Month: October 2021

A Russell County man was arrested in Adair County late Thursday night. William Grayson Riggins, age 27, of Russell Springs, was arrested by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office and charged with criminal trespassing first degree […]

IMPORTANT – Due to the continued increase in positive cases it may be several days before you are contacted by the health department. If you’ve tested positive for COVID19 please isolate yourself immediately, do NOT […]

Russell County law enforcement investigated 159 assault cases last year, according to new data released by the Kentucky State Police. That’s down from 2019, when local law enforcement investigated 172 total assault cases. Of those […]

Nearly 8,500 Russell Countians have received the COVID vaccine, according to CDC data. That equates to roughly 56 percent of the eligible population in Russell County. Over 7,400 Russell County residents are now fully vaccinated, […]

A federal grand jury in Louisville, KY returned an indictment on Oct. 5 charging a Columbia man with distributing greater than 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. According to court documents, on […]

There will be a drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic this weekend at Veterans Fairgrounds. The drive-thru testing will be from 9 a.m. to noon. The testing clinic is being conducted by Russell County Hospital and the […]