The Firemen of the Columbia-Adair County Fire Department 2018-12-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Donald Hare. The firefighters posed for a group photo during the Columbia-Adair County Fire Dept Award-Christmas Dinner. Kurt Klingberg and Tyler Solum were recognized as Firefighters of the Year for 2018 at the awards dinner. (Paired photo: Klingberg and Solum are Firefighters of the Year) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Klingberg and Solum are Firefighters of the Year 2018-12-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Donald Hare. Donald Hare writes, "We would like to congratulate Kurt Klingberg and Tyler Solum as being recognized as Firefighters of the Year, on behalf of the Columbia-Adair County Fire Department." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Meadow Hill Inn menu, 1947 2018-12-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Jim. After a two-day open house, Meadow Hill Inn opened for business seventy-one years ago this past spring -- Saturday, April 5, 1947 -- and immediately became the go-to place of Adair County. The attached menu image appeared several weeks later, in the June 25, 1947 edition of the News. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Cardinal rule - get out the bird food before snow comes 2018-12-07 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This big red boy paused long enough to nod a reminder to get the bird feeders filled up for the weekend since we have snow in the weather predictions. And no, fellow council member Craig Lasley, this is not a sign that I'm taking sides between UofL and UK. Notice I ran a photo of a blue cat earlier this week and that was also not a sign of loyalty to a particular Kentucky team. I stay squarely on the fence between family members and friends who keep the rivalry going strong! - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Saying goodbye to the old Meadow Hill Inn 2018-12-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. The old Meadow Hill Inn that burned a few weeks ago at the corner of Frazier and Burkesville Streets in Columbia is being leveled this morning. A backhoe is pushing block walls and brick chimneys into what was once the basement. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 2018-12-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. A stop by the Adair County Courthouse Annex found a huge Christmas tree in the entryway beside the wall marker declaring the 1992 opening of the building. Richard Lee Walker was the Judge Executive; Pam Smith was Deputy CJE; Ray Hutchison was the County Attorney Lynn McLean was Treasurer. Magistrates in 1992 were: Treva Downey Ballou, Lowell W. Goodin, Tony Loy, Wid Harris, Russell Guy Perkins, Joe Rogers and Fred Sexton. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Working the annual Jaycees Radio Auction to help others 2018-12-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Amanda Davis. The annual Adair County Jaycees radio auction fundraiser is underway again tonight, December 6, 2018, from 6-9pmCT. Items that have been donated are being auctioned to the highest call-in bidders and proceeds will be used to help families at Christmas with food and toys. Some of those working last night at the start of the auction, answering phones and running bids to the ones on the radio and announcing were Jamie Hadley, Dan Held, Adam Roy, Cameron Cox, Sara Davis, Becky Brockman, Anthony Brockman, Marc Evans, Jason Stotts, Jennifer Carter and Marshall Judd. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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