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ACHS Band Bus Hit, No One Injured

An Adair County school bus carrying the Adair County High School Pep Band was sideswiped while traveling home from the girl's regional basketball tournament in

C of C Sponsoring Program About Tax Law Changes

Is tax time a source of anxiety or frustration for you? Are you confused about what forms you need to complete? Has Congress enacted new ...

Read Adair County's 10th Anniversary Is A Tremendous Success

The Read Adair County program celebrated a decade of emphasizing the importance of reading Tuesday night with the 10th Annual Read Adair County at Adair ...

LWC Gets NATIONAL Award FOR Students' COMMUNITY SERVICE

Lindsey Wilson College has received a national award for its students' community service. The college has been named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community ...

AUDIT SHOWS CITY CONTINUES TO LOSE MONEY ON UTILITIES

The possibility of merging the City of Columbia's water and sewer utilities with the Adair County Water District has been a topic of considerable discussion ...

Three Are Injured In Collision On KY 80

Three people were injured, one seriously, as a result of a two vehicle accident on KY 80 East Tuesday afternoon. According to a report from ...

KNIFLEY AVFD To Hold Forum For CANDIDATEs

The Knifley Area Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a "Let Your Voice Be Heard" forum for all candidates for office in Adair County on ...

Adair Jail Escapee Remains At Large

An inmate at the Adair County Regional Jail escaped from custody Friday afternoon while taking out garbage from the jail. According to a press release ...

COURT SECURITY Officer PANICS AFTER GETTING LOCKED IN HOlding CELL

While things were running smoothly on the main floor of the new Adair County Judicial Center after it opened yesterday morning, things weren't as calm ...

NEW JUDICIAL CENTER OPENs This Monday

The new Adair County Judicial Center officially opened its doors for business Monday morning, and other than an incident involving a court security officer that ...

Columbia Chosen As Location For Filmmaker's Next Movie

A multi-award winning Hollywood filmmaker has chosen Columbia as the location for his next movie entitled, "Awkward But Beautiful," which is scheduled to begin production ...

THE END OF A LONG ERA: FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER TWO CENTURIES, COUNTY’S CENTER OF JUSTICE Moves

When Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy closed the doors to his office in the old courthouse Friday afternoon in preparation of the move to the ...

Manufacture, Use Of METHamphetamine ON THE RISE AGAIN

The manufacture and use of the drug methamphetamine, most commonly referred to as "meth," which declined somewhat after a new state law made it more ...

Adair Man Arrested After $200,000 Worth Of Stolen Property Is Recovered In County

The Kentucky State Police Vehicle Investigations Branch recovered close to $200,000 worth of stolen property and arrested a Russell Springs man for receiving stolen property. ...

Seven Deaths on State Roads Over Last Week

Preliminary statistics* indicate that twelve people died in twelve separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, February 22 through Sunday, February 28, 2010. ...

RETIRED BUSINESMAN LUTHER COLLINS DIES

Luther Collins, a long-time Columbia pharmacist, businessman, community leader and airplane enthusiast, passed away Saturday morning at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville. He ...

Loy Wins B-Ball Contest

Allen Loy of Columbia won last week's basketball contest by picking 16 games correct, just one more than the rest of the pack that fought ...

Vehicle Fire Halts Traffic on KY61N

A single vehicle fire Tuesday morning resulted in a total loss and kept traffic at a standstill on Greensburg Road for close to an hour. ...

New Judicial Center Opens This Monday

It will be business as usual, except for the location and upgraded office space, for the Adair County Circuit Court Clerk, Pre-Trial Services, the Adair ...

DRIVER TESTING, LICENSE RENEWAL AVAILABLE FRIDAY

Circuit Clerk Dennis Loy's office will be open this Friday, Feb. 26, in the new Adair County Judicial Center for driver's license-related business only. According ...

Art Work Equals Pain Therapy For Daniel Hutcheson

Pain is a constant companion for Daniel Hutcheson. Born with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KT for short), a congenital vascular disorder which, among other things, causes ...

Academic Team Wins Regional Championship

The Adair County High School Academic Team is going back to State Finals after its championship weekend in the 4th Region Governor's Cup at Hart ...

Animal Shelter Will Receive Help From US Humane Society

After the discovery of hundreds of animals living in horrible conditions last Friday the Green River Animal Shelter has been overwhelmed by the influx of ...

Gov. Beshear Releases Plan For Stimulus Dollars

Gov. Steve Beshear today unveiled the "Kentucky at Work" initiative - the details of an estimated $3 billion in stimulus funding from the federal government ...