Month: October 2021

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 property owners should have received or will soon be receiving a property tax bill, and by paying that tax bill this month, property owners can receive a two percent discount. Bills paid from […]

Gov. Andy Beshear recommended Monday that Kentucky use $400 million in federal pandemic relief assistance to provide bonuses next year for beleaguered health-care staff and other frontline workers who provided essential services during the COVID-19 […]

Kentucky State Police are attempting to locate a man accused of rape, incest, and strangulation. Michael D. Foster may be in Russell County or the Sturgis area of Union County, according to state police. Foster […]

Survey data from the Kentucky Department of Education on school climate and safety shows that most Russell County students feel safe and cared for in the classroom. At the elementary school level, 98 percent of […]

Two Russell County residents were indicted by an Adair County grand jury last week. Those indicted were: Ronald D. Bunch of Jamestown, charged with strangulation first degree, being a persistent felony offender and assault fourth […]

A Russell Springs man was arrested early this (Monday) morning on assault charges. According to jail records, Hansel Bell, age 42, was arrested by Deputy Bunch with the Russell County Sheriff’s Office and charged with […]