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Rep. Branscum attends first Fancy Farm Picnic

Thursday, August 11 by Derek Aaron

This past weekend, Kentucky’s biggest political picnic at Fancy Farm signaled the traditional beginning to this fall’s campaign season and Rep. Josh Branscum of Russell Springs attended the event for the first time. Branscum talked […]

Open House at RCMS, RCHS tonight

Thursday, August 11 by Zac Oakes

Open House events at Russell County Middle School and Russell County High School will be held tonight. Middle school open house will be from 4-6 p.m. and the high school will be open from 5-7 […]

Court approves fund transfer to pay for road projects

Thursday, August 11 by Zac Oakes

The Russell County Fiscal Court voted to transfer around $125,000 from the general fund into the road fund to pay the remaining amount for four road projects. The cost of the four road projects came […]

Local gas prices continue to drop

Thursday, August 11 by Zac Oakes

The price of gas in Russell County is now sitting at $3.49, according to the AAA price tracker. That represents a 45-cent drop from July 21, when the average price of gas was at $3.94 […]

Somerset man charged with making shooting threat against University of the Cumberlands

Thursday, August 11 by Zac Oakes

A Somerset man has been charged after making a shooting threat against the University of the Cumberlands Tuesday afternoon. Dustin Collins Burchett, age 35, was arrested by Kentucky State Police and the Pulaski County Sheriff’s […]

Russell Springs Council to meet this evening

Thursday, August 11 by Zac Oakes

The Russell Springs City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. at City Hall on Main Street. The council is expected to discuss an addition to […]

KSP provides ‘back to school’ safety reminders

Thursday, August 11 by Derek Aaron

With Russell County Schools set to get back into session in less than a week, Kentucky State Police are providing some safety reminders to citizens and motorists. As students return to school there will be […]

Tourist commission board meets today

Thursday, August 11 by Derek Aaron

The Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission meets today at 12:30 p.m. in a special-called meeting at the Russell County Tourist Office. The meeting takes the place of this month’s regular meeting as Tourist Director Danielle Wilson […]

New report projects Russell County population to grow by 2025

Wednesday, August 10 by Zac Oakes

A new report by the Kentucky State Data Center projects Russell County’s population to continue to grow by 2025, eventually crossing 18,000 population before declining again. The data center released a report last week detailing […]

53 COVID cases reported in Russell County last week

Wednesday, August 10 by Zac Oakes

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reported 53 new COVID-19 cases in Russell County last week. That number is down from the last two weeks, in which 57 cases were reported the week prior and […]