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ACSO: Mother dies in accident, two-year-old saved

From Sheriff Josh Brockman, Adair County Sheriff

On 10-5-2023 at 5:22pm Adair County 911 received multiple calls of a vehicle rollover around the 48 mile marker of the LBN Parkway.

Deputies Chandler Staten and Josh Durbin arrived on scene to find the operator had been ejected and was partially pinned underneath the vehicle. A 2 year old male juvenile was also located inside the vehicle restrained in car seat.

Due to the severity of collision, and safety concerns with traffic, Columbia Police Department responded to assist and shut down the parkway at the 49 mile marker.

Deputies along with the first initial responders and passing motorist who stopped was able to pick up on side of vehicle enough to free her from underneath it and EMS began life saving measures.


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2023-10-07 22:48:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

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By the fountain on the Public Square



2023-10-07 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
The Moss Roses have been a beautiful addition to the flowers growing around the fountain.

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Third annual fall decorating contest starting now

The City of Columbia is sponsoring their third annual fall decorating contest.

If you would like to enter your business or home in the contest to be judged, please call City Hall, 270-384-2501, with the name and address. This year we will also add a decorated pumpkin contest.

Winners will be announced at the end of October. Prizes will be furnished by Mayor Pamela Hoots.


2023-10-07 22:37:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

Nina Ruth Hopper, 89, Cumberland County, KY (1933-2023)

Nina Ruth Hopper, age 89 of Burkesville, KY passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Cumberland County Hospital. Nina was born on November 2, 1933 in Tompkinsville, KY to the late Millard Kerr and Pearl Short Kerr.

She was a member of Judio Church of Christ and a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Hopper in 2001 and a daughter, Brenda Westmoreland in 2015.


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2023-10-07 16:40:56 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Freedom Separate Baptist celebrating 100 years Oct 8th

By Todd Green

Freedom Separate Baptist Church will celebrate its 100 year anniversary Sunday, October 8, 2023.

Everyone is invited to the service that starts at 10amCT and dinner on the ground which will include a pig roast. There will be lots of history available about the church and the Conover School across the road.

Freedom Church Road is approximately 7 miles from the Columbia courthouse. Turn right on Freedom Church Road just before you get to the WHVE radio tower and go about a half a mile. The church is on the left.

Pastor, Darrin Blair and the congregation invite everyone to come and share this special day.


2023-10-07 16:24:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News

Euen C. Pike, 83, Columbia, KY (1940-2023)

Euen Cleston Pike of Columbia passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023, at the Hospice House of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green. He was 83 years old.

A private graveside service will be held, and there will be no public visitation.


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2023-10-07 10:18:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Carol Perkins: Halloween Memories

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By Carol Perkins

Pumpkins, fodder, and mums. Don't you just love this time of the year? The beauty of the pumpkins lying against the green leaves depicts living in the country. Naturally, I think of scarecrows, ghosts, and goblins. For the most part, we adults get a kick out of Halloween with trick-or-treaters dressed in clever costumes, holding plastic pumpkin baskets out for adults to fill, and mamas standing nearby. October means fall and fall means Halloween.

The town of Edmonton, once upon a time, was filled with trick-or-treaters on Halloween night. Traffic was bumper to bumper as they flocked to Muncie Court by the hundreds. As far as I know, children walked up and down the streets without incident and then went home to spread out their goodies. Then by eight o'clock, the town began to shake with activity; it was not, necessarily, a safe place to be.

One of the best Halloween memories concerned a truck and a pumpkin patch.


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2023-10-07 10:13:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Bruce Edward Ginger, 51, Greensburg, KY (1971-2023)

Bruce Edward Ginger of Greensburg, Kentucky, son of Edward Eugene Ginger of Greensburg and Susan Lynn Hoover Ginger of Illinois, was born on Friday, October 15, 1971 in Springfield, Illinois, passed away Friday, October 6, 2023 at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown. He was 51 years old.

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2023-10-07 10:04:56 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

The Noblemen to perform at Spurlington on Sunday Oct 22

From Gerard Flanagan, Pastor
Spurlington Methodist Church

The Noblemen, a southern Gospel music group, will perform at Spurlington Methodist Church at 6pmET on Sunday, October 22, 2023. A fellowship meal prior to the performance will begin at 5pmET.

Spurlington Methodist Church is located at 899 Spurlington Road, Campbellsville, KY.


2023-10-07 10:01:21 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News

Swimming: LWC travels to Shawnee State for Dual Saturday

The Lindsey Wilsom men's and women's swimming teams hit the road for a dual Saturday against Shawnee State (OH) at NoonCT at the Warsaw Aquatic Center in Portsmouth, OH.

The men's and women's teams are coming off of strong performances at the Dr. Dillery Fall Frenzy last weekend. The Blue Raider men finished first at the event while the women finished runner-up.

On the men's side, Lindsey Wilson won seven events in the season-opener last week. The Blue Raider women also captured seven victories.

The Blue Raiders are 3-0 all-time against Shawnee State on the women's side and 3-0 against the Bears on the men's side as well.


2023-10-07 08:55:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Haiku by Robert Stone for October 7, 2023

The privileged say,
after getting turn about,
don’t do it again.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 7 October 2023.
-1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day 4407


2023-10-07 08:48:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for October 7
Happy Anniversary, Ryan and Julie McQueary (1999) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Adysen Jewell Wooley (2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Blake A. Burriss (2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Boon Matney (1967) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Briley Stephen Taylor (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cassie Jo Rogers (1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dana Michelle Hancock-Edwards (1970) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ellie Cristin Cheatham (2005) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Elliot Smith (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Hilda Legg | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jonathan Wayne Franklin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Julius Holmes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Libby Moss | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Marlena Sharpe McDonald (1979) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Rhonda Froedge (1959) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sandra Elaine Pyles Parker | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sonny (1939) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Stefani B. Knight (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tammy Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Timothy Eaton (1976) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Wilson, 88, Russell County, KY (1925-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earl Porter McCoy, Cumberland County, KY (1928-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, C.W. Goff, Green County, KY (1946-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In memory Birthday, David Yeagley, Taylor County, KY (1966-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marcella Lawless, Russell Springs, KY (1932-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marcia Ann McKinley Cook (d. May 14, 2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Corey Lee Spears, Green Co., KY (1989-2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herman Duncan Cundiff, KY (1931) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Ramsey , 85, Taylor Co., KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wilbur Roy , Russell Co., KY (1941) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eugene Ray (Gene) Strode, Adair County, KY (1962) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Lawrence Barber, Jr., Burkesville, KY (1940) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shelia Cox, Taylor County, KY (1953) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Paul Mills, Taylor Co., KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Clara Bennett, Russell County, KY (1921-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Darrell D. Hafley, 61, Casey County, KY (1952-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Gayle Stidham , 66, Columbia, KY (1948-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rollin Depp Harbison, 97, Summer Shade, KY (1917-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donna White, Taylor County, KY (1960-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Lee Brown, 61, Russell Co., KY (1954-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Phelps, 65, Yosemite, KY (1950-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bruce Michael Werner, Sr, 69, Russell County, KY (1946-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy Adkins, 72, Adair Co., KY (1944-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carl Grant Tipton, Russell Springs, KY, formerly of Dunnville, KY (1944-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronald Joseph Kramer, Glasgow, KY (1935-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Wayne Gossett, Metcalfe County, KY (1932-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles W. Mann, Jamestown, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Christopher D. Neely, 40, Bowling Green, KY (1982-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joseph (Sonny) Vance, 82, Cane Valley, KY (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenny Dale Jewell, 66, Green County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leslie Keith Thurman, 83, Cumberland Co., KY native (1937-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lillie Irene Roark, 69, Campbellsville, KY (1950-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Louise Shofner, 79, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Merial Jean Sanders Greer, 87, Liberty, KY (1932-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Ann Gilpin, 85, Columbia, KY (1938-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stanley Lee Coomer | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vinice Fay Roach Finley Tinsley, Burkesville, KY native (1929-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Combest, 90, Jamestown, KY (1931-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vola Mae Bailey Bennett, 80, Columbia, KY (1939-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William (Bill) Taylor, 81, Liberty, KY (1939-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, October 7, 2023
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:00amCTFarmers Market on the Square | (ID:65725, Comment)
Edmonton's 41st Annual Pumpkin Festival Schedule of Events | (ID:65762, Comment)
10:00amCTEdmonton Pumpkin Festival 2023 - a day of events | (ID:65620, Comment)
Henry and Janice Holt Giles annual Arts and Crafts Festival in Knifley | (ID:65699, Comment)
5:00pmCTOuthouse race at Edmonton Pumpkin Festival 2023 | (ID:65619, Comment)

 


































 
 
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