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Farm Safety Day takes place tomorrow

The annual Farm Safety Day at the Russell County Fairgrounds will take place tomorrow. The annual event, organized by the Russell County Extension Office, is for all third-grade students in Russell County and provides students […]

RCHS, RCMS open houses take place Monday

Open house events at Russell County High School and Russell County Middle School will take place Monday evening. Open house at the high school gets underway Monday at 5 p.m. The high school open house […]

Lake Cumberland Thunder Run taking place this weekend

One of Lake Cumberland’s larger recurring powerboat events happens this weekend as the Lake Cumberland Thunder Run is set to take place with powerboats from across the southeast expected to participate. The late run spring […]

Statewide tornado drill taking place this morning

A statewide tornado drill will be taking place this morning. Those in Russell County will hear the tornado sirens sound at the time of the drill, which is scheduled for 9:07 this morning. The Emergency […]

Laker Dance duo takes first place at competition

The Russell County Laker Dance duo of Olivia Thomas and Alexis Fox took first place at The Smoky Mountain Crown Championship over the weekend. The competition took place in Sevierville, Tennessee with Thomas and Fox […]