Month: May 2022

Beginning Monday, May 23, crews will begin performing paving operations on the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway in neighboring Pulaski County, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 8 Office in Somerset. Work will be […]

The Kentucky Attorney General’s Election Violation Hotline received numerous complaints from Russell and surrounding counties during the primary election, either pre-election day, on election day, or after polls closed. In Russell County, the hotline received […]

Local Vietnam veteran Roger Blair will be posthumously honored at the 2022 In Memory ceremony on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Blair was drafted into the United States Army on […]

A Jamestown man was arrested by the Jamestown Police Department Thursday morning on criminal trespassing and indecent exposure charges, according to jail records. Jeffrey D. Helton, age 30, was arrested on criminal trespassing third degree […]

Officer Savannah Harlan of the Jamestown Police Department graduated Thursday from the Department of Criminal Justice Training- Basic Recruit Academy in Richmond. Officer Harlan will now return to the Jamestown Police Department and resume her […]

In April, Kentucky recorded its lowest unemployment rate since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began reporting state rates in 1976. Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April 2022 unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, according to the […]

Deputy Jared Pierce of the Russell County Sheriff’s Office graduated Thursday from the Department of Criminal Justice Training- Basic Recruit Academy in Richmond. Deputy Pierce will now return to the sheriff’s office and resume his […]

The bracket for the 4th Region Baseball Tournament has been released. The Lakers will host Barren County on Monday, May 23 at 6 p.m. First-round games are being played at the site of district champions. […]

The Russell County Board of Education voted to reconfigure the school district’s youth services centers at this week’s board meeting. The school district was approved for an additional Youth Service Center and funding for a […]