Bill that would lower driver’s permit age to 15 advances out of committee

Wednesday, February 12 by Zac Oakes

Teenagers in Russell County and across Kentucky could soon be eligible to apply for a driver’s permit a year earlier. House Bill 15 advanced out of committee in the state legislature yesterday. The bill, which […]

Bill would lower age for driver’s permit to 15

Friday, January 17 by Zac Oakes

A bill before the Kentucky legislature would lower the age requirement for a driver’s permit in the state of Kentucky to 15 years old. The current requirement is a person must be at least 16 […]

KSP Post 15 dispatcher receives national safety certification

Wednesday, December 11 by Zac Oakes

A dispatcher with Kentucky State Police Post 15 is 1 of 450 dispatchers across the country to receive a prestigious national certification. Miranda Luttrell of Russell Springs received the certification from the Center Management Certification […]

Post 15 conducting traffic safety checkpoints

Tuesday, December 3 by Zac Oakes

Kentucky State Police Post 15 will again be conducting traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area. This includes Russell County, along with Adair, Casey, Clinton and Cumberland counties, among others. Kentucky State Police say […]

KSP Post 15 to conduct traffic safety checkpoints

Tuesday, November 5 by Zac Oakes

Kentucky State Police Post 15 will again be conducting traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area. This includes Russell County, along with Adair, Casey, Clinton and Cumberland counties, among others. Kentucky State Police say […]

Russell County native among Post 15 troopers receive awards at annual ceremony

Monday, September 23 by Zac Oakes

A Russell County native was among three Kentucky State Police Troopers from Post 15 in Columbia that received awards at the KSP annual awards conference. Russell County native Zachary Scott was named the Post 15 […]

KSP Post 15 conducting traffic safety checkpoints

Tuesday, September 3 by Zac Oakes

Kentucky State Police Post 15 will again be conducting traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area. State Police say these checkpoints are part of Post 15’s highway safety efforts. Troopers will be checking for […]

36 arrests made in Post 15 area as part of Operation Summer Heat

Friday, July 12 by Zac Oakes

Yesterday on local news, we reported the arrest of a dozen individuals in Russell County as part of an investigation into drug trafficking. Several other law enforcement crackdowns on drug trafficking occurred across the state […]

Post 15 Trooper indicted on theft, abuse of public trust charges

Monday, May 27 by Zac Oakes

A Kentucky State Police Trooper with Post 15, which covers Russell County, was indicted on charges including theft and abuse of public trust. 42-year-old Daniel Forbis was indicted in Franklin Circuit Court last week. The […]

UPDATE: State Police Post 15 Columbia Releases Information on Two Deaths in Russell County

Saturday, May 4 by WJRS Staff

NOTE: Kentucky State Police in Columbia has released information regarding the two deaths which occurred in in Russell County on Friday night. WJRS News has learned that Larry V. Gosser of the Gosser Ridge […]

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Bill that would lower driver’s permit age to 15 advances out of committee

Bill would lower age for driver’s permit to 15

KSP Post 15 dispatcher receives national safety certification

Post 15 conducting traffic safety checkpoints

KSP Post 15 to conduct traffic safety checkpoints

Russell County native among Post 15 troopers receive awards at annual ceremony

KSP Post 15 conducting traffic safety checkpoints

36 arrests made in Post 15 area as part of Operation Summer Heat

Post 15 Trooper indicted on theft, abuse of public trust charges

UPDATE: State Police Post 15 Columbia Releases Information on Two Deaths in Russell County

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Obituaries

Jeffrey L. Scholl, 61, of Indianapolis

Robert Leach, 70, of Russell Springs

Ronald Eugene Sterner, Sr., 77, of Russell Springs

Ronald L. Wesley, 95, of Jamestown