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The Jamestown City Council met last night in a short meeting. Mayor Regena Hinton was out-of-town and unable to attend the meeting, so councilman Tony Wright made a motion for councilman Barry Coffey to serve […]

Update: the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office reports the two juveniles were located at around 1:30 this afternoon. Authorities in Pulaski County are searching for two teens who are believed to be armed and dangerous. According […]

Russell County had a strong voter turnout for this week’s primary election. 5,705 voters cast a ballot in the primary election – a turnout of about 40.8 percent. That was about 5.5 percent higher than […]

Russell County’s annual unemployment rate for 2025 was 5 percent, coming in around the middle of the pack for the Lake Cumberland area. According to the recently-released data, the lowest 2025 unemployment rate in the […]

A flag raising ceremony was held at the H.M. Bottom Firehouse in Russell Springs yesterday morning. A flag was raised on the newly-installed flagpole in a special ceremony with Russell Springs firefighters and the DAV […]

The groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for this weekend for the Woodland Farm Foundation Sensory Play Space at Russell County Public Library has been postponed due to expected rainfall. The Woodland Farm Foundation Sensory Playspace will be […]

The Jamestown City Council will meet this evening in regular session. The council will meet at 6:00 at City Hall. The meeting is open to the public. We’ll have more from the meeting on tomorrow’s […]

Most incumbents fared well in their reelection bids in last night’s primary election. Russell County Judge-Executive Randy Marcum earned about 60 percent of the vote, defeating challenger Chad Aaron 3,043 – 2,002 to earn a […]

Both lanes of U.S. 127 across Wolf Creek Dam will be closed next week as work continues on the spillway gates at the dam. The highway across the dam will be closed from 8 a.m. […]

A Columbia man was arrested Tuesday morning by Kentucky State Police. 49-year-old Alan Cape was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance third degree – drug unspecified, operating a motor vehicle under the […]