Month: June 2021

The Lake Cumberland District Health Department will be hosting a pop-up vaccine clinic at the Russell County Fair on Saturday. The health department will be offering vaccines from 5-9 p.m. The health department’s traveling van […]

The month of June is Dairy Month in Kentucky. A celebration was held at the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) on June 2 to honor the declaration. “When much of the world’s workforce was on […]

Columbia, KY (June 2, 2021) Kentucky State Police Post 15 will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area, which includes Washington, Marion, Taylor, Green, Casey, Russell, Adair, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, and […]

Columbia, KY (June 2, 2021) During the month of May 2021, there were 18 traffic accidents investigated by the State Police working in the Post 15 area in the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, […]

Russell County will receive more than $650,000 from the American Rescue Plan act aimed to fund projects related to clean drinking water and wastewater projects. The plan allocates $250 million to Kentucky for water and […]

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 2.5%. Deaths: We regret we must report 1 new death today. We have experienced a total of 445 deaths resulting in a 1.98% mortality rate (about 1 in 51) among known […]

The Russell County Board of Education is continuing to look at the options for the future of Russell County Middle School. The middle school needs extensive renovations, Russell County Schools Superintendent Michael Ford said, and […]