Columbia News

Looking at the figure dressed in black suit and trademark black stovepipe hat leaned back in an old wooden rocking chair on the porch of a log cabin, it wasn’t too hard to imagine being transported back in time 125-plus ...

Two separate accidents in Taylor County in less than a week resulted in the deaths of a Greensburg man and a Campbellsville man. The second of the two accidents occurred early yesterday morning at approximately 7:30 am when two Green ...

Work on the new Wal-Mart Supercenter at Holladay Place is progressing rapidly, and construction on commercial outlets at the new development at the KY 61 South-Louie B. Nunn Parkway interchange will be getting underway in the near future. At Thursday ...

Adair Countians came out in force Friday night at Booster Field to do their part in the battle against cancer by participating in the annual Relay For Life. And by night’s end – which came a little earlier than normal ...

The second day for kindergarten registration and preschool registration and screenings in the Adair County School System for the 2008-2009 school year will be held on  May 16. Registration for kindergarten will be held at Col. William Casey Elementary only. ...

An Adair County woman seriously hurt in an accident on KY 551 last Monday has died as a result of her injuries. Forty-eight-year-old Theresa Hagan of Columbia died Thursday morning at the University of Louisville Hospital, where she had been ...

The still contested race for the Democratic nominee for President of the United States and the three-way race for the Republican nomination for 51st District State Representative are the highlights for local voters in next Tuesday’s primary election. With Barack ...

Lindsey Wilson College’s spring graduates were told not to worry about the tenuous job market and instead focus on “being good at what you do.” That was the advice of commencement speaker Alice Brown at the college’s 87th commencement ceremony, ...

At first glance, one might think that buffalo meat, a women’s fitness center, a Christian gift shop, tanning beds and Smoothies (a milkshake-type concoction made with real fruit) wouldn’t have much in common. But, when Jim and Carol Leib open ...

Lindsey Wilson College will hold an unprecedented three ground-breaking ceremonies on one day to begin a $12 million expansion program. The ground-breaking ceremonies will be held on Monday, May 19. The public is invited to all three ceremonies. The $12 ...

Prior to this week, John E. Hindman, Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, had never stepped foot in Adair County during the 10-plus months he’s been on the job. That changed Monday though, as Hindman came to Columbia ...

The Adair County Fiscal Court met for their regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday night and approved the process for the One Call Now emergency alert system. One Call Now is a telephone based emergency call service that can place 1,000-2,000 ...

The Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May. 20 at 11:45 a.m. at the Columbia United Methodist Church. The guest speaker will be Clara Metzmeier, president of the Giles Society. Metzmeier will talk ...

Ariel Harris, a sophomore at Adair County High School, is one of 60 students selected to participate in The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program. Rogers Scholars is a unique and exciting learning opportunity for a select group of ...

Area residents will have a chance on Monday night to meet the four candidates who want to represent Kentucky’s 51st District in the House of Representatives. A forum for the four candidates will be held at 6 p.m. CT at ...

A former Adair County High School Math teacher and the Adair County School Board are being sued by the parents of a student who he allegedly had sexual relations. The lawsuit filed on March 24, 2008 by attorney Robert L. ...

Columbia City Hall will be larger and will take on a much different appearance in the not-to-distant future. At Monday night’s meeting of the Columbia City Council, Mayor Pat Bell gave an update on the project and presented an architectural ...

The Columbia Utilities Commission, which has overseen the city’s water, sewer and gas operations since the early 1960s, will cease to exist as of the end of the current fiscal year, June 30th. At Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting, ...

Randy H. Flowers, 85, of Columbia, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at 10 p.m. at Westlake Regional Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Foree Hood and Ruth Sublett Hood Bowen and the step-daughter of the late Walter Bowen. ...

The City of Columbia began fine-tuning the city park earlier this week in order to prepare the grounds for the season. Columbia City Road Manager Donnie Rowe along with the city road workers and a couple of inmates from the ...

It was about a year ago when Rollen Coomer, of Fairplay, got up one morning with abdominal pain. The pain radiated down into his groin. He thought it might be pain from his prostate gland but as the day progressed ...

The new construction and remodeling project set for Westlake Regional Hospital is another step closer to the July 1st starting date. At a special called meeting of the Adair County Hospital Board of Trustees, last week, the board selected Branscum ...

With skyrocketing gas prices also driving up the prices of a lot of other things, most notably food, a lot of families and senior citizens often themselves a little short on funds when the try to provide nutritious, balanced meals. ...

The Adair County Water District will be receiving $1,225,000 in state funds to help finance a major expansion of the water system. According to ACWD manager Lenny Stone, the funds for the district are included in this year’s state budget, ...