Hurt to be next Metcalfe County Superintendent 2020-04-30 - Edmonton, KY - Photo from Gaye Shaw, Chamber of Commerce. The Metcalfe County Board of Education named Josh Hurt as the next superintendent of Metcalfe County Schools. A Monroe County native, Hurt is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a graduate degree and related certifications from the University of the Cumberlands. He has 23 years of experience in education, with the past six years at Metcalfe County Schools. Before coming to Metcalfe County, Hurt taught high school English in Monroe, Gallatin, and Meade Counties. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A fine place to rest 2020-04-30 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Interesting lines on this tree offer a fine place from which to rest and watch Mother Nature create spring. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 2020-04-30 - Greensburg, KY - Photo by Melissa Suratt. Melissa writes, "I spotted a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at my feeder too. This was my first time seeing one. A female was with him but I was unable to get a picture of her." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Signs of Spring: Six Spotted Tiger Beetle 2020-04-30 - Jefferson Co., KY - Photo by Pen. These brilliant green bugs aren't the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer. According to Wikipedia, Cicindela sexguttata "are commonly found in deciduous forests in between Minnesota, Rhode Island, Ontario and south to Kentucky, and are easily recognizable by their large, white, overlapping mandibles." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beautiful bird is a Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2020-04-29 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Marie Freeman. Comment re: Birds of Kentucky: White-Chested Rednecker? Marie Freeman writes, "It is a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I don’t have as good of a camera and I couldn’t get any closer without scaring them - you can see four feeding at my feeder’s right there if you were close by. It’s easy to distinguish because they’re black and white, very unusual and beautiful bird." This site, Audubon, Guide to North American Birds, is how she identified it, copy and paste the following link into your browser -- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/rose-breasted-grosbeak Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Postcards from LWC: Lafawn Nettles 2020-04-29 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Dakota Smith writes: "Lafawn is the Director of Student Activities, and she has worked at LWC for almost 6 years! Her favorite thing about LWC is the loving community. 'We say #LWCisFamily, but it isn't just a hashtag. We use it as our mission and we live it daily. I also enjoy working with the students. LWC has the best students and it is fun to work with them.' A fun fact about LaFawn is that she loves to travel!" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Greensburg History: Pabst's Okay Special 2020-04-29 - Greensburg, KY - Photo by Larry J. Smith, General Manager, The Big Dawg, FM 99.9 radio. Another photo from the Howell family collection, from Howell's Drug Store in Greensburg, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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