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By Drew Bergman Contributor With daily changes to our lives and routines, it is important that we remember how far we have come in the first three weeks of this month. While new tasks and challenges lie ahead of us as we press on into spring, this article will review the pronouncements of the past…

By Jeff Neagle Editor With the selection of Branscum Construction as the contractor for the new building that will house the Genealogy and Local History Department of the Adair County Public Library, the Library Board is anxious for work to begin. South Central Designs is the company that designed the new building. “The design adds…

Friends from Adair and Taylor counties and across the commonwealth are joining together on Friday, March 6 for “A Day of Prayer and Encouragement for Bam Carney.” Carney, who represents the 51st District in the Kentucky House of Representatives and is a teacher in Taylor County, has been hospitalized since Dec. 22, 2019 after suffering…

In the last days of his term, Governor Matt Bevin exercised his right to pardon several individuals who were convicted of crimes. Among those he selected to pardon was Blake Walker. Walker was convicted in 2003 of two counts of murder. He plead guilty in Adair County Circuit Court to the murder of his parents,…

              Last Thursday, the Dollar General Store located at 7775 Campbellsville Road just inside the Adair County line was the scene of an armed robbery. Timothy Smith, 34, and Brittni Smith, 31, have been identified by the Adair County sheriff’s office to be suspects in the crime. At 1:33…

The Adair County Fiscal Court has created a safety committee to work toward improving safety for all county employees. The committee met last week with Dwayne Litton from the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) to discuss their first steps toward increasing safety for employees in every department. KACo is a service organization that serves all…

Senator Max Wise was in Columbia on Tuesday for a town hall meeting to discuss the upcoming legislative session that begins in January. The 60-day session will be a budget session as the legislature considers expenditures for the next two fiscal years. Wise began, “I’m being very honest with people to say this is probably…