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Loy receives KY Elementary Counselor of the Year award

Jamestown Elementary School counselor Lori Loy received the Kentucky School Counselor Association’s Elementary Counselor of the Year award last week. Loy received the award during last week’s Fall 2023 Conference of the Kentucky School Counselor […]

Wilkerson receives KY Teacher Achievement Award

Jamestown Elementary School teacher Donnie Wilkerson is one of 22 Kentucky educators selected as recipients of the 2024 Kentucky Teacher Achievement Awards. Wilkerson is one of seven elementary school teachers selected. He is a 5th-grade […]

Knight receives STAK Lifetime Achievement Award

Retired Russell County Schools bus driver Murrell Knight was recognized at a recent meeting of the Russell County Board of Education for receiving the Student Transportation Association of Kentucky’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Knight drove a […]

Shearer receives UK’s AgEd freshman of the year award

A 2022 Russell County High School graduate has received a prestigious honor following her freshman year at the University of Kentucky. Sophie Shearer, the daughter of Kevin and Joy Shearer, recently received UK’s Freshman Agricultural […]

Dr. Miles receives Health Hero Award from LCDHD

This past Friday a ceremony was held to honor Dr. Richard Miles, who was recently named the 2023 Dr. Hossein Fallahzadeh Public Health Hero Award winner. The award, presented by Lake Cumberland District Health Department, […]

Dr. Miles named 2023 Health Hero Award recipient

Dr. Richard Miles has been named the 2023 Dr. Hossein Fallahzadeh Public Health Hero Award winner. The award, presented by Lake Cumberland District Health Department (LCDHD), is bestowed annually to an individual who has demonstrated […]

LCRCWC chosen for 2022 Build Kentucky Award

Branscum Construction was selected as a recipient of the 2022 Associated General Contractors of Kentucky Build Kentucky Award for the new Lake Cumberland Regional College and Workforce Center. Representatives from Branscum Construction were on hand […]

County receives recycling grant award

The Russell County Fiscal Court has received a $11,200 recycling grant award. Governor Andy Beshear and Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman made the announcement this week, and Russell County’s is among 71 statewide […]