Lakefest on the square in Jamestown is today

Open houses at Russell County Schools will take place this week with the first day of school next week. Tomorrow, open house will take place at Jamestown, Russell Springs, and Salem Elementary Schools from 5-7 p.m. Open House for Russell County Middle School and Russell County High School will take...

Russell County Judge Executive Gary Robertson announced appointments to two local boards Monday night. Robertson appointed Brittany Meece-Stephens to the Library Board to replace outgoing member Stephanie McGowan. Stephens’ term will end June 30, 2023. On the tourism board, Robertson appointed Jared Popplewell to replace Anissa Hammond, who stepped...

There will be a special-called meeting of the Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in the board room at the Russell County Tourist Office. The meeting takes the place of this month’s regular meeting as Tourist Director Danielle Wilson will be out of town, working at the Kentucky State Fair during that time.

Jackie Lawless, 76, of Jamestown, KY, passed away Saturday, August 6th, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, KY. Jackie was born in Louisville, KY on January 31, 1946, a daughter of the late Wilma (Jackson) and Chester Hicks. She was a retired teacher. Jackie is survived by. Husband, Clifford Lawless,...

Open House events at each of the local elementary schools will be today. Open House events at Jamestown, Russell Springs, and Salem Elementary schools will be from 5-7 p.m. this evening. Russell County Schools will be collecting gift card donations and cash during these open house events. Suggested gift cards...

A portion of KY 70 in neighboring Casey County will be temporarily closed today as transportation cabinet crews replace a cross drain beneath the roadway. KY 70 will be closed to through traffic between the intersection of KY 206 and V. Goode Road and motorists will detour via KY 206.

Following the swearing in of two new police officers in Vance Davis and Greg Brown last week, Russell Springs Mayor Eddie Thomas swore in another new officer, Blake Adamson, to the expanding Russell Springs Police Department on Monday afternoon. Adamson has been serving as a patrol safety officer for the...

A new report by the Kentucky State Data Center projects Russell County’s population to continue to grow by 2025, eventually crossing 18,000 population before declining again. The data center released a report last week detailing population projections for each of Kentucky’s 120 counties from present to the year 2050....

Online applications are being accepted through Friday, August 12 at fw.ky.gov for special mentor-youth dove hunts offered by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The department offers these hunts to allow adults to provide youths with a quality dove hunting experience. Participation is limited to avoid crowding of...

Russell County Schools will be collecting gift card donations and cash during each school’s open house this week. Businesses, community members, staff, students, organizations and individuals can bring donated gift cards to one of the school open houses this week, according to Superintendent Michael Ford. Russell County Schools Family...

Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles is inviting Kentuckians to celebrate Kentucky Farmers’ Markets Week this week by supporting the Kentucky farm families who bring fresh farm products to the consumers. This year’s Farmers’ Markets Week salutes the 170 farmers’ markets in 112 Kentucky counties. In those 170 markets,...

In an uplifting update to a story we brought you on local news last week, Ben Jones, a 15-year-old Russell County High School sophomore who organized a gift card drive for flood victims in hard-hit Floyd County in eastern Kentucky, will deliver $4,500 in gift cards to the area this week.

Russell County remains yellow on the latest COVID spread map released by the Kentucky Department for Public Health. Meanwhile, neighboring Adair and Pulaski County have moved to green, indicating a low level of community spread of the virus. Yellow indicates a medium spread, while red indicates a high spread. Neighboring...

Semifinalists for the Kentucky Teacher of the Year award have been announced and includes a teacher from Clinton County Middle School in nearby Albany. Danielle Hicks, an 8th grade ELA teacher at CCMS, joins 10 others contending in the elementary, middle and high school categories. One of the teachers will be selected as Teacher of the Year in a ceremony scheduled for September 20th.

A contraband and drug trafficking investigation by the Columbia Police Department in neighboring Adair County came to an end on Monday. The investigation began back on May 4th of this year when officers were notified by Adair County Regional Jail after suspected narcotics were found by deputy jailers there. After...

The Russell County Sheriff’s Office has released its monthly report for the month of July. Last month, the sheriff’s office received 387 calls for service, performed 13 arrests, nine mental health transports, and had 48 court papers received. Court security officers drove more than 5,000 court security miles,...

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reported 53 new COVID-19 cases in Russell County last week. That number is down from the last two weeks, in which 57 cases were reported the week prior and 82 were reported the last week of July. Neighboring Pulaski County reported 91 new cases,...

The Laker Golf team came away with a victory over Wayne County in a match held at Lakewood Country Club on Tuesday. The Lakers finished with a team score of 166, coming away with a four-stroke victory over the Cardinals. Daylon Blevins led the way for Russell County with a...

The Russell County Fiscal Court voted to approve a measure Monday night that would lower the county’s tax rate on real property for the first time since 1994. The county took the compensating rate, which lowered the rate from 6.7 cents per $100 of assessed value to 6.5 cents.

The Russell County High School soccer teams opened the season with losses against Casey County Monday night. Hosting the home openers, the Lady Laker soccer team fell 7-3 to the Lady Rebels. Adriana Thomas scored each of the three goals for Russell County. In the boys game, the Lakers fell...