Cost of living locally ranks among lowest in state

Friday, May 24 by Zac Oakes

New rankings released from Niche show the cost of living in Russell County ranks among the lowest in the state. The study uses many factors, including median home value and median rent, to rank counties […]

Russell County opioid dispensing rates among lowest in area

Friday, February 23 by Zac Oakes

The recent release of a study conducted in 2022 shows opioid drugs are dispensed at a lower rate in Russell County than many neighboring counties and lower than state and national averages. According to a […]

Russell County drug arrests in 2022 lowest in five-year span

Tuesday, July 25 by Zac Oakes

New data shows drug arrests in Russell County last year were the lowest in five years. The annual Crime in Kentucky report by Kentucky State Police shows 328 drug arrests were made in Russell County […]

Lake Cumberland District, entire state in lowest level of COVID spread

Monday, April 3 by Derek Aaron

The 10-county Lake Cumberland District continues in the “green,” or low level of COVID-19 spread this week, and for the first time in a long time, the entire state of Kentucky is “green” this week, […]

Entire Lake Cumberland District back to lowest level of COVID spread

Thursday, March 23 by Derek Aaron

The entire 10-county Lake Cumberland District is now in the “green,” or low level of COVID-19 spread this week, according to new data released this week by the Kentucky Department of Public Health. Their latest […]

KY’s 2022 annual unemployment rate decreased to 3.9%, lowest level ever recorded

Tuesday, March 7 by Derek Aaron

Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate for 2022 decreased to 3.9 percent from 4.4 percent in 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. This is a drop […]

Kentucky records its lowest unemployment rate since reporting began

Friday, May 20 by Derek Aaron

In April, Kentucky recorded its lowest unemployment rate since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began reporting state rates in 1976. Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April 2022 unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, according to the […]

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Cost of living locally ranks among lowest in state

Russell County opioid dispensing rates among lowest in area

Russell County drug arrests in 2022 lowest in five-year span

Lake Cumberland District, entire state in lowest level of COVID spread

Entire Lake Cumberland District back to lowest level of COVID spread

KY’s 2022 annual unemployment rate decreased to 3.9%, lowest level ever recorded

Kentucky records its lowest unemployment rate since reporting began

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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