First snow of 2019 - temperatures dropping, stay warm 2019-01-20 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The temperature is twenty degrees as I post this picture with a wish for everyone to have warmth and safety through this bitter cold. By 10pmCT it's supposed to have dropped to 17 degrees, moving downward to 15 degrees by 2amCT, and on down to 13 degrees at 6amCT sunrise in Adair County. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

First snow of 2019 - farm report, cows seem not to mind the cold 2019-01-20 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Tiffany Kessler, columbiamagazine.com. We rode down to Eddie's family farm just to get out of the house since we've all been stuck inside with sickness. It was a frigid 23 degrees - the kind that makes your finger tips and ears hurt from cold if they're not covered. Ran across some of the Jersey babies which didn't seem to mind the weather at all. It was a good reminder that besides road crews and emergency personnel, farmers must also endure whatever mother nature decides to bestow on our Commonwealth. - Tiffany Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

First snow of 2019 - looks good on the Courthouse roof 2019-01-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The snow of January 20, 2019, the first of the New Year, put a pretty coat of about an inch of snow over everything. Temperatures in the twenties will keep part of it around. This photo was made closer to 2pmCT, not 5:30 as the old clock indicates. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

First snow of 2019 - beautiful, dangerous 2019-01-20 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The first snow of the New Year was anxiously anticipated last night, beautiful to wake to early this morning, and by mid-afternoon today, Sunday, January 20, 2019, it's melting in full sunshine. It's dangerous because there are places that don't melt as fast as most, leaving ice that can throw someone moving on sidewalks and roads. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Getting ready for a snowball fight 2019-01-20 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A pile of snowballs, ready for the fight to begin. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Making Snow Angels 2019-01-20 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. Hailey Waggener making snow angels in Shelbyville today, where 2-3 inches of powdery snow fell overnight. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

L.E. Young, Jeweler ad from 1919 2019-01-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Jim. "Dimond Rings, Platinum Settings, Wrist Watches" and more from an ad in the mid-January 1919 edition of the Adair County News. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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