The event will be held on Saturday, June 20th at the Adair Co. Public Library...

Everyone is invited to the ARC Pregnancy Support Center Ribbon Cutting on Friday, June 5, 2026 at 11:45amCT at their new location, 82 Brian Walters Drive, Russell Springs, KY....

The Russell County Farmer's Market will open for the season on Friday, June 5, 2026 from 7:30am-12:00pmCT. The market will also be open on Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 9:00am-12:00pmCT. The location is at 2688 U.S. 127, Russell Springs, KY (in front of the Russell County Extension Office) and across from Mighty Dollar.

We are once again hosting our FCA golf scramble to help send students to summer FCA camps and purchase Bibles. This year‘s event will take place at the Lindsey Wilson Pines golf course in Columbia on June 12, 2026. Your support last year was greatly appreciated and we hope you will consider us again this year. Our huddle leaders and coaches are meeting with hundreds of students in Adair, Russell, Clinton and Cumberland counties each week.

Thanks so much for your prayers and support,

Mark Fudge

The City of Columbia, in conjunction with Lindsey Wilson University, is happy to invite everyone to a public lecture on Monday, June 8th, 2026 at the Katie Murrell Library, hosted by renowned artist Jeanie Edwards.

Edwards is one of the premier wildlife artists in the South being based in Appalachian North Carolina, but having much of her work on display at Lindsey Wilson University. More information on her and her work can be found at https://www.jedwardsfineart.com/jeanie-edwards.

The lecture will be attended by high school art students from Adair, Green, and Taylor counties as well as Lindsey Wilson art students. The lecture will begin at 11:00 AM and Edwards' art will continue to be on display at the Katie Murrell Library until June 8th.

The Cranmer Dining Center will be open for lunch following the lecture.

The City will be making a presentation to Edwards at the event. 

The monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 9th at 12pmCT...

Food trucks will be set up behind the Welcome & Development Center (Chamber building) every Thursday in June...

The Russell Co. Jaycees Fair starts Friday, May 29th and runs through Saturday, June 6th...

Children ages 1-18 can eat 2 hot meals in June for free!

The 7th annual “Truck It Up,” will be held on Friday, June 26, 2026 in the City of Columbia parking lot at the corner of Campbellsville Street and Merchant Street. It will be an activity the City of Columbia is happy to bring back for yet another year to offer increased culinary options in Columbia. Food trucks representing different food choices will be there from 11 a.m. until closing.

Some already scheduled include:

• Shogun’s of Bowling Green
• The 5000 of Campbellsville
• Luxe Lemon of Columbia

If you would like to schedule your food truck, please contact City Hall at 270-384-2501.

There will also be some food trucks in the same area on Friday, July 10th:

• Wicked Weiners of Columbia
• Luxe Lemon of Columbia
• Brother’s Barbecue of Campbellsville

This will be in conjunction with a Columbia Cruise-In & Car Show on Saturday, July 11, 2026.

The Cruise-In & Car Show will be held every 3rd Saturday from 1pm-4pm in downtown Russell Springs...
 

JAMESTOWN ELEM. NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION:

• Thursday, June 11^th -  9:00am-1:00pmCT
• Thursday July 16^th -  9:00am-1:00pmCT

 Please call 270-343-3966 if you have any questions.

The City of Columbia, along with the Arts Administration Program at Lindsey Wilson University, will be holding the inaugural Mark Twain Storytelling Festival in June in Columbia. Below is a tentative listing of some of the events for the festival.

On Wednesday, June 10, there will be a proclamation at the Adair County Library/Adair County Genealogical Center at 10 a.m. preceding the event the following week proclaiming the week of June 15-21, 2026 as Mark Twain Storytelling Festival Week in Columbia.

On Monday, June 15, 2026 will be the unveiling of the mural being done by Tezon Mitchell of Greensburg. It is on the building at the corner of Reed Street and Jamestown Street and commemorates Mark Twain and his mother, Jane Clemens. The event will start at 11 a.m.

On Friday, June 19, there will be a reception at the Slider Auditorium at Lindsey Wilson University. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Hoots will give remarks at 6 p.m., the Arts Administration Program will give a presentation immediately after, followed by remarks from Dr. Robert Brock of Lindsey Wilson University.

On Saturday, June 20, there will be speakers throughout the day at the V.P. Henry Auditorium on the campus of Lindsey Wilson University.

The website for t-shirts for the event will open May 31st and the site for tickets is already open.

“We encourage everyone to participate in this event that is a collaboration between Lindsey Wilson University and the City of Columbia, with input and information from the Adair County Genealogical Society,” stated Mayor Hoots.

Local (and area) storytellers who will participate are:

• Mike Watson, a historical perspective
• Mary Hamilton, Kentucky Folklore
• Suzanne Bennett as Jane Todd Crawford
• Richard Phelps as Col William Casey
• Darlene Campbell as Jane Lampton Clements
• Robert Brock as Mark Twain
• Ray Mendenhall, Humorist, storyteller, musician

For further information, contact the Mayor’s Office at (270)-384-6183.