Motorists should prepare for two overnight closures of the Greasy Creek bridge on the U.S. 127 Bypass south of Jamestown. The bridge will close Tuesday at approximately 6:00 p.m.  and is expected to reopen by 6:00 […]

How much control would Russell County have if a data center sought to locate here? That question prompted discussion near the end of Monday morning’s Russell County Fiscal Court meeting. Magistrate Steve Richardson raised the […]

Russell County Sheriff Derek Polston presented the fiscal court with three checks totaling more than $932,000 during the court’s regular monthly meeting Monday morning. The first check, for $270,000, reimburses the county for covering sheriff’s […]

The Russell County Detention Center housed an average of 82 inmates per day during October and generated more than $64,000 through various programs and revenue sources. Jailer Bobby Dunbar presented the monthly totals during Monday […]

The Russell County High School cheerleaders are regional champions and are headed to state competition in two divisions. The Lakers won the Region 2 championship in the KHSAA COED Traditional division, which features a two-and-a-half-minute […]

A  proposed transfer of $100,000 from the county’s general fund to the jail fund is among the items on the agenda for Monday’s Russell County Fiscal Court meeting. The court will meet at 10:00 a.m. Magistrates […]

11:35 p.m. — After some 4 1/2 hours of deliberations, a Casey Circuit Court jury has found Bruce Hadley guilty of Manslaughter 2nd Degree and recommended a 5-year prison sentence. Formal sentencing has been scheduled […]

Two young children were taken to hospitals following a single-vehicle crash around midnight Wednesday on Little Cake Road in Adair County. According to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle was traveling west when it […]

A Somerset man has been sentenced to thirty-two years in federal prison and still faces state charges, including a case in Russell County. Pulaski County Sheriff Bobby Jones says Jesus Chavez, 33, was sentenced November […]