In July 10-16 issue
It was a good weekend in a not-so-good summer. That is the consensus of at least three of the marina operators in the county. James Flatt, manager of Indian Creek Alligator 2 Marina, said the recent holiday and memorial day were both very busy on the lake, but it is the other weekends and especially the weeks that have been not-so-good.

View photos made by Times Journal / Russell County News photographers during the 2008 Jamestown Lakefest July 3-5 in our special online galleries. Also included are photos of the winners in the Lakefest pageants. Click on the PHOTO GALLERIES in the center column on this page to view them.

In July 10-16 issue
JAMESTOWN - With Lakefest over and Monument Square cleaned up, business in the city is back to normal this week, according to Councilwoman and Lakefest Chair Marcelene Taylor. The four-day event began last Wednesday, July 2, with what she said was a well-attended prayer service and singing. It lasted through Saturday night's free concert by the group Confederate Railroad and a fireworks display

In July 10-16 issue
JAMESTOWN - Officials met Tuesday night to consider melding the operation of the county ambulance and dispatch services. Mayors Hollis DeHart of Russell Springs and Brooks Bates of Jamestown, along with County Judge-Executive Mickey Garner, brought a document to the board asking them to take over the oversight and funding for the Emergency Dispatch Center and the 911 addressing program.

In July 10-16 issue
RUSSELL SPRINGS - Babe Ruth teams from six different counties, including Russell, ascended this past weekend to Laker Field to participate in the Babe Ruth Leagues of Kentucky District 5 baseball tournaments.

In July 10-16 issue
JAMESTOWN - One person was killed and two others injured in an ATV accident late Saturday night, July 5, in the Caney Fork Creek area of eastern Russell County. Russell County Coroner Larry Skaggs said Christopher L. Robertson, 45, of Jamestown, was killed when the all-terrain "mule" type vehicle he was riding in, flipped backward while it was going up a steep incline.

In July 10-16 issue
Jordan Redmon, 16, of Russell Springs, reportedly went under the water in the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River Monday afternoon while swimming. Divers recovered the teen's body in seven feet of water about two hours later.