Year: 2024

The Russell County Laker Band will compete at state competitions tomorrow. The band will compete at Elizabethtown High School in the Class AAA semifinals, with the Lakers set to take the field at 11:30 a.m. […]

Russell County EMS has a new interim director. The local ambulance board selected Charles Shepherd as the new interim director for EMS at a special-called board meeting this morning after former director Robert Baugh was […]

Unemployment figures rose in Russell County and across the Lake Cumberland area last month. Unemployment rose 1.2 percent in Russell County last month, compared to September 2023. Unemployment in Russell County came in at 5.9 […]

Around 12 percent of Russell County students receive mental health services through partnerships Russell County Schools utilizes with mental health agencies. The school district approved its trauma-informed care plan at a recent board meeting which […]

Russell County Hospital is leading the way among rural hospitals in Kentucky working with Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell on a new initiative called “Food is Medicine.” Russell County Hospital, through the Kentucky Hospital Association, […]

The Adair County Fiscal Court voted to approve an ordinance that would prohibit medical cannabis operations within the county at its most recent meeting. The Adair Fiscal Court voted to approve the ordinance with magistrate […]

The Russell County Ambulance Service Board of Directors will hold a special-called meeting today to name an interim director. The board will meet at 10 this morning at the EMS building on Ferco Way. The […]

A Pulaski County man was arrested Wednesday on charges related to a child sexual abuse material investigation.  State Police say 28-year-old Tyler Jordan Vaught of Science Hill was arrested and charged with 20 counts of […]