Holiday wishes from the Waggener family 2025-01-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Little Bit at Betty's Country Cooking. To every writer, photographer and sponsor shaping the spirit of Columbia Magazine every day, the Waggener clan sends deepest gratitude and best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year! From left in this picture are: Amy and Pen, Jane Todd and Mark, Tom, Matilda and Hailey. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Decorations being removed before weather change 2025-01-02 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The City of Columbia will be taking down Christmas decorations now due to the inclement weather being expected next week. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Christmas decorations will be leaving 2025-01-02 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Christmas 2024 decorations are leaving downtown, starting with the Adair Annex building. It has been a fine holiday season downtown. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Burkesville family's baby is first in New Year at TJ 2025-01-02 - Photo from TJ Health Columbia. Grayson Lewis Anderson arrived at 12:18pm on January 1, 2025, weighing 4 pounds, 15 ounces, to parents Andrea and Patrick Anderson of Burkesville. In addition to his parents, baby Grayson is welcomed by four siblings, all of whom were also born at T.J. Samson Community Hospital where about 1,000 babies are delivered each year. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

WKU Performs in London New Year's Day Parade 2025-01-02 - London, England - Photo from Chad Bivens. Chad writes, "The Big Red Marching Band from WKU was invited to not only march but to lead the London New Year's Day Parade in London, England this year. Officials from the parade confirm that with 270 members marching, the Big Red Marching Band was the largest band to ever perform in the parade." Marching in the Color Guard of the Big Red Marching Band was Adair County resident and alumni of the Adair County Marching Band Emily Bivens (at left). Emily, who graduated with the ACHS Class of 2022, is now a Junior at Western Kentucky University. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Have a Happy, Healthy, Safe New Year -- 2025 2024-12-31 - Downtown Columbia, KY . Welcome New Year two-thousand-twenty-five! As you think about plans and goals, an idea from Mel Robbins is to scroll back through your phone photos and note what happenings brought you joy in '24 so you can make sure and plan to do it again. Then, for what to skip, as one professor said many years ago at Lindsey Wilson, "Find Out What Sucks In Life and Don't Do That Anymore." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

After the Storm 2024-12-31 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Gola Burton. Gola writes, "God's beauty after the storm this morning. This was taken at 6:30." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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