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New tax begins January 1, 2024 for businesses

By Bridget Compton, Adair County Deputy Judge Executive

Effective January 1, 2024, Adair County will be implementing a new occupational tax, as well as the requirement for a business license.

The implementation for the occupational tax will affect any business that issues their employees a W2. Employers will deduct 0.50% from their employees' gross wages. Taxes are due quarterly.


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2023-12-20 21:58:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

Artesian sulphur water continues to flow



2023-12-20 - Sulphur Well, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
This painting of "the gum" hangs in the Lighthouse Restaurant. You can still walk down to this original artesian well that gave Sulphur Well its name and take a sip of white sulphur water. The footbridge across the Little Barren River went over to the grove which was once the site of the dancehall and Beulah Villa Hotel. My grandmother kept a pitcher of the "healing water" in the fridge all my growing up years. - LW

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Adair County Jail Thursday morning meeting cancelled

The Adair County Fiscal Court Jail Committee meeting that was scheduled for 12/21/2023 at 9amCT is cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

2023-12-20 21:52:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

Early and late services at Columbia UMC Christmas Eve

By Doug Beard

The Columbia United Methodist Church invites everyone to join together for sacred services of worship this Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24th, 2023: 9amCT - Sunday School, 10am Morning worship service with special music including hymns of the season, the sanctuary bells and the Columbia UMC choir.

At 11pmCT please join the pastor and congregation for our traditional Christmas Eve service. The service will feature beautiful carols, readings from the Holy Scriptures, a service of Holy Communion, and joining our voices in the singing of "Silent Night" by candlelight as we welcome the birth of the Messiah.


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2023-12-20 21:42:04 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News

Jimmy Bryant, 83, Casey County, KY (1939-2023)

Jimmy Bryant, of Liberty, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023, at his home. He was 83.

Born on December 20, 1939, in Casey County, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Jesse H. and Christine Moran Bryant. He was a self-employed utility contractor, plumber, and backhoe operator who served the community for over sixty years. He was of the Baptist faith and attended First Baptist Church of Liberty. Jimmy was a member of the Craftsman Lodge #722.


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2023-12-20 21:35:33 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Letter: Mammoth Cave National Park fees

Jackie Montgomery writes:
Re: Mammoth Cave National Park fees, a link would be useful as their article does not give the new fees. The new fee schedule is available at nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/fees.htm
Comments re: Mammoth Cave National Park fees will go up in 2024


2023-12-20 11:52:35 | Comments | Printable version

ACES December SBDM Council meeting cancelled

By Sommer Brown, Principal
Adair County Elementary School

Adair County Elementary School's School-Based Decision Making Council will not have their regularly scheduled December meeting. The meeting that was originally scheduled for Thursday, December 21st at 4:30 has been cancelled.


2023-12-20 11:35:39 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Kudos to our EDA members

By Vicky Pike

I am so proud of our EDA board for providing the leadership and get up and go this community has needed for years. Please, everyone get behind these leaders and watch what could happen to our little town that has set stagnant way too long. Under their leadership the sky is the limit. Do all you can to urge our other leadership how important economic development is to our town. We have all at one time or another asked why cannot we have. We can have now with this leadership. So support them with all you have.

Thank you and Merry Christmas to all from the Pampered Angus Ranch crew and a happier new year for Adair county in the year to come. Im expecting big things from this group. --Vicky and Zippy; first cat of Greater Bliss/New Columbia

Comments re: Adair EDA wins second round grant for GRCP


2023-12-20 09:46:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

ACHS SBDM Council Special Called Meeting

From Chad A. Parnell, Principal
Adair County High School

The Adair County High School SBDM Council will have a special called meeting at NoonCT on Thursday, December 21, 2023, in the ACHS Library at 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY.

The purpose of the meeting is to interview candidates and possibly make recommendations for vacant positions.


2023-12-20 09:44:00 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education


Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 20
Happy Anniversary, Kevin and Debbie Reynolds | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Maxwell & Carolyn Hancock (1965) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Mitchell and Brenda Higginbotham (1969) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Sam and Jennifer Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amanda Watson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Douglas Vaughn Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Emma Lacy Burton (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, James David "JD" Coomer (1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Michael Bardin (1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Natalie Bertram | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Stephen Kelsay (1983) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Wally Burress (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lewis Lee Hardin, Adair Co., KY native (1933-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carole Ann Karstetter, Columbia, KY (1944-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Allen J. Reid, Russell Springs, KY (1936-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Ann Miller Gaines, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cecil Gilpin, 91, Campbellsville, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Clurell England, 85, Taylor Co., KY (1937-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Colonel Herbert B. Mattingly, Glasgow, KY (1920-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Curtis Kay Morris, 75, Russell County (1943-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Delphene Wilson, Russell County, KY (1934-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dennis Michael Trentham, 71, Greensburg, KY (1947-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Freddie Wade Wilson, 75, Edmonton, KY (1942-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gerline Finn, 85, Taylor Co., KY (1930-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gilbert (Gil) Ephraim Kempf, age 85, Russell Co, KY (1930-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glenda Bell Frost, Taylor County, KY (1952 - 2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glenda Richardson, 65, Casey Co., KY (1951-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herbert Otto (Herb) Stein, Jefferson Co., KY (1942-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Vernon Meeks, Jr., 58, Casey County, KY (1958-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Walker (J.W.) Burton, II, 78, Columbia, KY (1941-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmy Branham, Cumberland Co. KY (1944-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judy Heistand, 65, Taylor County, KY (1951-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kayla Cash, 22, Taylor County, KY (1990-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Frances Judd Upton, Greensburg (1928-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orine Richardson, Casey Co., KY (1921-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph Creech, Russell Co., KY (1962-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ricky L. Coomer, 68, Adair Co., KY native (1955-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rosa Skaggs, 89, Campbellsville, KY (1932-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sarah Lydia Glass, 7, Taylor Co., KY (2001-2009) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Lee Babbit, 69, Green County, KY (1947-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Terry Glen Milton, 62, Edmonton, KY (1959-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Woodson Lewis Milby, Green Co., KY (1935-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Wednesday, December 20, 2023
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
11:00amCTServices for Frederick L. Bohman, 61, Columbia, KY (1962-2023) | (ID:66306, Comment)
NoonCTSMART Recovery meeting at Adair Co. Health Dept | (ID:66287, Comment)
5:00pmCTChristmas Village of Billy Pickett | (ID:66300, Comment)

 


































 
 
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