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Adair County Schools has amended its academic calendar, moving the first day of school for students to Monday, August 24, 2026.  This decision was made after carefully evaluating the final preparations associated with opening the new Adair County Middle School. While construction is substantially complete and significant progress continues to be made, several final items remain in progress. Rather than rushing the transition, district leadership believes it is in the […]

A back-to-school message from Sen. Max Wise:   When students return to class, we often talk about preparing them for the future as though that future exists somewhere far away. In reality, many of the opportunities they are preparing for can be found right here in south-central Kentucky.  That is especially true in agriculture.  Two universities in our district are opening new paths for students who want to build careers in […]

48 - WARRANTS OF ARREST SERVED 7 - CRIMINAL CASES OPENED 7 - CALL RESPONSE REPORTS WRITTEN 11 - DOMESTIC ABUSE CASES WORKED 25 - ACCIDENTS WORKED 12 - OUT OF COUNTY TRANSPORTS 17 - CITATIONS WRITTEN FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 94 - CIVIL PROCESS PAPERS SERVED 3 - CRIMINAL SUMMONSES SERVED 55 - SUBPOENAS SERVED 272 - HOURS OF COURT SECURITY PROVIDED 20 - ANIMAL COMPLAINTS 6 - MOTOR ASSIST […]

COLUMBIA, Ky. (August 1, 2026) - Kentucky State Police Post 15 will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area, which includes Green, Taylor, Marion, Washington, Russell, Casey, Adair, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, and Cumberland counties.  These checkpoints will be conducted as part of Post 15’s highway safety efforts. Troopers will be checking for violations of Kentucky traffic and regulatory laws including, but not limited to, motor vehicle […]

Sheriff Gary Roy reports that on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at approximately 6:20 a.m., deputies with the Adair County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 4000 block of Highway 55 South in reference to a two-vehicle collision.  The preliminary investigation determined that Dustin McGuffin, who was traveling southbound on Highway 55 South, crossed the centerline into the northbound lane of travel. Shawbtae Giftee, of Indiana, was traveling northbound toward Columbia when […]

Round 2 projects to encourage future investment and job creation in 8 communities. FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 30, 2026) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced further investment in the state’s site and building development efforts as more than $5.2 million was approved to support future investment and job creation in Adair, Ballard, Clinton, Floyd, Madison, Magoffin, Monroe and Montgomery counties through the Kentucky Product Development Initiative (KPDI). “Team Kentucky is continuing […]

Mahalia Cain of Williamsburg, Kentucky, joined by counseling professor Ed Gunberg to present research at Oxford Institute for Global Education and Clinical Practice in Psychology and Counseling.  by Duane Bonifer  COLUMBIA, KY. (07/30/2026) Lindsey Wilson University doctoral student Mahalia Cain recently took her research overseas while widening her professional circle.  Cain presented her work at the International Association of Psychology and Counseling's 2026 Oxford Institute for Global Education and Clinical Practice in […]

Course taught by English professor Karolyn Steffens uses the same translation of epic Greek poem that informed Christopher Nolan's blockbuster adaptation.  by Duane Bonifer  COLUMBIA, KY. (07/29/2026) Few audience members are better prepared to see Christopher Nolan's blockbuster adaptation of Homer's "The Odyssey" than Lindsey Wilson University students who have taken English professor Karolyn Steffens' "Mythology & Folklore in Literature" class.  "The Odyssey," which tells the story of Odysseus, the Greek […]