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Local board of health tax rate to stay the same

The tax rate for the Russell County Board of Health will remain the same this year. At Monday night’s fiscal court meeting, it was announced that the board of health’s tax rate will remain at […]

Local gas prices continue to drop

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 […]

3 local SRO’s complete state training requirements

Three local law enforcement officers were among 29 from agencies across the state assigned to specific school campuses to graduate from the sixth Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training School Resource Officer III Training last […]

Local gas prices continue downward trend

Local gas prices continue to fall, with the average price of gasoline falling below $4 per gallon for the first time in several weeks. According to the AAA gas price tracker, the average price of […]

Local jails seeing rise in inmate populations

The Russell County Detention Center’s capacity sat at 137 percent earlier this month as jails around the state are again seeing rising inmate numbers following the lessening of pandemic measures put in place by Gov. […]

Local gas prices decrease from last week

Local gas prices continue to decrease, following a state and national trend. According to AAA, the average price of gas in Russell County on Thursday sat at $4.14, down from early last week when the […]