November 2020 General Election Deadline fast approaching
PLEASE NOTE FILING DEADLINE for 2020 GENERAL FROM THE LAST OF AUGUST TO TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. CST To avoid any delays in the filing of candidate documents to attain ballot access required to file with the County Clerk, candidates should directly contact the county clerk in their county of residence…
Read MoreAdair rallies around Starks
By Drew Bergman Contributor Saturday afternoon posts began to crop up across Facebook with messages of hope, love, and prayers for ACHS junior Brice Starks. Earlier in the day Brice had been involved in a severe ATV accident and had been taken by life flight to the University of Louisville Hospital. While…
Read MoreLibrary to begin curbside service May 13
The Adair County Public Library is happy to announce that curb side service will begin May 13th. We cannot offer any face to face services at this time so this will exclude copy, fax and computer service. Those services will be phased in as Governor’s restrictions are lifted. In order to use curb side service…
Read MoreAdair County applicants still sought for BRIGHT KENTUCKY 2020 Applications; Deadline extended to May 15, 2020
Leadership Kentucky is now accepting applications for the second year of the BRIGHT Kentucky program. BRIGHT Kentucky, coordinated by the Leadership Kentucky Foundation, Inc., is designed to build the capacity of next-generation leaders (average age 21-40) in the Appalachian region of Kentucky to innovate, collaborate, and advance community and economic development. BRIGHT Kentucky engages bright,…
Read MoreAdair County Fair announces cancellation due to COVID-19
Due to virus conditions across Kentucky and the United States, the 2020 Adair County Fair must cancel its Fair events scheduled for the second week of June. We are not able to meet and work together on projects, sell sponsorship’s, or even know for sure if things will be open for business by our dates. Later in…
Read MoreKHSAA: basketball not to resume; spring sports cancelled
With the announcement yesterday of the recommended closure of all K-12 schools to in-person instruction throughout Kentucky for the remainder of the school year, the KHSAA Board of Control today approved the Commissioner’s recommendation and announcement by unanimous vote that the 2020 state basketball tournaments will not be resumed, while also approving the cancellation of…
Read MoreTrinity UMC uplifts their pastor
By Drew Bergman Contributor This is the continuation of a series of weekly articles featured in The Adair Progress about how churches in Adair County are adapting to the social distancing restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. One of the recurring themes that has been reported upon in this series is the ways…
Read MoreJacquelyn “Jackie” Marie Brendel-Kean, 59
Jacquelyn “Jackie” Marie Brendel-Kean, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away suddenly at the age of 59 on April 10, 2020. Jackie was born August 29, 1960 in Buffalo, NY to the late John and Beverley (Cryer) Brendel. She was also preceded in death by a sister Karen Brendel. She graduated from Amherst Central High…
Read MoreDonnie Hughes, 68
Donnie Hughes, 68, of Louisville, Ky, died Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the University of Louisville Hospital. He was born March 20, 1952, in Adair County, to the late Chester and Ruth Moore Hughes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Ralph, Leslie, Chester Jr., Kenny and Jimmy Hughes.…
Read MoreJoyce Rodgers Scobee, 75
Mrs. Joyce Rodgers Scobee, age 75, of Guston, Ky, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. Mrs. Scobee was a longtime member of Hill Grove Baptist Church, where she was also very active in the Silver Bells Widow Group. She had many interests, but absolutely loved to sew…
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