A story in silhouette 2017-07-30 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Pen. Pre-dawn fishing preparations. Ray Mann Road ends in gravel flats that are a popular spot for shore and boat fishermen alike. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fishing the Cumberland 2017-07-30 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Pen. Evan Waggener gets ready to pursue the wily rainbow trout on the banks of the Cumberland River just below Wolf Creek Dam. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Drug Forum No. 5 - Despite rain, community joins in effort 2017-07-30 - Bearwallow United Methodist Church, Christine, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Drug Forum 5 participants didn't let a downpour dampen their enthusiasm for Adair County's concerted concern to eradicate the scourge of illegal drug use, at the Thursday, July 27, 2017, community rally. Most people in the area, in both Magisterial District 7, Terry Hadley's District, and adjacent District 1, Harold Burton's District, will recognize the familiar blue and grey pickup in the foreground belonging to Magistrate Burton, who is present at so many events on Burton Ridge. It was the second drug forum he's attended. Magistrate Hadley could not be present for this one, but sent word of his support and has shown his support in one of the earlier four forums. Columbia Police Chief Jason Cross, moderator of the forums, called on Fiscal Court to increase support for the Sheriff Harrison Moss' office, primarily by provide an ACSO Detective slot, a drug/bomb sniffing dog, and to help the ACSO to lower overall costs with more competitive pay scales. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Casey County, KY: Rather new sign on South Fork Road 2017-07-30 - West of Phil, Casey County, KY at South Fork Road & KY 910 - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). An attractive new signboard at the intersection of KY 910 and South Fork Road is indicative of the latest upsurge in commercial activity in the area. There have been mostly ups for the growth of the tourist destination a bit off the beaten paths of KY 80 and US 127, but currently, the growth is explosive. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kaye Agathen: How Henry Brown mailed himself to freedom 2017-07-30 - Campbellsville Middle School, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independennt Schools (CIS) . CMS social studies teacher Kaye Agathen explains how Henry Brown mailed himself inside a box so he could be free. - CALEN McKINNEY Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: A bouquet of Fresh Basil, Tableside 2017-07-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Pen (c). The Farmers Market on the Square yielded a bouquet of Fresh Basil, some great tomatoes, and some of the neatest $1 each gifts to be found anywhere on the planet, in the array of pot holders designed and sold by Donna Jones at Big Black Dog's station, which made their way back to Indianapolis yesterday. We wondered if any birthday, graduation, or obituary ever requested, "The family requests bouquets of fresh basil and/or heirloom slicing tomatoes in lieu of . . . " It would seem appropriate this summer. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Cheers to Boat House Winery 2017-07-30 - 808 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Eli Jackson (c). The 2013 graduate of Adair County High School, and 2013 graduate of Vanderbilt University, is back from travels to six countries and has discovered some more than subtle changes in Columbia, KY - a big one on the food and wine scene. She writes: "After spending a week in France, I have been calling myself a wine connoisseur. I sniff and swirl my wine, and I always comment on the tannins. If you don't know what tannins are, that's okay. I don't either. I just always comment on them. So when I noticed the large illuminated sign for "Boat House Winery" filling the void of where the old Prescription Shoppe used to be, I was more than ready to show off my wine knowledge and stop in. Oh, and my mom works there. That was my other reason for stopping in." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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