Marker designates Male & Female High School site in Columbia 2023-03-14 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This historical marker near the top of the hill on Guardian Street in Columbia tells the story of school at this location in the later 1800s. The words read, "The Columbia College Joint Stock Company formed in 1853 to build the M & F School. It was conveyed to trustees appointed by Transylvania Presbytery and opened in 1855. The building was a Union Camp during the Civil War. Classes resumed after the war. In 1908 a public grade and high school replaced the M & F School on the same site." " On the opposite side were these words about the rock steps under the historical marker: "Student Parking In The 1850s -- This horse-mounting block is a survivor from many that were along this road and in the field beyond. Houses built in the early 1900s now occupy former pastures where horses grazed while their riders attended the M & F School on the hill. This subscription school provided both boys and girls a quality high school education." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Brandon Blair, pastor and Iraq veteran, gives chapel address 2023-03-14 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Leinnar Corrales. During a recent chapel at Campbellsville University, Brandon Blair read from Psalm 40:1-3. He also read these verses while recovering from being shot in the chest while serving in Iraq. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Daffodil watch 2023 - warm colors 2023-03-14 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. These leaning beauties soak up sunshine to be shared on a rainy day. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACES thanks MCEA retired members 2023-03-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Debbie Peppers. ACES faculty, support staff, and students thank the MCEA Retired members who donated their time to read to ACES students! ACES library was awarded $500 through a grant from the Middle Cumberland Education Association Retired teachers. The $500 grant purchased an equal amount of fiction and non-fiction books for the ACES library. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Louanna Purcell reads to ACES 3rd Graders 2023-03-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Debbie Peppers. Louanna Purcell reads to a small group of third grade students in Mrs. McQueary’s class at ACES for Read Across America. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Nancy Cox reads to 5th Graders 2023-03-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Debbie Peppers. Nancy Cox reads to fifth grade students for Read Across America. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pam Copley reads to 5th Graders 2023-03-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Debbie Peppers. Pam Copley from the KEA Office in Russell Springs reads to 5th graders for Read Across America. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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