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Kentucky Color: Predator and Prey

2026-07-23 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge
Billy Joe writes, "The predator is a Rusty Spider Wasp. The prey is a large spider. It is most probably a wolf spider but I'm not sure. Of course, the wasp stings the spider but the sting only paralyzes it. Once she gets it to her nest, she lays an egg on it. Once the egg hatches, the little wasp larvae feeds on the spider until it matures and turns into an adult wasp."
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LWU creates scholarship for Red Onion State Prison employees

2026-07-23 - Pound, VA - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University
Lindsey Wilson and Red Onion State Prison have launched a partnership to expand educational opportunities to employees at the state institution. The agreement makes the prison's full-time and part-time employees and their immediate family members eligible to receive scholarship opportunities through Lindsey Wilson.

Pictured, front row, from left: LWU Assistant Vice President of Educational Outreach Tommie Saragas; LWU Enrollment Coordinator Leanna Perkins; Lindsey Wilson Director of Enrollment Ryan Vitatoe; Red Onion Warden David Anderson; Red Onion Senior Mental Health Clinician Edward Richie Creech; Red Onion Warden Amee Duncan; and LWU Regional Academic Director Kimberly Brown.

Back row, from left: LWU counseling professor Richard Carroll; LWU Enrollment Coordinator Jason Weaver; Red Onion State Major Steve Franklin; and LWU criminal justice professor Dennis Souther.
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Heirloom chair stays in family

2026-07-23 - Adair Co., KY - Photo from Mike Bennett
Phillip Coffey just gifted this family heirloom chair to his cousin Mike Bennett. The chair belonged to Cassius C. (Cash) Coffey (1884-1972), who lived in the Keltner community of Adair County, where both Mike Bennett and Phillip Coffey were raised. Cash was Phillip's Grandfather and Mike's Great-Grandfather.
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