KSP conduct early morning drug raid in Murray, KY 2017-05-22 - Murray, KY - Photo from Senior Trooper Jody Cash, KSP Post 1, Mayfield, KY. MURRAY, KY (19 May 2017) - Kentucky State Police's Drug Enforcement and Special Investigations (DESI), along with KSP Post 1 Troopers, and KSP Special Operations K9 served a search warrant on First Street in Murray this morning at 5:30amCT, 19 May 2017. The warrant was issued as a result of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. During the search, Troopers located various drugs inside the residence along with a large sum of cash believed to be proceeds of drug trafficking. Clifton D. Jones, age 37, of Murray, Kentucky was arrested and charged with First Degree Trafficking a Controlled Substance (Meth), First Degree Trafficking a Controlled Substance (Cocaine), Trafficking Marijuana 2nd Offense, Tampering with Physical Evidence, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Jones was lodged in the Calloway County Jail. The investigation is continuing by KSP DESI. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Kentucky State Police DESI at 270-746=7834 or anonymously at 1-800-222-5555. Citizens may also report tips anonymously through the KSP app. The app is available for iPhone, iPad and Android applications and can be easily downloaded free of charge through Apple and Google Play stores. - SENIOR TROOPER JODY CASH, Kentucky State Police 1, Mayfield, KY. Note - Charges/allegations are not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by law enforcement is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceeding. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Storm clouds over Greensburg Road, Columbia, KY 2017-05-21 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). The weekend is coming to a close this May 21, 2017 Sunday evening with heavy storm clouds announcing rain on the way. This photo was made on Greensburg Road just west of Lampton Lane. We hope none of the high winds from rolling storms yesterday and today have caused damage to anyone in the region. -- LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Deb Waddell at Adair Co. School Board session 18 May 2017 2017-05-21 - ACMS - Adair County Middle School - 322 Gen. John Adair Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . Debra Waddell, a sixth grade teacher at Adair County Middle School, speaks at the Adair County Board of Education meeting Thursday, May 18, 2017. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New Indian Drive gate and the great team which built it 2017-05-21 - Indian Drive Greensburg Street entrance to Adair County Schools campus, Columbia, KY - Photo by Debbie Cowan, Family Resource Center Coordinator, Adair County Elementary School, 870 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY. New gate, Indian Drive Greensburg Street Entrance: The "A" logo by unveiled at the Thursday, May 18, 2017, Adair County School Board meeting. In front of the gate are the young men responsible for its construction, from left: Parker Staten , Bryce Judd, Abby Gunter, Jaycob Lee, Brad Maslen, Xavier Mathis, Gabe Cowan, Sam Willis, and Mr. Barney Taylor, their instructor. - DEBBIE COWAN Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Robert Ellis: Farm scenery, Creelsboro area 2017-05-21 - Creelsboro, KY area - Photo by Robert Ellis (c) . Farm Scene, Creelsboro Area: Driving around a couple of Saturdays ago looking for photo opportunities . . . and this one appeared near the intersection of Hwy 55s and the road to Creelsboro. - ROBERT ELLIS Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The thousand word photograph 2017-05-21 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com . This photo really does provide, as the old saying goes, a thousand words to help me remember this recent visit by our granddaughters and grand-dog and all that means to me. First and foremost are Hailey with her hand on the leash, at left, and Tillie with her hand stroking Churchill the dog's soft hair, and the nail polish on those sweet hands reminds me how fast the grandchildren are growing up! Churchill's story is that he's the first family dog in many years and where he goes, also goes his water and food dishes. In the picture, he hasn't noticed - nor yet eaten - the pink socks nor little girl's black shoes beside his dishes in the lower left corner. The socks and shoes go with the bare feet in the upper right of the picture. It looks like he is, however, considering taking a bite of Granddad's vest coat hanging on the daybed post at left, since at Churchill's tender age, everything he comes into contact with is a potential toy to be eaten or food to be tested. In the background are more stories, the spiral staircase that has been a good climbing spot for two generations now, and the little blue couch that my Mom, Geniece Marcum, felt we needed when she lived here and added to the decor of the house. The number of quilts under the girls suggests it's still one of the Kentucky winters, possibly dogwood or blackberry, and the covers are still out by necessity. The quilt draped in front has its own wonderful thousand-word story that my husband or one of his siblings will have to fill in -- it came to our house by way of inheritance from their mother, Audrey Chelf Waggener, and was likely designed and stitched by the hands of the women in one of those families either in the Knifley or Garlin sections of Adair County. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Nodding thistle . . . nodding 2017-05-21 - KY 768 at KY 704, Adair County, KY. - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Every season this pretty lavender blossom is appreciated, even in the knowledge that it is considered a vexing pest, a noxious weed. -- LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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