Russell County sees sharp rise in unemployment, among highest in state

Friday, January 5 by Zac Oakes

Russell County saw a sharp rise in unemployment numbers during the month of November, according to data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. Russell County saw its unemployment rate in the month of November rise […]

Russell County sees rise in number of children in foster care

Tuesday, November 28 by Zac Oakes

As an ongoing look at data from the Kentucky Kids County Survey, today we take a look at how Russell County performed in a few categories related to children in the foster care system. According […]

Russell County sees rise in unemployment last month

Friday, October 27 by Zac Oakes

Last month, 119 of Kentucky’s 120 counties saw a rise in unemployment, with Russell County seeing unemployment rise nearly half-a-percent. Russell County’s unemployment in September was at 5 percent, up from 4.6 percent in September […]

Local gas prices on the rise

Friday, March 31 by Zac Oakes

Local gas prices have been on the rise. According to AAA’s gas price tracker, the average price of gas in Russell County is $3.26, on par with the state average. Roughly two weeks ago, the […]

State voter registration numbers show ‘other’ political affiliations on the rise

Tuesday, January 31 by Derek Aaron

Kentucky voter registration under “other” political affiliations reached the 10 percent mark for the first time ever back in December, according to the secretary of state’s office. Last month, Kentucky saw 6,103 newly registered voters, […]

Local gas prices on the rise

Friday, January 27 by Zac Oakes

Local gas prices are on the rise, following a nation-wide trend. According to AAA’s gas price tracker, the average price of gas in Russell County was at $3.19 Thursday afternoon. That is on par with […]

COVID cases rise slightly this week

Thursday, January 5 by Derek Aaron

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reported 13 new COVID cases in Russell County this week, a slight increase from last week’s total of 11. The numbers were delayed this week due to the New […]

Local gas prices back on the rise

Tuesday, October 4 by Zac Oakes

Local gas prices are back on the rise. Just two weeks ago, gas prices in Russell County dipped below $3 per gallon, but as of Monday, the average price of gas in Russell County according […]

30 new COVID cases in Russell County last week, area hospitalizations on the rise

Tuesday, July 19 by Zac Oakes

The Kentucky Department of Public Health reported 30 new COVID cases in Russell County last week. Neighboring Pulaski County was among the counties with the most new cases in the state with 163 new cases. […]

Local jails seeing rise in inmate populations

Monday, July 18 by Derek Aaron

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. […]

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Russell County sees sharp rise in unemployment, among highest in state

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Russell County sees rise in unemployment last month

Local gas prices on the rise

State voter registration numbers show ‘other’ political affiliations on the rise

Local gas prices on the rise

COVID cases rise slightly this week

Local gas prices back on the rise

30 new COVID cases in Russell County last week, area hospitalizations on the rise

Local jails seeing rise in inmate populations

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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