Year: 2025

The Lady Lakers lost a close one on the road at Wayne County last night, with the Lady Cardinals hitting a three-pointer with 1.3 seconds left on the clock to pick up a 53-50 victory. […]

The Jamestown Fire Department responded to a call of a structure fire early Saturday morning. Fire crews were called out at about 2 a.m. Saturday to a structure fire on Cape Road in southern Russell […]

Russell County was the only county in Kentucky to see the unemployment rate decrease during the month of November. According to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, 119 of Kentucky’s 120 counties saw an increase in […]

An Arizona man was arrested yesterday following a collision that occurred on Bernard Ridge near Stephens Pipe and Steel yesterday afternoon at around 4 p.m. The Russell County Sheriff’s Office said 19-year-old Jose Antonio Gomez […]

Last week, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed House Bill 1, which would lower the state income tax from 4 percent to 3.5 percent. Representative Josh Branscum, a co-sponsor of the bill, was on Community […]

Russell County’s Emmy Pratt finished 4th runner-up in the Kentucky Distinguished Young Woman contest over the weekend. Pratt was named the Russell County Distinguished Young Woman back in the fall and competed in the state […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court held the first reading of an ordinance at this morning’s meeting that would implement a $20 fee per animal on animals surrendered to the county as well as those picked […]