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By Judge Executive Gale Cowan Let me begin by stating we report COVID-19 case information as given by the Lake Cumberland District Health Department.  Adair County reported no active cases of COVID-19 yesterday.  Since then we have had several questions and comments arise from family members of residents at Summit Manor as well as concerned…

By Drew Bergman Contributor The past two months have set one challenge after another at the feet of students and educators and with this past week’s commencement, the class of 2020 celebrated their successes in meeting those challenges. “It’s been really unique,” said Assistant Principal Chad Parnell. “We’re used to spending two to three days…

    By Jeff Neagle Editor   On Thursday, Adair County Superintendent Dr. Pamela Stephens announced that the Adair County School System has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Baylor University to provide meals for students during the school shutdown. “[Board of Education Treasurer] Carol Roy has given me some information today and…

It is with mixed feelings, I have made the decision, to POSTPONE, the 34th Annual Catch A Rainbow Kids Fishing Derby scheduled for June 6, 2020, at the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery. Due to federal, state and local guidelines in place for COVID-19, and with the utmost consideration for the health and well being…

Conservation Officers will be monitoring Kentucky waters FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 21, 2020) – Summer-like temperatures have arrived in Kentucky and many families will be headed to their favorite lake during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, May 23-25. “Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of recreational boating season in Kentucky,” said Maj. Shane Carrier, assistant director…

By Drew Bergman Contributor Yesterday, funeral homes across the Commonwealth effectively reopened their doors as part of Phase 2 of Kentucky’s Healthy at Work initiative following two months of dire limitations. On March 17, Governor Andy Beshear signed an order stating that “all public-facing businesses that encourage public congregation or, that by the nature of…

By Drew Bergman Contributor In a time when every aspect of our lives has been divided along the lines of essential and non-essential, free and open elections remain among the most essential aspects to a free and healthy republic. The question of how to have those elections, a quagmire elsewhere, has been answered in a…

  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…

    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…

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…