Appeal Filed Challenging Recent Court De...
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Litigation over the wet-dry issue in Jamestown will continue. A notice of appeal was filed Friday seeking a reversal of a judge’s decision last week that set aside the election held on November 24th. Last week, special Circuit Judge Julia Adams ruled that an earlier decision in Russell Circuit Court was wrong and that the election was not proper, thus declaring the wet-dry...
Legal Wrangling Continues Over Rights To...
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The dispute continues over which local newspaper has the largest number of “in county paid subscriptions”. At stake is county government’s business for publishing legal notices. As WJRS NEWS reported earlier this week, the Russell County Fiscal Court on Monday night voted 5 to 1 to rescind a decision made in the February meeting declaring The Russell Register the larger of the...
Russell Springs Council Holds First Meet...
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Mayor Hollis DeHart reports construction costs for the new City Hall to members of the Russell Springs City Council during Thursday night's meeting.
The Russell Springs Council held its first business meeting in the new “City Hall” Thursday evening. Mayor Hollis DeHart reported that the 6,200 square foot building has cost substantially less than originally projected saying...
Partial Suspension of Work On Wolf Creek...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announced Wednesday a partial suspension of work on the Wolf Creek Dam Safety Major Rehabilitation Project in Jamestown.
Instrumentation used to monitor the foundation has indicated movementand increased hydrostatic pressure since work began in the area adjacent to the concrete section of the dam, which includes Critical Area...
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,”...
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