From the Columbia Adair County Fire Department We would like to congratulate Firefighter Christian Arbec for being awarded Firefighter of the Year! Christian has been on the fire department for …

When Amanda Graziano and her fiancé, Stacia Jo Hill, won the Columbia Police Department’s “Best Halloween Decorations” award, it was a surprise to them but few others. …

One day when Russell Lunsford was a Chief Warrant Officer in the military, a Master Sergeant made her way into a group of soldiers covered in dirt and sand from combat in Afghanistan. She approached …

Black Friday used to be the day that millions of people would rush to get the latest toy or electronic before it sold out. Post-pandemic, in the age of online shopping, larger companies have seen the …

Beginning a new Christmas tradition can be both exciting and stressful, and the folks at the Adair County Genealogy & History Research Center feel good about theirs. 2024 will be the first year …

This year, the annual Holiday Bazaar will be held at the Adair County Extension Office on Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, a change from the earlier start times of previous years. A change in time, …

Adair County ‘s Brayton Coomer signed to Morehead State University on Monday where he will continue his studies and playing baseball.

Members of the Columbia Baptist Church finished packing their 1151 shoebox gifts into 73 cartons in preparation for national collection week which begins Monday November 18 and runs through Monday, …

More than 130 people recently attended the Southcentral, Kentucky FCA Area banquet. The counties of Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Russell and Taylor counties make up the Southcentral Kentucky …

Ernestine Bennett, genealogist and cataloger with the Adair County Genealogy Center, has a soft spot for old country stores—enough of a soft spot to write two books about them: “The Old …

Record player company Crosley has recently hosted a contest where Kentucky high school art departments get to design their own Crosley Cruiser and submit it for the Internet to vote on. There are 25 …

Mark Harris has done everything. He has been a police officer, police chief, hardware store employee, city councilman, mayor of Columbia, and rockstar rhythm guitarist of the Green River Band. And …

The annual Adair County Book Fair hosted by the Genealogy Center was held this Saturday at the VFW Building in Columbia. The book fair is intended to help promote local authors. This year, there were …

“You know, all four of us, we all got a common denominator in our job. And that is keeping our kids safe,” Officer Luttrell said of his fellow school resource officers. “And I think …

On Monday, Mayor Pam Hoots brought National First Responders Day to Columbia by issuing a proclamation to recognize the holiday locally. Joining her for the Proclamation where Police Chief Evan …

LEXINGTON, KY (10/23/2024)-- The UK Alumni Association announced the Alumni Ambassadors for the 2024-2025 academic year. Among them is Jacob Grider of Columbia, KY (42728), a student in the College …

On Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., TJ Health Columbia will host a health fair. The health fair functions as something of a small, health-related festival. It will feature booths where attendees can …

Most people would never know 23-year-old Columbia native MaKayla Burton had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Outside of the odd reference of support she has received on an online …

Collecting signatures of as many attendees as she could, Anita Dial estimated there were over 90 people at Monday’s Silent City—double the number as last year. And one of the …

Professional Las Vegas magician Lance Burton will be pulling out all the stops in support of the Adair County Middle School cheerleaders by bringing a full hour and a half show to his hometown of …

First-year Beta Club members Ellie Staten, Ryanna Hale, and Ainsley Bryant, organized a food drive that resulted in over 1,000 non-perishable food items being collected for the Adair County Food …

Only a few months after being elected to her second year as president of Adair County Arts, former school teacher Anne Bird had an accident on April 22 of this year. It happened when she was walking …

Two Adair County students independently qualified to play in the first round of the 2024 KHSAA State Golf Tournament. Ila Loy qualified for the girls’ competition, and Kaden Burton qualified …

Soldiers are no strangers to braving harsh conditions. So, when Hurricane Helene’s remnants stretched into south central Kentucky on Friday, local nonprofit Warrior Muskie Hunt made the …