Sound the trumpets, holiday weekend plans begin 2017-06-29 - Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Sound the trumpets! Well ok, these particular trumpets might not make a sound if you blew on them and it might not be healthy to do so, but they are lovely and go along with comments I'm getting from family and friends who are making holiday weekend plans as we speak. Have a happy and safe weekend in your travels! -- LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Herlon Bradshaw, 77, Jamestown, KY (1940-2017 2017-06-28 - 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Grissom-Martin Funeral Home. Herlon Bradshaw, 77, Jamestown, KY (1940-2017) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

State Police line at scene of explosion at MSU 2017-06-28 - Murray State University, Murray, KY - Photo from Sr. Tpr. Jody Cash, KSP Post 1, Mayfield, KY. KSP now in charge of investigation: Murray Fire Department has concluded their search of the building and have turned over control of the scene to KSP. Preliminary indications are that everyone has been accounted for. KSP Investigators will work through the night to investigate the cause of the explosion. - Senior Trooper Jody Cash> Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Collaborative effort helps hops, papaw, and blackberry market 2017-06-28 - Country Boy Brewing, Georgetown, KY - Photo Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, right, announces the collaboration of Kentucky Proud, the Kentucky Guild of Brewers, and Kentucky State University with, from left, Derek Selznick, executive director of the Guild, and state Rep. Phillip Pratt on Wednesday at Country Boy Brewing in Georgetown. - TED SLOAN Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hedgepath promoted to first provost and VP for academic affairs 2017-06-28 - Taylor County, KY - Photo from Campbellsville University Communications. Dr. Donna Hedgepath, vice president for academic affairs, has been promoted to Campbellsville University's first provost and vice president for academic affairs. With this new title, Hedgepath assumes management responsibility for a range of university functions. She is the "first among equals" of Campbellsville University's vice presidents and can make decisions in the absence of President Carter. Dr. Hedgepath has "demonstrated her leadership in a excellent and comprehensive manner." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Court Mace and Caitlin Corder in Last Train to Nibroc 2017-06-28 - V.P. Henry Audiorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Venus Popplewell, LWC Director of Public Relations. Two more showings of Last Train to Nibroc, which is a part of LWC Theatre's "TheatreFest!", are happening this week, at 7pmCT, Thursday and Friday, June 29 & 30, 2017 in VP Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY. This romantic comedy, written by Arlene Hutton, tells the story of Raleigh and May. The two young Kentuckians meet in 1940 on a train carrying the bodies of Nathanael West and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Raleigh, the man, is inspired to leave Kentucky to seek a literary career in New York. May, on the other hand, wants to return home to maintain her life of diversion. Native Kentuckians, Court Mace and Caitlin Corder, above bring this production to life as Raleigh and May. - VENUS POPPLEWELL, LWC Director of Public Relations Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Poisonous beauty to appreciate from a distance 2017-06-28 - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Don't eat these wild mushrooms growing on the wet banks beside Harrods Fork Creek in southern Adair County, just photograph them and move on, careful not to let the Poison Ivy touch your legs as you move. Researching it, I found the entertaining article at this link that referred to mushrooms of this type as, "Night Cap ...a poisonous beauty known as Jumbo Jim...". Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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