Year: 2024

The Russell Springs City Council will welcome two new members. Lance Huckaby and Gary Frost, two challengers in the city council race, earned seats on the council by finishing in the top six of the […]

Amendment 2, the amendment that would’ve allowed the state legislature to provide tax dollars to schools outside Kentucky’s public school system, faced a resounding defeat in Russell County and across the state of Kentucky. In […]

Following statewide and congressional district trends, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and incumbent Republican Representative James Comer carried Russell County by wide margins. Trump won 86 percent of the vote in Russell County, totaling more […]

The Russell County Clerk’s Office will be closed today for a statewide election audit. This is a new initiative from the Secretary of State’s Office aimed at ensuring election integrity where votes from a randomly […]

The monthly commodity distribution partnership between Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland and the Russell County Fiscal Court will take place tomorrow. Commodities will be distributed at the fairgrounds tomorrow beginning at 9 a.m. until all commodities […]

A collision on West Highway 80 this morning sent two people to Russell County Hospital. According to Russell Springs Police, the collision occurred at around 8 a.m. near the intersection of West Highway 80 and […]

Today is Election Day in Russell County and across the country. Five different polling locations will be open in the county based on voting precincts. Voters in the Lake, Rowena, Jamestown, and Bryan precincts will […]