Articles by Derek Aaron

A 2022 Russell County High School graduate has received a prestigious honor following her freshman year at the University of Kentucky. Sophie Shearer, the daughter of Kevin and Joy Shearer, recently received UK’s Freshman Agricultural […]

Russell County Middle School 8th grade students Harper DeVore, Piper Garmon, and Blair Brumett will be representing the school at the Rogers Explorers programs offered at various colleges this summer. DeVore and Brumett will be […]

Early in-person voting for next week’s primary election starts tomorrow at the South Kentucky RECC Community Room in Jamestown. Early voting at the RECC will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this week, going from 8 […]

In an update to a news story we first brought to you late last month, the Russell County Industrial Development Authority recently received grant funding through the Kentucky Product Development Initiative program to extend a road […]

Several Russell County 4-H youth recently received blue ribbons at the Kentucky 4-H Written Communications Contest. Blue ribbons were received by Landri Ellis in Junior Essay, Kambyr Bradshaw in Jr. Poetry, Molly Hammond in Jr. […]

There were 15 new COVID-19 cases in Russell County this week, an increase of 12 from last week’s total of three and the highest in the 10-county Lake Cumberland District, according to the Kentucky Department […]

With the 2023 spring wild turkey hunting season coming to a close this past weekend, preliminary harvest results from this season have been released by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. In Russell County, […]

Holly Grace McClure of Russell County High School was one of 90 students that graduated from the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green over the weekend. Established in 2007, the Gatton Academy is […]

Today is the 11th annual Kentucky Gives Day. The 24-hour online giving campaign provides the 268 participating charities the opportunity to raise as much money as possible from through 10:59 p.m. central time tonight, all […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court meets this evening at 5:30 p.m. for their regular monthly meeting. The meeting will take place in the upstairs courtroom of the old Russell County Courthouse in Jamestown and is […]