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Kentucky State Police Post 15 to Conduct Traffic Safety Checkpoints

Kentucky State Police Post 15 to Conduct Traffic Safety Checkpoints COLUMBIA, Ky. (September 1, 2023)  Kentucky State Police Post 15 will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area, which includes Green, Taylor, Marion, Washington, Russell, Casey, Adair, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, and Cumberland counties.  These checkpoints will be conducted as part of Post…

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Wanda Lawless, 87, Jamestown

Wanda Lawless, of Jamestown, passed from this life Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, at Glen Ridge Health Campus in Louisville, KY. She was 87 years of age. Born in Creelsboro on May 10th, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence R. Coffey and Lorayne Mann Coffey. Wanda was employed for many years at Russell…

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Helen Johnson Pedigo, 81, Russell Springs

Helen Johnson Pedigo, of Russell Springs, passed away Friday, August 25, 2023, at Signature Healthcare at Summit Manor Rehab and Wellness Center in Columbia. She was 81 years of age. Born November 22, 1941, in Russell County, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Linnie Mae Hardwick Johnson. Helen was a retired florist.…

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Jacqueline Carlene Richardson, 34, Russell Springs

Jacqueline Carlene Richardson, age 34, of Russell Springs, KY passed away Tuesday, August 22 2023 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was born on Friday, May 26 1989, in Somerset, Kentucky. Survivors include: Mother – Sherry Roberts, of Russell Springs, KY Step Father, Jeff Murphy, Liberty, Ky 1 Daughter: Trinity McQueary, of Russell Springs KY.…

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Tamra Sue Powell Delk, 57, Russell Springs

Tamra Sue Powell Delk, of Russell Springs, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at the Jean Waddle Hospice Care Center of Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, in Somerset.  She was 57 years of age. Preceding Tamra in death are her parents, Thomas Charles and Vada Roy Powell; by her brother Bruce Roy Powell; and by her…

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Rebecca Medaris, 54, Jamestown

Rebecca Medaris, of Jamestown, passed from this life on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, with her family at her side.  She was 54 years of age. Rebecca, known as “Becky”, was born October 2, 1968, in Jeffersonville, daughter of Wayne Allen and Rosan Schemensky Medaris.  She worked for the Department of Juvenile Justice as a Youth…

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Laker Boys fell 2-1 in the AA Tournament Tuesday, August 22nd.

Laker Boys fell 2-1 in the AA Tournament Tuesday, August 22nd. By Ramie Hutchison Taylor County put a ball in the back of the net midway through the 1st half. After several shots on goal, the Lakers answered with a hard strike from Taven Roy-Foley, assisted by a sliding pass from Xavi Medrano, tying the…

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Donate Blood to Meet the Summer Need

Donate Blood to Meet the Summer Need It’s trauma season in Kentucky, a period of months in the summer when good times and good weather usher in an increase in severe, life-threatening injuries. Traumas like car accidents can have a major impact on the blood supply, and Kentucky Blood Center is currently experiencing an increase…

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Laker Soccer defeats Allen County-Scottsville 6-0.

  By Ramie Hutchison Laker Soccer defeats Allen County-Scottsville 6-0. Monday, August 21st, the Russell County High School Boys’ soccer team was victorious over Allen-County Scottsville. Leading the charge for the Lakers in the first half was Connor Holmes playing the ball to Xavier Betts-Jimenez for the 1st goal. The Lakers continued their momentum and…

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‘Ag Tag’ donations reach highest level ever for program

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 18, 2023) – Kentucky farmers donated $735,815.88 to the Ag Tag Program for 2023. The total represents the largest amount ever donated in a single year since the program began and it brings the total of donations to more than $5 million since 2016, Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles announced today.…

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