Month: May 2025

A Russell Springs man is facing felony animal cruelty charges after deputies say he brutally abused a cat during a domestic dispute. According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, 22-year-old Zachary Rollins was arrested Saturday […]

A Wayne County man was arrested Friday afternoon as part of a child sexual abuse material investigation. Kentucky State Police arrested 25-year-old Jorge Martin Vasquez Jr. following an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation. Vasquez […]

During Monday’s meeting of the Russell County Fiscal Court, the court voted to donate $10,000 to the Eli Volunteer Fire Department as part of a match for a grant that will go toward a new […]

Russell County Search and Rescue will be headed to western Kentucky soon for a unique training opportunity with the National Guard. Search and Rescue Commander Chris Money has more details about what the training will […]

Ten local students were named to the President’s List at the University of the Cumberlands for the Spring 2025 semester. Those local students were: McKenzie Trautman Breanna Trautman Kaitlin Tucker Ashley Blumenfeld Summer Aaron Steven […]

The Russell County Board of Education will meet in a special called meeting Wednesday morning. The board will Consider Approval of Out of State Travel for Russell County High School’s Current Events Class. The meeting […]

A Russell Springs man was arrested in Pulaski County on Saturday afternoon following a report of a domestic altercation in which a cat was harmed on Skyview Drive. When Deputy Noah Dishman arrived at the […]

The budget for the next fiscal year was unanimously approved by the Russell County Fiscal Court during this morning’s meeting. The budget for the upcoming year is set at $14,535,914. In other business, County Judge-Executive […]