Month: October 2025

The Irvin Schoolhouse was recognized this week as a finalist for the Beautify the Bluegrass Governor’s Award. The schoolhouse renovation was among five finalists for the award recognized at a ceremony this week. Irvin Schoolhouse […]

Jennifer Knifley is the opioid liaison hired through the Russell County Fiscal Court. The position was created through use of opioid settlement funds allotted to local government entities across the state. Knifley was a guest […]

A Somerset man has been arrested following an early morning shooting that left another Somerset man dead. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office was called out at around 12:30 this morning to a shooting incident on […]

Kentucky Senate Candidate Andy Barr will be in Russell County today. The Lexington native will be at the Russell County Courthouse at 2:00 today. The event is open to the public.

Russell County Judge-Executive Randy Marcum has announced he plans to seek reelection to the county’s top office. Marcum was elected judge-executive in 2022, coming out on top of a crowded Republican primary with 6 candidates […]

In recent weeks, we’ve reported that a company is planning to build a solar farm near the Sano and Mount Olive communities in the northern part of Russell County. Round Trip LLC is proposing to […]

Back in March, we reported the arrest of an eastern Kentucky man who allegedly picked up a child in the Nancy community of Pulaski County and took that child to West Virginia without the parents’ […]

Two people were hospitalized following a house fire in Columbia earlier this week. Firefighters were called out just after 7 o’clock Monday morning to a house fire on West Barbee Street near Campbellsville Road. The […]