Month: August 2022

The Russell County Fiscal Court will be holding a surplus vehicle auction this Friday at 9 a.m. at the Russell County Recycle Center. All items will be sold “as is” and the county reserves the […]

Commodities will be distributed today at the Russell Springs City Park, beginning at 11 a.m. until all are given away. The distribution is a partnership with Judge-Executive Gary Robertson and the Russell County Fiscal Court […]

The Russell County School District is planning to gather donations for eastern Kentucky flood relief efforts next week. Superintendent Michael Ford said the school district will be collecting both monetary donations and food and supplies specific […]

The Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission met in special session on Tuesday with one lone item on the agenda, but the item has the potential for substantial results for the local tourism industry. Tourism Director Danielle […]

Russell County native Steve Wariner was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Tuesday morning. Wariner was part of a group inducted yesterday that included Shania Twain, Hillary Lindsey, Gary Nicholson, and David Malloy. […]

Today we hear from Megan Phelps, Jamestown Elementary School’s new assistant principal, on her journey from educator to administrator after several years in the classroom at the school… The two new assistant principal positions, this […]

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reported 57 new COVID-19 cases in Russell County last week. Looking at case totals from neighboring counties, Pulaski County reported 126 cases, Wayne County reported 85, Adair County 55, […]

The devastating flood damage in eastern Kentucky has been hard to see for a lot of people in Russell County, but for Jedidiah Webb, the devastation hits a little closer to home. Webb is a […]

One Russell County teen has taken it upon himself to oversee a gift card benefit for the victims of the recent flooding in eastern Kentucky. Russell County High School Sophomore Ben Jones, age 15, and […]

Funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program has been depleted, and signups for the program are no longer being accepted. Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency Executive Director Nick Shearer said that if any more […]