Fire early Friday morning destroys ambulance 2014-09-05 - Summit Manor, 400 Bomar Heights, Columbia, KY - Photo by Donald Hare. Patient safely removed before fire destroys Yellow Ambulance - The Columbia Fire Department responded to an ambulance fire Friday morning, September 5, 2014, at 12:57amCT, at Summit Manor Nursing Home 400 Bomar Heights. The ambulance was taking a patient to the nursing home when fire was discovered. The patient was removed safely and ambulance was destroyed by fire. The owner of the ambulance was Yellow Ambulance from Louisville. There were 11 firemen on the scene for 1.5 hours. Donald Hare, Public Information Officers, Columbia Fire Department Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Emily Roach celebrated birthday today 2014-09-04 - Photo by Jason Roach. Emily Roach celebrated a birthday today, September 4, 2014. With her is son Haviland Roach. The photo was taken by husband and father Jason Roach. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Judge Executive Ann Melton is KEMA CJE of the Year 2014-09-04 - Crowne Plaza, Louisville, KY - Photo by Greg Thomas, Adair Emergency Management. Ann Melton named 2014 Judge Executive of the Year. At the annual Kentucky Emergency Service Conference held in Louisville Judge Melton was presented the award of 2014 Judge Executive of the Year by the Kentucky Emergency Management Association (KEMA). Pictured presenting the award to Judge Melton are Doug Tackett; President of KEMA and Drew Chandler; Vice-President of KEMA. - GREG THOMAS Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Western Sky, evening Sept. 3, 2014 from Keltner Road 2014-09-04 - Keltner Road, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. The Western Sky from Keltner Road, near Betty's OK Country Cooking, put on quite a show yesterday evening, Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Rep. Ed Whitfield with longtime friend Shannon Rowe 2014-09-04 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tiffany Kessler. Rep. Ed Whitfield Standing poses with longtime friend and supporter, Adair County Constable Shannon Rowe, at the Meet and Greet Rowe help coordinate and publicize held at the Hodge Center on Lindsey Wilson College's campus, Wednesday, September 3, 2014. - TIFFANY HADLEY KESSLER Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Steve Warren speaks in opposition to payroll tax 2014-09-04 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Steve Warren an Adair Countian who is not a resident of Columbia, and who, as a Physical Therapist, will be heavily taxed by the proposed Payroll Tax the Columbia City Council is expected to enact at it's October 6, 2014, meeting with approval of a second reading of the ordinance. Warren spoke passionately in opposition to the tax. He cautioned that once enacted, taxes grow, and never go away. The public will have two more chances to voice opinions, at a Special Called Meeting, at 6amCT, Monday, September 8, 2014, at City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. (We'll keep you posted on the format, time limits, and other public meeting issues as received from Mayor Harris.) The public will also have a chance to comment on the proposed new tax at the Council's regular session, October 6, 2014, in the same location, same time, when the second and final reading before enactment, is scheduled to take place. Clicking Read More accesses the report on the Columbia City Council meeting, September 2, 2014. - CM Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Robert Nicholls, at first CU Noon Organ Recital of school year 2014-09-04 - 429 N Central Avenue, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Kasey Ricketts. Local arts scene: First CU Noon Organ Recital 2014-2015 - Robert Nicholls, well-known conductor and organist at First Presbyterian Church in Evansville, IN, will be the guest for Campbellsville University's first Noon Organ Recital of the new academic year at 11:20amCT/12:20pmET. Tuesday, September 16, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 429 N Central Avenue, Campbellsville, next door to Campbellsville University's Gosser Fine Arts Center. Everyone is welcome to attend this event free of charge. The half-hour recital will be a mixture of standard and improvisation literature appropriate to the mechanical action Pomplitz organ and improvisation, according to Dr. Wesley Roberts, professor of music. - KASEY RICKETTS, for Campbellsville University Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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