Congratulations Dr. Brad Stone! 2021-03-02 - California - Photo from family collection. Beginning June 2021, educator and Adair County native Dr. Brad Elliott Stone will be Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Shared Governance, and Graduate Education for the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts at Loyola Marymount University. Dr. Stone is named in the Princeton Review Top 300 Professors in America. His research in contemporary continental philosophy is internationally recognized. A 1998 Fulbright Scholar at the University of Salamanca, Spain, he seeks international educational opportunities in order to create new knowledge for the 21st Century globalized world. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Retiring police chief pins badge on new leader 2021-03-02 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Columbia Police Chief Sgt. Jr. Murphy receives the badge - and responsibility - of leading the department from retiring Chief Jason Cross. The badge reads Chief Columbia Police 501. Sgt. Murphy has been serving since 2003. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

School busses rolling in Adair County 2021-03-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Adair County School District busses are rolling today - school is back to the red/blue in-person vs NTI schedule after many days of challenges due to weather, first ice and snow, then flooding. In a call last evening Superintendent Pamela Stephens asked for patience in case any busses are late due to some roads still being closed in the county. She welcomes calls to the Central Office if any students have questions or need help. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sgt. Jr. Murphy, new Chief of Columbia Police, sworn in 2021-03-02 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Leadership of the Columbia Police Department transitioned in a brief swearing in ceremony before the City Council meeting Monday evening, March 1, 2021. As announced last month, Chief Jason Cross retired from the force and Sgt. Jr. Murphy is chosen to be the new Chief of Police. Pictured as Sgt. Murphy is sworn in by Mayor Pamela Hoots are, from left: Officer Evan Burton, Officer Drew Conn, former CPD Chief and Council member Mark Harris, outgoing Chief Cross, Chief Murphy, his wife Adair Circuit Judge Judy Vance Murphy holding the Bible, and Mayor Hoots. Seated in front are Council member Craig Dean and City Attorney Derrick Helm. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Frost flowers? 2021-03-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson. Mike writes, "This clump or bouquet of what I assume are a variant of frost flowers were on a clump of fairly fresh turned dirt. Billy Joe Fudge can you confirm and elaborate?" Taken 2 March 2021, Columbia. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Decorated donuts 2021-03-02 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Amy. A tray of lavishly decorated donuts from Duck Donuts in Louisville. The rapidly expanding chain, started in North Carolina, recently opened its first Kentucky location. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

March first sunset 2021-03-01 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Wm. R. Feese. Photographer William Feese writes, "Sunset at Adair County High School before the girls basketball game Monday, March 1, 2021." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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