KSP: Many of more than 200 dogs suffering in Metcalfe Co 2026-08-26 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo from KSP. Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 in Columbia has charged two Edmonton residents following an animal cruelty investigation in Metcalfe County. Trooper Trent Tooley conducted the investigation in collaboration with Guardians of Rescue, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the well-being of animals. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Columbia couple shares their views in Iceland 2026-08-26 - Iceland - Photo by April Shepperd. Writer/Photographer April Shepperd writes, "Each day new land is born with the eruption of volcanoes, and each day area is lost with the calving of icebergs and the crashing of evolving seas. It's a reminder of just how small we truly are, and how magnificent nature truly is. (Take the trip to Iceland with April and Guy in her photographs on Facebook - April Yurcevic Shepperd). Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Maria Hill is new LWU director of career services 2026-08-26 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Maria Hill of Russell Springs has been named Lindsey Wilson University director of career services. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: 10 million puffins call Iceland home 2026-08-26 - Iceland - Photo by April Shepperd. For nearly eight months of the year, these “sea parrots” live their lives bobbing on ocean waves; only coming ashore in late May to breed and raise their pufflings. (Take the trip to Iceland with April and Guy in her photographs on Facebook - April Yurcevic Shepperd). Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

At the August Adair County Arts Council meeting 2026-08-26 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Adair County Arts Council members heard details of the upcoming exhibition "Leslie Lindsay: This Is Where We Live" from Lindsey Wilson Performing Arts Director Kristyne Gilbert, at right. It will be featured March 1 through April 9, 2027. Pictured with Gilbert are, from left: ACAC President Anne Bird, and Lainey and Mig Feuser. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: the largest bird in the world 2026-08-26 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Donna Rieder. Touring the rolling farmland in our area we spotted this ostrich couple - as they spotted us. The ostrich is the largest bird in the world, measuring up to nine feet tall. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Four Old Broads on the High Seas at the Star this week 2026-08-26 - Russell County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The first weekend of the hilarious play, Four Old Broads on the High Seas, wrapped up Sunday at the historic Star Theater on Main Street in Russell Springs to a packed house. The four stars are: Beatrice Shelton played by Laura Lawless; Eaddy Mae Clayton played by Mary Susan Judd; Imogene Fletcher played by Anita Tucker; and Maude Jenkins played by Michelle Maldonado. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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