Spectators view wreckage in Gradyville, KY 2013-06-06 - D & F Grocery, 4731 Edmonton Road, Columbia, KY 42728 - Photo by Matt Gould. Gradyville residents, frequent customers at the store consider the damage caused by the 2002 red Honda sitting atop two vehicles owned by D & F Deli, background, proprietor Frances Salyers, in a dramatic crash at around 3:30pmCT, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The little blue roofed Z-loc panel building in foreground is owned by the Adair Fiscal Court. It was placed on the site in the first term of CJE Ann Melton to serve as a polling place for the Gradyville-Nell precinct in Magisterial District 4. The driver of the Honda, 21 year old Byron Firkins of Columbia, KY refused transport for medical injuries and was arrested, and lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail by Adair County Deputy Sheriff Aaron Rainwater. Firkins faces a number of charges. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

View of vehicles from West, Looking East 2013-06-05 - D & F Grocery, 4731 Edmonton Road, Columbia, KY 42728 - Photo by Matt Gould. From a west looking east view the vehicle in the forground appears almost untouched, a far different story from the other side. The complex of building in the background is Janes Fertilizer, Gradyville's largest retail enterprise. Related Story: Driver arrested after vehicle destroys Gradyville polling place Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Vehicle came to dramatic rest in parking lot of D & F 2013-06-05 - D & F Grocery, 4731 Edmonton Road, Columbia, KY 42728 - Photo by Matt Gould. Besides the voting house damage, the out-of-control vehicle also appears to have severely damaged two vehicles in the D & F Grocery Parking Lot. Related Story: Driver arrested after vehicle destroys Gradyville polling place Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Gradyville/Nell Voting House demolished 2013-06-05 - D & F Grocery, 4731 Edmonton Road, Columbia, KY 42728 - Photo by Matt Gould. Matt Gould of Gradyville, KY, took this photo which shows the path of the out-of-control vehcile which stuck the Grady/Nell Precinct voting house, foreground at cluster of buildings, beside D & F Grocery. The road in the right hand side of the photo is Edmonton Road, KY 80, looking west. Related Story: Driver arrested after vehicle destroys Gradyville polling place Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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Backyard Oil stars at The WAVE 2013-06-05 - The WAVE studio, Columbia, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. Promoting Lake Cumberland 360: From left, Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton, John "Rascal" Haskell of Backyard Oil; Jan Royse, Office Manager at The WAVE; Jimmy Reliford, Backyard Oil; and Reliford's cousin and The WAVE Sales Manager, Dana Walker. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mike Harris with station staff, Backyard Oil stars 2013-06-05 - The WAVE, Studio B - Photo by Larry Smith. Mike Harris, Seated, right has written a song specifically for Backyard Oil. With him, above, are Jan Royse, office manager at the WAVE, Backyard Oils Jimmy Reliford and "Rascal" and Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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