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ACHS ends best football season in history

By Trey Stephens, Columbia Magazine Staff Writer

The Adair County Indians went on the road Friday night to face the Braves of Union County in the second round of the Class 3A 2024 UK HealthCare Sports Medicine Football Finals and fell 17-6 in a game that was marked by poor offensive production.

The Indians struggled to move the ball on the ground, with just 26 rushing yards on 13 attempts. The pass game struggled as well, with frequent drops which compounded to completion on just 10 of 26 pass attempts.

The lone touchdown of the night was on a trick play pass by Lane Grant which went for 82 to Solomon Stonebraker.


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2024-11-18 22:35:24 | Comments | Printable version

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Congratulations Brayton Coomer signing with MSU



2024-11-18 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Jade Waggener, ACHS senior reporter for Columbia Magazine.
Brayton Coomer, center, is pictured at Adair County High School signing today with Morehead State University to play baseball next year. Congratulations Brayton!

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Delbert Pierce, 82, Russell County, KY (1942-2024)

Delbert Pierce, age 82, of Russell Springs, KY passed away Friday, November 15 2024 at his residence. He was born on Tuesday, February 10 1942, in Jamestown, Kentucky.

He was retired from General Electric, was a veteran of the United States Army of the Methodist Faith.


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2024-11-18 22:25:51 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Roger Glen Pendleton, 78, Dunnville, KY (1946-2024)

Roger Glen Pendleton, age 78, of Dunnville, KY, passed away on Saturday November 16th, 2024. He was born in Casey Co, KY on February 15th, 1946, to the late Glen and Marie Lee Pendleton.

Roger was a retired gate hauler and farmer.


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2024-11-18 22:24:59 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair Co. Schools recognized for workplace safety

From Janet Creech

Lexington, KY - The Destiny Awards are presented annually by KEMI to policyholders best exemplifying KEMI's motto, "Control your own destiny." The awards symbolize what can be accomplished when organizations work together to improve workplace safety. Policyholders earning the KEMI Destiny Award effectively demonstrate to KEMI their ability to manage a formal safety program, provide on-site training and regular safety meetings for employees, and display an ongoing commitment to safety from all levels throughout their organizations.

Adair County Schools, a three-time recipient, was selected after meeting a stringent set of criteria set forth by KEMI.

According to Administrative Assistant to Superintendent/Human Resource Director Carolee Lloyd, "Safety plays a fundamental role in shaping the culture of the Adair County School District by fostering an environment where students, staff, and the community feel secure and supported. A strong safety culture promotes physical, emotional, and psychological well-being, allowing students to focus on learning and personal development.

Lloyd continued, "It includes proactive measures like safety protocols, regular drills, and mental health resources to ensure that the school is prepared for various challenges. When safety is a core value, it encourages trust, respect, and accountability, reinforcing a positive and inclusive educational atmosphere where everyone feels valued and protected."


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2024-11-18 17:18:19 | Comments | Printable version

American White Pelican spotted at Wolf Creek Dam

According to an ebird checklist that was submitted on Sunday, November 17, 2024, an American White Pelican was spotted flying over Wolf Creek Dam in Russell County.

American White Pelicans are sometimes seen in great numbers on Kentucky Lake in Western Kentucky--and a solitary bird has been observed at Falls of the Ohio just across the river from Louisville on and off since late July--but they are not frequent visitors to the rest of the state.


2024-11-18 17:15:46 | Comments | Printable version

CAUD asking customers to help identify lead pipes

From Ashley Bennett
Columbia/Adair Utilities District

Many of you have received a card in the mail stating that "Your water service line has been identified as being made of an unknown material," and are wondering what it is all about. By this we are hoping to help you understand a little bit better.

Basically, the EPA office is requiring that we collect some type of proof of what type of water line is coming into the home or establishment. A photo would be the best form of proof. If a photo could be taken of the line/pipe that comes into the home and emailed to ashley.bennett@caud.net, that would be much appreciated. If you are unable to send an email, please contact our office at 270-384-2181 for further instructions.

Thank you for your cooperation and patience as we navigate this process together. --CAUD

The card that was mailed says the following:


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Record number of apprentices active in training programs

From Jill Midkiff/Kevin Kinnaird

Frankfort, KY - On November 18, 2024, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that a record number of Kentuckians are actively pursuing pathways to good, high-paying jobs across the commonwealth through registered apprenticeship programs.

As this week marks the 10th anniversary of National Apprenticeship Week, Gov. Beshear touted statistics from the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS) and the Office of Employer and Apprenticeship Services that show Kentucky logged 6,639 active apprentices during federal fiscal year 2023 - a record high for a single year. That number exceeds the previous year's total by 15% and more than doubles the number of active apprentices recorded a decade earlier.

"Kentucky's economy is on fire, and the demand for highly skilled workers right now is surpassing anything we could have ever imagined," said Gov. Beshear. "I encourage any Kentuckian who's just starting out or maybe searching for a new career to consider enrolling in a registered apprenticeship program, which allows you to cash a paycheck while learning a marketable new skill."


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ACES SBDM Council to meet Nov 19

From M. Jordan Williams, Principal
Adair County Elementary School

Adair County Elementary School's School-Based Decision Making Council will conduct their regularly scheduled meeting at 3:30pmCT on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The meeting will be held in the library of ACES, 870 Indian Dr., Columbia, KY, and is open to the public.


2024-11-18 16:51:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Fellowship of Christian Athletes Banquet held at 3Trees

From Mark Fudge

More than 130 people gathered at 3Trees Church in Columbia on Thursday, November 7, 2024, for the Southcentral Kentucky Area Banquet for Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

The counties of Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Russell and Taylor counties make up the Southcentral Kentucky area FCA. More than 3,000 students in the six counties meet weekly through FCA.

Area FCA Director Brett Bradford opened the ceremony, and the guest speaker for the event was Chris Morgan, FCA Director at the University of Louisville as well as chaplain for the men's football and baseball teams.


2024-11-18 14:14:40 | Comments | Printable version

Personnel Committee to meet Nov 22

From Bridget Compton
Adair County Deputy Judge Executive
Road Administrative Assistant & Solid Waste Coordinator

The Adair County Fiscal Court Personnel Committee will meet at 8:30amCT on Friday, November 22, 2024, in the basement of the Adair County Annex building located at 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY.

The public is invited to attend.


2024-11-18 13:58:55 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

Lindsey Wilson College Brass Ensemble to perform at CUMC

By Doug Beard

Everyone is invited to begin their Thanksgiving holiday week by attending a special service at Columbia United Methodist Church, with a performance by the Lindsey Wilson College Brass Ensemble.

Please make plans to join us at 10amCT on Sunday, November 24, 2024, for beautiful music during an inspirational time of worship. Sunday School begins at 9amCT.

Columbia United Methodist Church is located at 202 Burkesville St., Columbia, KY.


2024-11-18 13:53:20 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News

CMC expanding essential healthcare services to Adair Co.

From Bart Logsdon

Community Medical Care (CMC), a long-standing nonprofit dedicated to providing healthcare support to seniors and working adults in need, is expanding its reach to Adair County. With the opening of its second remote office, CMC Adair, the organization aims to bring vital healthcare services and prescription assistance to qualified seniors and adults in Adair County, beginning in January 2025.

For over 20 years, CMC has been a lifeline in Barren County, helping thousands access life-saving prescription medications and essential healthcare. Since joining the T.J. Community Mission Foundation (TJCMF) in 2022, CMC has furthered its mission to serve even more Kentuckians in need. After opening CMC Metcalfe in January 2024, CMC Adair is the next step in that journey, bringing essential resources to an underserved community and helping those who might otherwise go without crucial healthcare support.

Through CMC Adair, qualifying Adair County residents, including seniors (65 and older), working adults (18-64), and adults aged 60-64 on disability, will have access to assistance with high prescription costs, dentures, hearing aids, and doctors' appointments with minimal co-pays. This new initiative will help reduce out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, easing the financial burden for individuals and families already struggling to make ends meet.


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2024-11-18 10:48:07 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Health Care

Adair Co. Grand Jury November 14 indictments

On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Adair County Circuit Court Grand Jury met and handed down indictments against 11 individuals from Columbia, Glasgow, Russell Springs, and Science Hill, KY. Charges included disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, possession, speeding, theft, cultivation of marijuana, burglary, criminal mischief, driving on a suspended license, DUI, trafficking, sodomy, unlawful transactions with a minor, and illegal sexual act with a minor under 16.

NOTE: Indictments are considered formal charges. An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceeding.

The indictments can be viewed here:
2024-11-18-Adair-Indictments-130-140-Redacted (PDF, 10.4MB)


2024-11-18 10:42:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Jane Lampton Chapter, NSDAR has busy November meeting

From Lila Ford, Treasurer

This past week the Jane Lampton Chapter, NSDAR met at the Adair County Genealogy Research Center to hold our November meeting. A couple of items that we would like to share with you all.

First, the chapter took up the Send Our Troops Christmas Card challenge that the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution sent to all chapters, to mail our christmas cards to our troops overseas. Well, our little chapter of only 30 members surpassed that request and mailed out 331 christmas cards that we hope will express to our troops that we are thinking of them during this time of year.

We also collected items from our members to send to our troops overseas from the wishlist they would like to have with them at this time.


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Thanksgiving Homecoming Service at Trinity Church

From Phyllis Burris
Trinity Church Administrative Assistant

Trinity Church is having their 2024 Thanksgiving Homecoming Service this Sunday, November 24, 2024. Service times are 9amCT and 10:30amCT.

Come and celebrate God's grace and goodness in the Trinity Church! All persons who have ever been a part of Trinity are invited to come and remember, and to come and enjoy the Lord Jesus together.

Trinity Church is located at 2418 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY. For more information, please call the church at 270-384-3259.


2024-11-18 10:20:00 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News

Shout Out to the Piecemakers Quilt Guild

Kim Harwood, Executive Director
Edmonton Metcalfe Chamber of Commerce

Shout Out to the Piecemakers Quilt Guild and Chris Lagermann for making the Quilts for Heros Presentation on Veteran's Day so special.

It was six years ago when Becky London spearheaded the Quilts for Heroes project and six quilts were presented to local veterans.

This year twenty three quilts were presented. There is a lot of sewing, time, and love going in to these gifts.


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Austyn Griffin, 24, Adair County, KY (1999-2024)

Austyn Dillon Griffin, of Columbia, KY., was born on December 28, 1999, in Waycross Georgia to Donald Graf and Stephanie Carlson Graf.

He departed this life on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, having attained the age of twenty-four years, ten months and sixteen days.


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2024-11-18 09:53:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Video: Witness a theft at 3 in the morning



Read Steve Kickert's Raccoon rescue in Daniel Boone Forest dumpster for context and you'll see why I'm inspired to share this dramatic take-out of a trash bag on Fortune Street in downtown Columbia. - LW


2024-11-18 09:34:12 | Comments | Printable version

Nov. 18-22 proclaimed Crash Responder Safety Week

From Marla Marrs

Frankfort, KY - To help safeguard those who protect us, Gov. Andy Beshear is proclaiming November 18-22, 2024, as Crash Responder Safety Week in Kentucky.

"Emergency responders and public safety personnel statewide put their lives on the line daily to help Kentuckians and travelers on our roads," said Gov. Beshear. "By slowing down and moving over when they're working, we can do our part to keep these roadside heroes safe too."

Kentucky's "Slow Down, Move Over" law recently expanded to protect a wider range of roadside responders and citizens, requiring drivers to move over a lane or reduce their speed when approaching any stationary vehicle displaying flashing lights or warning signals, including emergency, towing and disabled vehicles.


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for November 18
Happy Anniversary, Christopher and Theresa Ingermann (1988) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Tim and Dawn Baker (1989) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Anita Fletcher | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Caleb LaFond | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Casey Hadley (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Doug Hoffman | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Gracie Young | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Harrison Courtney | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Isabella Marie Savage (2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jake Zimmerman | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jan Royse | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Joshua Hilling | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kade Somerville | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Katie Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kayla Bennett (1994) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kim Keltner | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lisa Stovall | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Madison Grace Coomer (2002) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Maranda Carter | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mary Shea | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Patricia Bennett | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Randolph Lewis | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Serenity Jade Topping (2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Teresa Rowe | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday,Tausha Ann Spears Brown | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joyce Blevins Salmon, Taylor Co., KY (1938-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Louis White, Taylor Co., KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nathaniel Thurman Milby, Green Co., KY (1934) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cully Teague, Jeffersonville, IN (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edwin S. Nolt, Liberty, KY (Nov. 18, 1944-Nov. 18, 2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Layton L. Rogers, Sr., Casey Co., KY (1932-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Louise Dunbar Nobles, Adair Co., KY (1932-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Pierce, Adair County, KY (1936-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Perry Pennington, Breeding, KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sarah Affield Davis, Taylor Co., KY (1969-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Quincy McQueary, 38, Russell Co., KY (1976-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kay Lowe, 57, Russell Co., KY (1958-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Petty Turner, 68, Columbia, KY (1947-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Lyle Earhart, 73, Metcalfe Co., KY (1942-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Elmer Hickerson Gipson, 93, Taylor Co., KY (1922-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dale W. Mullins, 92, Russell Co., KY (1924-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Sebastion, 81, Taylor Co., KY/Metcalfe Co., KY native (1935-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Schickel, 91, Cumberland Co., KY (1925-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Leroy Mark Yokley, Metcalfe County, KY (1931-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Raymond Followell, Casey County, KY (1963-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Amanda Dawn Phelps, Russell Springs, KY (1972-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Beulah Witt Davis, 92, Casey County, KY (1925-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlie Pingleton (1985-2017), LWC Wrestling Icon Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Constance (Connie) Hopper Jones, 71, Russell Springs, KY (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Patrick (Pat) Wethington, 70, Cambpellsville, KY native (1950-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Floyd Lee Roy, Dunnville, KY (1940-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Garmoline Carpenter, Russell Springs, KY (1928-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Greg Atwood, 57, Casey County, KY (1961-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hershel Wayne Flowers, 87, formerly of Burkesville, KY (1932-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Isaiah Crew, 18, Liberty, KY (2003-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John Douglas Hoffman, 78, Columbia, KY (1942-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Laura Myrtle Grider, 87, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ross Albert Mensik, Jr., 76, Taylor Co., KY (1939-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Russell Glen Mobley, 84, Taylor County, KY (1933-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherman Dale Darnell (1952-1997) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tama Collen Dixon, 59, Owensboro, KY (1959-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia O. Minor, 89, Campbellsville, KY (1931-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Monday, November 18, 2024
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:00amCTOperation Christmas Child National Collection Week | (ID:67649, Comment)
4:00pmCTPlanning & Zoning Board Hearing
Variance request for property located at 116 Heskamp Street | (ID:67923, Comment)
5:00pmCTOCC collection 5pmCT to 7pmCT
First Church of the Nazarene/Wheet Fellowship Hall, 1200 Jamestown Street Columbia | (ID:67863, Comment)
5:30pmCTLittle League Basketball: K-1 Black Indians vs. Blue Indians | (ID:67837, Comment)
Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic | (ID:67871, Comment)
6:00pmCTAdair Co. Cattlemen's Association Meeting | (ID:67753, Comment)
6:30pmCTLittle League Basketball: K-1 Black Indians vs. Red Indians | (ID:67838, Comment)
7:30pmCTLittle League Basketball: K-1 Gray Indians vs Green Indians | (ID:67839, Comment)

 


































 
 
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