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Eva Mae Miller, 93, of Russell Springs

Eva Mae Miller, 93, of Russell Springs, KY, passed away Wednesday, January 5th, at T. J. Sampson Columbia, Columbia, KY. Eva was born in Krypton, TN on January 23, 1928, a daughter of the late Mabel (Branscum) […]

Jeanette Franklin, 76, of Russell Springs

Jeanette Franklin, 76, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, died Saturday, January 8, 2022 at the Russell County Hospital. She was born January 7, 1946, in Adair County, to the late Clyde and Ovalene Mann Crawhorn.  Jeanette […]

Leland Ray Crockett, 76, of Russell Springs

Leland Ray Crockett, of Russell County, passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Grandview Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility, in Campbellsville.  He was 76 years of age. Leland was born on February 2, 1946, in […]

Orvis Joe Kean, 66, of Russell Springs

Orvis Joe Kean, 66, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, died Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at Russell County Hospital Emergency Room He was born January 10, 1955, in Louisville, Kentucky, to the late Orvis Clyde and Ruby […]

Russell County Unemployment Rate Released

Unemployment rates fell in all 120 counties between November 2020 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Russell County’s unemployment rate is […]

David A. Smith, age 60, of Russell Springs

David A. Smith, of Russell Springs, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, in Somerset.  He was 60 years of age. David was born September 1, 1961, in Cincinnati, Ohio, son […]

Russell County has 69 active COVID cases

County Active Cases Hospitalized Self-Isolation Released Death(s) Total Per 10K Total Gain New Case Gain 1. Adair 106.00 10.00 96.00 3,865.00 91.00 4,062.00 2,115.40 25.00 25.00 2. Casey 21.00 3.00 18.00 3,022.00 65.00 3,108.00 1,923.39 […]

Miniard joins Russell Springs Police

Russell Springs Police welcomed a new police officer on Tuesday. Mason Miniard has joined the Russell Springs Police Department as an officer-in-training, where he will work with a senior officer before going to training at […]

No school in Russell County Thursday or Friday

Russell County Schools will be closed and utilize Non-Traditional Instruction on Thursday, Jan. 6 and Friday, Jan. 7, per Superintendent Michael Ford. Students will need their devices to start NTI on Thursday and are expected […]