Articles by Zac Oakes

The Russell County Board of Education voted to approve the purchase of three new school buses at Monday night’s board meeting. Two of the buses are 72-passenger buses and one holds 52 passengers. All three […]

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 3.46%. Deaths: We are sad to report 2 new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 387 deaths resulting in a 1.78% mortality rate (about 1 in 56) among known […]

Russell County High School will host an in-person graduation ceremony next month. The school announced that the graduation ceremony will be held Friday, May 21 at 7 p.m. in the RCHS gymnasium. Each graduating senior […]

Paula Mann tragically lost her son, Tanner, to a car accident in May 2012. For Paula, Tanner’s legacy lives on in a variety of ways, through visits with his friends, or remembering his huge smile […]

Liberty, KY (April 19, 2021) – Kentucky State Police Post 15 was notified on April 16th, 2021 at 5:55 AM of a three vehicle fatal collision that occurred on west KY 70 in Casey County. […]

Around 5:30 Sunday evening, the Eli Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire at an occupied residence located at 463 Old Jamestown Rd. First arriving personnel found moderate smoke emitting from the first floor […]

The Russell County Board of Education will host its regular monthly meeting this evening at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Russell County Auditorium. The agenda for the meeting can be found […]

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 3.51%. Deaths: We are pleased to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 385 deaths resulting in a 1.78% mortality rate (about 1 in 56) among known […]

Local law enforcement arrested multiple individuals over the weekend. Jeffrey Helton, age 29, of Russell Springs, was arrested on Friday by the Russell County Sheriff’s Office and charged with theft by unlawful taking, possession of […]

Four Russell County High School students were selected for the Governor’s School for the Arts. Gage Carnes, Radie Foster, Morgan Loy, and Sally Wilson were selected to attend the prestigious program. The GSA program is a […]