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Local pharmacy break-in

4/27/2015

Columbia Police Department responded to an early morning break in at local pharmacy.

On 04-26-2015 at aprox. 6:13 a.m. CPD officers responded to an alarm at Certa Care pharmacy located at 937 Campbellsville rd. Officers arrived on scene promptly only to find the perpetrator or perpetrators were already gone. A quantity of controlled prescription substances were took.

Officers were able to recover physical evidence including the lifting of fingerprints which will be sent for analysis. It is believed that the suspect or suspects arrived at location by foot with a vehicle parked nearby. Campbellsville street is a very highly traveled roadway and we would like to ask the public for their assistance. If anyone seen anyone walking on Campbellsville street or in the immediate area between the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m on Sunday morning 04-26-2015 please contact Columbia Police Department at 270-384-4119. As always you may remain anonymous. Thank You

The case is being investigated by Ofc. Josh Brockman with assistance from Ofc. Jamie Cole

ACHS Fabrication Team takes State Skills USA Completion

4/27/2015

The Adair County High School Lake Cumberland Technical Center Satellite Campus is proud to announce that after less than one year in existence instructor Barney Taylor and his Welding Fabrication team have won the school’s first State Title at the Skills USA Completion that was held this past weekend in Louisville KY. The team who consist of Dusty Claiborne (Son of Kevin and Shamarie Claiborne), Josh Grant (Son of Andy Grant and Denise Grant), and Chad Scholl (Son of Brad and Lachana Scholl) not only won prizes for their first place win but each received $7000 dollars in scholarship money to the Kentucky Welding Institute. With this win they advance to the National Skills USA competition held in June.

Superintendent Reed’s reaction was “Tremendous!!!” and that sentiment is echoed throughout our district we could not be prouder of Mr. Taylor and his students. Keep up the great work! And the best of luck at National Skills USA.

From left Chad Scholl, Josh Grant, Dusty Claiborne, and Instructor Barney Taylor.

EF-1 Tornado touches down in Adair County

4/27/2015

Tornado Information from Adair County Emergency Management Director,

I have spent the day (Sunday April 26th) with NWS Meteorologist Joe Sullivan surveying damage from a tornado that occurred during the severe weather event Saturday night(April 25th, 2015). The path of what we now know was an EF-1 tornado originated in between the Glens Fork and Joppa communities on Dale Morrison Road. The tornado then continued east toward E Curry Road, crossing Montpelier Road heading toward and crossing the first entrance to Old Montpelier Rd. The tornado held its direction before crossing Old Montpelier Road a second time just South of Holliday Road. After the second crossing of Old Montpelier Road the tornado dissipated and took a right turn (south) before terminating near the Reynolds Creek bridge on Acree Road. The tornados path was 3.8 miles long and had a damage width of up to 150 yards. The wind speed estimated maximum was 105 to 110 MPH in damaged areas.

While three cows have been injured during this event I am thankful to report that no injuries to residents or responding personnel have been reported. The unpredictability of a severe thunderstorm should never be underestimated.

Numerous barns, cattle feeding structures, out buildings, garages and wooded areas have sustained damage ranging from minor to destroyed. Homes in the area have only reported minor damage mostly to shingle and metal roofing.

I would like to personally thank the numerous community members that have come to assist their neighbors in their time of need. I must also recognize the work of our state and local officials, along with our public and private sector response agencies.

Mike Keltner

Adair County Emergency Management Director

Inaugural Lindsey Wilson Mental Health Symposium

4/27/2015

A total of 67 mental health professionals from Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia attended the inaugural Lindsey Wilson College Mental Health Symposium, held Saturday at the liberal arts college.

The conference – which had the theme was “Professional Counseling in Action, and Appalachian Americans: Issues and Concerns for Counseling and Psychotherapy” – was kicked off by a keynote talk by internationally recognized mental health professional Cirecie West-Olatunji. West-Olatunji is associate professor and academic program director of the University of Cincinnati Counseling Program and Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress Research. She is also past-president of the American Counseling Association.

Casey County Fatal Collision

4/27/2015

Tpr. Nick Hale is investigating a collision that occurred Friday at 6:24 PM EDT on KY 837, 6 miles east of Yosemite.

31-year-old Justin Denson of Liberty, Ky. was traveling north on KY 837, operating a 2006 Honda that crossed the center line and struck a 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle operated by 17-year-old Taylor Woods of Waynesburg, Ky, head-on.

Denson was wearing a seatbelt and was transported from the scene to the UK Medical Center in Lexington, Ky. Woods was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Casey County Coroner. Tpr. Hale was assisted by Casey County Fire, EMS and Rescue.

Monroe County Man Charged with Murder

4/27/2015

A Monroe Co. man has been charged with Murder.

33-year-old Joshua Covey of Tompkinsville, Ky. was arrested on Wednesday, April 22nd at approximately 5:27 PM CST and charged with Murder and Persistent Felony Offender 2nd Degree.

Covey was arrested on an indictment warrant in connection to the death of 46-year-old Darlya Goad of Tompkinsville, Ky. that occurred in April of 2014.

Detective Mike Dubree is investigating.

Absentee voting machine now open

4/27/2015

The absentee voting machine for individuals who qualify is now open in the Adair County Clerks Office during normal business hours, Monday-Friday 8am to 4pmCT & Saturday 8amCT to 12pmCT.

Kentucky registered voters may vote at the precinct on election day or, if eligible, may cast an absentee ballot by mail or in the Adair County Clerks Office prior to election day, Kentucky law does not provide for early voting or unexcused absentee voting.

Absentee ballots can only be obtained by contacting the Adair County Clerks Office in the Adair Annex on the Public Square. For more info. call 270-384-2801.

LWC Founders’ Day Dinner

4/27/2015

The Lindsey Wilson College community needs to be scared by its dreams.

That was the message LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. told more than 400 guests Thursday night at the college’s annual Founders’ Day Dinner, held in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

Luckey said that LWC needs bold dreams in order for the college to maintain the remarkable trajectory it has experienced during his presidency, which began in 1998.

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough,” said Luckey, who is the college’s eighth president. “We -- you and I working together -- have some dreams still left to fulfill. And, no, it won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.”

One reason Luckey said the college will fulfill those dreams is because of its broad base of support.

“I’m so grateful to be here … surrounded by so many people who care so deeply about this college and its students,” he said.

In the dinner’s keynote address, LWC alumnus and Trustee Chris Estes of Lexington, Ky., urged audience members to “get out of the fog of the complex, into the clarity of the simple” by focusing on “deposits” that can “help people win.”

Estes told the Founders’ Day audience to “make deposits with your words, time and resources.”

“It’s a great flame that follows a little spark, and all we have to be is that little spark that creates the great flame,” he said.

Earlier in the day, the LWC community dedicated the Dr. Shilpan M. Patel ’04 Amphitheater. The amphitheater, which was built in 2002 when the Campus Quadrangle was opened, was named after the 2004 alumnus because of his support of the college.

“From the first day I stepped foot on this place, it felt like a small family,” Patel said. “It felt like somewhere where I could fit in.”

Patel, who now practices medicine at Morgan County ARH Hospital in West Liberty, Ky., said the hours he spent as a student in the amphitheater that now bears his name prepared him for his profession.

“I spent many hours in this place -- it just seemed like a place where I got to see how people’s body language worked,” he said. “I think it’s a skill I that I learned to cultivate here, and it helps me out in my profession now to build engaging and dynamic conversations to change the way they live.”

‘Julius Caesar’ opens four-performance run at LWC

4/23/2015

The Lindsey Wilson College Theatre Program’s production of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar opened Wednesday night at V.P. Henry Auditorium to a crowd of more than 150. The tragedy will be performed 7 p.m. CT Thursday and Friday nights, then at 2 p.m. CT Sunday, all in V.P. Henry Auditorium. The play is directed by LWC Assistant Professor of Theatre Robert Brock.

Front row, from left: Rachel Finch of Bowling Green, Ky. (Stage Manager); Caitlin Corder of Monticello, Ky. (Lucius); Natiaha Sigurbjartsson of Columbia (Cicero/Strato); Sarah Wood of Bowling Green, Ky. (Cassius); Susan Herrington of Dearborn, Mich. (Portia); Mariah Lane of Henderson, Ky. (Metellus); Charlotte Archie of Columbia (Octavius’ Servant); Ladevany Franklin of Glasgow, Ky. (Sound); and Erika Finley of Hopkinsville, Ky. (Artemidorus/ Octavius).

Back row, from left: James Northcutt of Hopkinsville, Ky. (Decius/Lepidus); Ulis Lingar of Pineville, Ky. (Mark Antony); Seth Slone of Danville, Ky. (Julius Caesar); Kyle Hornback of Mammoth Cave, Ky. (Brutus); Assistant Professor of Theatre Robert Brock; Chelsea Pike of Campbellsville, Ky. (Calphurnia); Jeremy Cloyd of Tompkinsville, Ky. (Casca); Michael Hook of Louisville, Ky. (Soothsayer/Titinius); and Court Mace of Florence, Ky. (Cinna/Pindarus).

KET crew visits area for a story about LWC

4/23/2015

Lindsey Wilson College President William T. Luckey Jr., far right, and Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sue Stivers, far left chat with Amy Hess and John Schroering of KET Wednesday morning in the narthex of John B. Begley Chapel. Hess and Schroering were in town to interview Luckey for a piece about Lindsey Wilson to be featured in an upcoming edition of KET’s award-winning program Kentucky Life.