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Russell County dispatcher graduates from academy

A Russell County 911 dispatcher has graduated from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy. Mason Grant Loy of Columbia was one of 21 members of Class 146 to graduate from the academy, which trains dispatchers in […]

JPD Officer Harlan graduates from police academy

Officer Savannah Harlan of the Jamestown Police Department graduated Thursday from the Department of Criminal Justice Training- Basic Recruit Academy in Richmond. Officer Harlan will now return to the Jamestown Police Department and resume her […]

RCSO Deputy Pierce graduates from police academy

Deputy Jared Pierce of the Russell County Sheriff’s Office graduated Thursday from the Department of Criminal Justice Training- Basic Recruit Academy in Richmond. Deputy Pierce will now return to the sheriff’s office and resume his […]

JPD officer Smith graduates from police academy

Jamestown Police Officer Eliot Smith has graduated from the police academy in Richmond. Smith is one of the newest members of the Jamestown Police Department, and now being a graduate of the 20-week course, will […]

Russell County resident among KSP Telecommunications graduates

Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police announced that 16 telecommunicators representing 11 posts located throughout the commonwealth have graduated KSP’s in-house telecommunications academy. The Post 15 graduates of the 18th KSP Telecommunications Academy […]

Sheriff’s Deputy Meyer graduates from training

Russell County Sheriff’s Deputy Corey Meyer graduated from the Department of Criminal Justice Training Basic Training Class. Meyer is one of 28 graduates from the class state-wide. “I want to congratulate Deputy Corey Meyer for […]

RC Resident Graduates from Dispatch Academy

A Russell County resident was one of nineteen law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. WJRS would like to congratulate Elizabeth E. Bennett […]

RCMS Student Graduates from Rogers Explorers

Thirty-one students, including Russell County Middle School’s Holly McClure, recently graduated from the sixth class of The Center for Rural Development’s 2019 Rogers Explorers program held July 7-9 on the campus of Union College. Rogers […]