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Gov. Steve Beshear announced Friday that he would take nearly $29 million intended for the state park system and use it instead for improvements at the Kentucky Horse Park, which is host of the 2010 World Equestrian Games. Beshear pulled money that was intended to pay for improvements at at least 10 state parks. More than $15 million of that money would have been used for improvements at Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park near Burkesville. Another $5 million would have been used to build a conference center at Lake Cumberland State Resort Park.

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RUSSELL SPRINGS - A traffic stop lead to a search warrant which police say yielded numerous bottles of alcohol and cases of beer very early Monday morning.

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With the cold weather the past few days, it is hard to imagine spring weather and the sound of a baseball hitting an aluminum bat, but that day is getting close.

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A new men’s church basketball league has been formed for Monday and Tuesday nights from February 18-April 1, according to Jason “Bucky” Walters, coordinator of the league.

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The Russell County Laker and Lady Laker basketball teams split games as they traveled to Albany last Friday to take the rival Clinton County Bulldogs.

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The Russell County Laker and Lady Laker basketball teams split games as they traveled to Albany last Friday to take the rival Clinton County Bulldogs.Clinton Co.

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The 2007 Russell County Mighty Laker football team held their annual end-of-the-season banquet last Thursday at Lindsey Wilson College’s Cramner Dining Center.

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The first ever Lady Laker Freshman Basketball Classic was held this past Saturday at the Russell County High and Middle Schools with Somerset coming out victorious in the 8-team tournament, according to Lady Laker Head Coach Craig Pippen.

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The Russell County Middle School Lakers visited Green County last week, putting away the Dragons in both the 7th and 8th grade games.

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JAMESTOWN - A Jamestown man was arrested Tuesday shortly before 3 p.m. Police report he was apprehended after allegedly breaking into a house at the corner of Gains and West Cumberland Avenues in Jamestown.

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WOLF CREEK DAM - After a serious rock-fall earlier in the month, officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet ordered barriers to be placed along U.S. 127 on the south side of Wolf Creek Dam to protect motorists.

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RUSSELL SPRINGS - The Russell County Hospital's financial report was alarming to at least one of the board's members when it was presented during their monthly meeting.

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RUSSELL SPRINGS - An offer by the City of Jamestown to purchase the Monin building there — also known as the Jamestown Clinic — was accepted by the Russell County Hospital's board of directors.