

Egypt Christian Church, 4867 Knifley Road, Columbia is proud to announce that the World-Famous Gospel Group THE CHUCK WAGON GANG will be here at 6:30pmCT on Friday evening, April 21, 2023. The group is currently on their 80th year anniversary tour.

We at Egypt CC would like to invite everyone who loves this group and great Gospel Music to come enjoy an evening of spirit-filled worship and entertainment.

Egypt Christian Church is located at 4867 Knifley Road, Columbia, KY.


2023-04-08 09:51:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News

Baseball: LWC falls to Bethel in extra innings

McKenzie, TN - The Lindsey Wilson baseball team dropped its series opener with Bethel in a low-scoring affair that went to extra innings on Friday. Both teams were held scoreless through ten innings as strong pitching and defense dominated.

These two squads will face off in a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 12pmCT to decide the series.


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2023-04-08 09:31:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Haiku by Robert Stone for April 8, 2023

Need to be honest
meant asserting island home,
not place in city.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 8 April 2023.
-1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day 4225


2023-04-08 09:25:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

CU: Early speaks on Asbury events

By Gerard Flanagan

Campbellsville, KY - Were the 16 days of consecutive worship inside Hughes Auditorium at Asbury in February a revival, an awakening or something else?

"I don't think you can call it anything yet," Dr. Joe Early, professor of theology at Campbellsville University, said as he gave a lecture on the events at Asbury and a history of spiritual awakenings in America in the BASC Atrium on campus.


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2023-04-08 09:24:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Campbellsville University


Birthdays and Anniversaries for April 8
Happy Anniversary, Mike and Sherry Hodges | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Richard and Charlotte Ollestad | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, William and Jamie Powell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday Darrell Overstreet | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday Virginia Ponser "Ginny" Flanagan | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Azlynn Moore (2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Blake Kennedy Aaron (1994) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brittany Sandusky | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dr. Pamela Stephens | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jeff Biggs | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jimmy Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Justin Reeder | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kristin Goodin Hildabrand | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Landon Parnell (1979) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mike Hodges | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Nicole Jackson (1987) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Pam Stephens | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Patricia Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Trey Garmon (1995) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday Edwin (Tootie) Tarter, Adair Co., KY (1929-2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herbert B. Johnson, Russell Springs, KY (1929-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earlene Bright Holtzclaw, Campbellsville, KY (1934-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ceoda (Jack) Keltner, Adair Co., KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Janice Marie Turner, Adair Co., KY (1946-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Richardson, Taylor Co., KY (1940) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ovaline HadleyThornsberry, Adair Co., KY native (1941) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Josephine Wilson, Casey Co., KY (1934) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Hayes, Taylor County, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ermel Wilson, Russell County, KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wilma Faye Stephens, Russell Co., KY (1928-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stella Mae Mann, 89, Adair County, KY (1925-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred (Millie) Mae Wilson Cravens, 73, Casey County, KY (1942-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Margaret (Harrison) Perkins, Taylor Co., KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Johnny Ray Rucker, Jr, Casey Co., KY (1964-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Joe Kimbler, 60, Russell Springs, KY (1956-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Reginald (Johnny) Miller, 55, Taylor Co., KY (1962-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nellie O. Hadley Brown, 85, Dubre, KY (1932-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jane Frances O'Malley Dillon, Casey Co., KY (1938-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joel (Buddy) Holt, 77, Adair Co., KY (1940-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmy D. Loy, 69, Russell County, KY (1948-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vena Wethington, 75, Liberty, KY (1942-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Ella Zahler, 91, Campbellsville, KY (1931-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brian Lee Monroe, 18, Campbellsville, KY (2002-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Clay Sidebottom, Green County, KY (1939-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frank Rigney (1905-1976) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Louis Stargel, 77, Russell Springs, KY (1943-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Helen Morgan, formerly of Russell County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Hughes, Russell Springs, KY (1950-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roy Lee Turner, 68, Columbia, KY (1952-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tracey Lynn Pierce, 47, Columbia, KY (1974-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William (Billy) E. Montgomery, 88, Green Co., KY (1933-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, April 8, 2023
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:00amCTOpening Day for Farmers Market on the Square
moved to today after plans for first Saturday delayed due to high winds | (ID:64760, Comment)
Adair Co. Clerk's Office closed today | (ID:64762, Comment)
10:00amCTEaster Egg Hunt at Cane Valley Baptist Church | (ID:64773, Comment)
1:00pmCTRevisit Knifley Easter Egg Hunt | (ID:64758, Comment)
Services for Jane Tucker Durham Hume, 71, Columbia, KY (1951-2023) | (ID:64798, Comment)
Services for Richard Paul (Pookie) Baldwin, 32, Columbia, KY (1990-2023) | (ID:64809, Comment)
5:00pmCTMovie Night at Harrods Fork Baptist Church | (ID:64805, Comment)
6:00pmCTBloomington Chapel Church Drive-Thru-Easter Play | (ID:64735, Comment)

 


































 
 
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