Medical benefits researched so we make use of plant 2020-03-17 - Cumberland County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Joyce Coomer writes, "This stuff is taking over my yard and I'd like to get rid of it . . . without using herbicides. Medicinal Uses of Purple Dead Nettle include it's known in the herbal world as being astringent, diuretic, diaphoretic and purgative. It's also anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. The leaves can be used on external wounds or cuts, or as a poultice, similar to how you would use yarrow or plantain. "Henbit has healing powers: anti-rheumatic = relieves chronic pain and discomfort in joints and connective tissue; anti-inflammatory; diaphoretic = induces sweating; febrifuge & antipyretic = reduces fever; gentle laxative; astringent = causes the contraction of tissues; vulnerary = useful in healing of wounds - tea can be used to treat diarrhea..." - Joyce M. Coomer 270-384-4495. If anyone knows the recipe for making tea from this plant it would be good to have - just the leaves? stems? blossoms? Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Reagan Turner named to the WBCA NAIA All-America Team 2020-03-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. LWC's Reagan Turner has been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association NAIA All-America team, WBCA officials announced on Monday. The Gamaliel, Ky., junior, earns her second straight WBCA honor. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

David Boyd tries out a jockey's helmet 2020-03-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Laura Marcum. David Boyd tries out a jockey's helmet and goggles during the 2nd grade Kentucky Derby Program last week. Heather Hill, the presenter, pulls up slides on a screen in back. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Derby Museum visit to ACPC 2020-03-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Laura Marcum. Heather Hill from the Kentucky Derby Museum talks about the silks that jockey wear for the Kentucky Derby. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Family Cat missing 2020-03-16 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by April Bloyd. Our family cat escaped his pet carrier this Monday morning in transport to the vet. He is lost in the area of Coffey's Vet Center. He is bob-tailed and brownish gray with black stripes. He looks similar to the photo attached. If anyone sees him please contact me (April) at 270-566-8554. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Cumberland County, KY - Hwy 704 2020-03-16 - Hwy 704, Cumberland County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The Chowning family land, Hopewell Acres - 1,200 acres including historic home and oil wells - has a sign out front that it is for sale on Hwy. 704 in Cumberland County, KY. It is owned by John and Joe Chattin Chowning and is still in operation as a farm, timberland, and oil producing property. It looks very much as it has since their parents raised them there. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Cumberland County, KY - Amandaville 2020-03-16 - Amandaville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Whenever passing, I always paused to admire this two-story victorian home and wondered what it might be like to live in the tiny community of Amandaville in the scenic valley between Columbia and Burkesville on Hwy 704. On this Sunday drive the sign out front said it was for sale. I rushed and scrolled to the realtor's business card ad on ColumbiaMagazine.com to see if the seller really was our Burton Real Estate - it is - and click their pictures to view the inside rooms. The house is enchanting and comes with 685 acres of land. The purple fields behind the house can be better view in the previous photo. If you want to see inside the house, scroll on the right side of CM sponsor's business card ads and click on the red and white Burton Realty link to their website. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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