Jimmy Cravens: A living legend of Kentucky Journalism 2012-02-14 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. Larry Smith, news anchor for FM 92.7, the WAVE, and FM 99.9 The Big Dawg, writes: "They don't seem to make newspaper people like my good friend Jimmy Cravens anymore. He wasn't afraid of 'nothing or nobody.' His graphic style riveted readers to the front page of The Central Kentucky News, one of the first media to truly erase county lines. Readers in Taylor, Adair, and Green Counties eagerly awaited delivery of each week's editions to the newsstands in Campbellsville, Greensburg, and Columbia. The photo is from a bound volume. Content was often controversial, but no one ignored the paper then. In his active years as an editor, Jimmy Cravens epitomized the old-school of journalism, as practiced by Cravens, Andrew Jackson Norfleet of the Russell Springs Times Journal, and Ro Gardner of the Hickman Courier, even Tom Gish of Whitesburg Mountain Eagle. -LARRY SMITH Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

RaiderView Journalists win KPA awards 2012-02-14 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. Lindsey Wilson College student journalists Leslie Moore of Campbellsville, KY, left, John Overby, a junior from Jamestown, KY, and Kacie Goode, a junior from Bardstown, KY, were among RaiderView staff members who earned awards at the annual Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association Convention. -Duane Bonifer Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Digger, a treasured family member, is missing from Sano home 2012-02-14 . Help Find My Dog, Please! writes Sheila Whittle. "This is a picture of my dog. his name is Digger. He's a Jack Russell with a long tail, 9 yrs. old and a treasured member of my family. We live in the Sano area of Columbia KY on West Sulphur Creek RD. Digger went missing on Monday, February 6, 2012, and we've not seen him since. He had a collar on with his name, our phone number and address on it. If anyone has seen him or has information about him, please contact me, Sheila Whittle, at 270-566-4032. We are offering a reward for his safe return. Thank you for your help. -Sheila Whittle Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Telling Great Blue Herons from Guinea Fowl 2012-02-13 - Greater Gadberry, KY - Photo by Charles Marshburn. Charles Marshburn poses this question for Great Backyard Bird Count counters (coming Feb. 17-21, 2012); he asks: "Can you tell the Great Bluie Herons from the Guinea Fowl?" Remember, the Great Backyard Bird Count is February 17-21, 2012 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Suzanne finds the King in Vegas 2012-02-13 - Las Vegas, NV - Photo by Big Al Owens. I have got some tremendous news," writes Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker. "During our fact finding mission in Vegas, we have found the King!! As you can see, we have located Elvis Presley! I took this photo for all to see as Suzanne is standing next to the King of Rock N Roll in Las Vegas..." CM will take Big Al's work for it, even though his Elvis looks more like our Caleb Brown than Elvis. But If you go to see for yourself: Google Maps says there's two ways, both of which take one day, 7 hours. Via I-40 it's 1944 miles. Via 1-70, the northern route, its 1956 miles. BIG AL. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Is this storied Putman Co.? 2012-02-13 - Grassy Springs Road at Allen Schoolhouse Road, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Is this part of storied Putman County Adair County's "county-within-a-county," or not. Couldn't tell whose place it is, it's across from The Baker's beautiful Ridgeview Farm, but I was intrigued by the sentinel chimney left standing like a monument, the cattle grazing, and the bird soaring overhead. It does somewhat fit what I learned at the feet of Dr. W.K. Neat, who told me, "You'll know Putman County when you see it. It just greens out before your eyes." This place is within the general area he described, but I'm as good on geography as a person who is truly educated, a truck driver with a CDL (wish I had one), who ranks a PhD in the subject, any day - so I couldn't be sure. Any enlightenment will be appreciated. In my defense, the government has failed us by not putting proper signage up, so Putman County, remains a state of mind.-EW. Click on Readmore for Real Clear Clarification by Dawn Baker. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Alpha Dog at McGaha Bridge 2012-02-13 - McGaha, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Maybe in Franklin Circuit Court Adair County Road Superintendent Jobe Darnell could prove the Grassy Springs Bridge at McGaha is owned by the shire, but a ruling likely wouldn't convince this great white dog, who maintained his territory with courteous authority on a sunny Sunday, February 12, 2012. The winding road around the bend, behind him leads one to Christine, KY, an important capitol city of Burton Ridge. The Bridge was the first built in the flurry of Bridge Construction in Ann I, the first administration of CJE Ann Melton. Didn't learn the dogs name, but we made eye contact, he saw I mean no harm, and let me pass without incident and without leaving his post. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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