RCEMS Director On Leave While Being Inve...
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The Director of the Russell County Ambulance Service has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation by state EMS officials and the local ambulance board. That announcement came after an executive session during Tuesday night’s ambulance board meeting. According to Acting Board Chairman David Withers, EMS Director Joe Flanagan is being investigated...
Other Action By Fiscal Court Monday Nigh...
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In other matters taken up during Monday night’s regular monthly meeting of the Russell County Fiscal Court….
The Court approved for County PRIDE Coordinator H.M. Bottom to put-together a “free trash disposal day” on April 21st as part of PRIDE’s annual Spring Clean-Up. Most, if not all of the cost for the free-dump day will be covered through a $10,000 PRIDE grant
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Fiscal Court Removes Itself From Newspap...
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County Attorney Mark McGaha reads KRS and an Attorney General's Opinion to the Fiscal Court and Derek Helm, attorney for The Russell Register.
The Russell County Fiscal Court, meeting Monday night, voted 5 to 1 to rescind last month’s decision to utilize The Russell Register newspaper for publishing all legal notices. Last month’s vote by the Fiscal Court came after numbers...
Project Development Board To Meet Monday...
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The Russell County Project Development Board, which oversees construction of the new judicial center, will meet Monday at 4:30 p.m. at the Russell County Courthouse. PDB members tell WJRS NEWS that construction of the new judicial center is on schedule. In recent days, several large metal beams have been erected, providing noticeable progress in the construction. The...
Controlled Burn Gets Out of Control Sund...
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A “controlled trash burn” got out of control late Sunday afternoon off of Aaron Drive in Russell Springs. Fire Chief H.M. Bottom told WJRS NEWS his department was called out around 4:30 p .m. to the Danielle Neadham residence where some burning trash escaped from a metal barrel and spread quickly to nearby grass and then into the storage yard at Stephens Pipe & Steel. ...
Whitfield Welcomes Lake Cumberland Area ...
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First District Congressman Ed Whitfield welcomed members of the Lake Cumberland Area Development District (ADD) to Washington to discuss local, state and national issues important to the Lake Cumberland region.
“The Lake Cumberland Area Development District does a great job promoting economic growth and serving residents throughout the ten county Lake Cumberland region,”...
KSP Post 15 Activity Report For February...
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During the month of February, 2010, there were 39 traffic accidents investigated by the State Police working in the Post 15 area in the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington.
There were two fatalities during the month of February:
FIELDS, WILLIAM; Age 45, of Greensburg, Kentucky, was killed in Taylor Co. on...
Judge Rules Wet-Dry Election Illegal; Re...
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Special Judge Julia Adams has ruled a special wet-dry election held last November in the Jamestown and Lake precincts, including the City of Jamestown, was contrary to state law and has declared the election results to be “null and void”. The Judge’s ruling ended a lawsuit brought by five Russell Countians in late December challenging the validity of the...
Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Ar...
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A multi-agency investigation in Kentucky and Tennessee has resulted in the arrest of a Russell Springs man and the recovery of some $200,000 worth of stolen property. State Police tell WJRS NEWS a three month investigation culminated Thursday afternoon at a residence at 976 Rooks Denton Road in Adair County. That’s where police say they recovered $200,000 worth of stolen property...
Early Morning Crash Friday Injures Two...
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Two Russell Springs men were injured in a single vehicle crash early Friday morning on Hales Highway. According to a report filed by Russell County Deputy Sheriff Jeremy England, 27 year old Chris Stephens was operating a 1999 Pontiac car when he apparently lost control of the vehicle, it left the roadway and rolled onto its side. Stephens and a passenger, 29 year old Jake McEndree,...
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