Month: June 2023

A couple of transportation cabinet projects get underway today in Russell County. A portion of KY 379 is temporarily closed as crews work to replace a cross drain beneath the roadway. Beginning today, KY 379 […]

The Clinton County School District has a new interim superintendent. Boyd Randolph, who previously has served as superintendent for Somerset Independent Schools, will be the interim superintendent at Clinton County. Clinton County Schools is on […]

A Tennessee man was arrested following a multi-county pursuit that ended in neighboring Adair County early Friday morning. According to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, deputies attempted to perform a traffic stop on South Highway […]

The Lake Cumberland District counties of Casey, Cumberland, Taylor, and Green are among the more than 20 counties that received a major disaster declaration last year and are now eligible to apply for grants to […]

Conservation officers and biologists with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources want to remind the public that sightings of black bears are common across Kentucky and encounters with them are possible, especially in […]

For the past couple weeks, Russell County and much of the surrounding area has been in a moderate drought, but this week has brought some rain to the area. Russell County Agriculture Extension Agent Jonathan […]

Only one week remains until the annual Lakefest celebration in Jamestown. Festivities get underway beginning next Friday with pageants beginning at 5 p.m. and wrestling at 6 p.m. Then on Saturday, a day full of […]

Russell County’s latest unemployment rate, this one for the month of May, comes in at 5.2 percent, according to newly released data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The local unemployment rate increased from 4.6 […]

A mechanical issue was to blame for a one-vehicle injury crash on Thursday morning in Jamestown, according to Jamestown Police Chief Jeff Kerns. Jamestown Police were dispatched to the scene of the wreck at 6:15 […]