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Six charged in drug, alcohol trafficking
In Aug. 21-27 issue
RUSSELL SPRINGS - A criminal investigation into drug trafficking and
bootlegging last weekend led to the arrest of six men, according to
Russell County Sheriff's Deputy Tim Pierce. Arrests ranged from the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in a dry
territory, criminal attempt to traffic in cocaine, trafficking in
marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Man stabbed, beaten in early morning attack
In Aug. 21-27 issue
RUSSELL SPRINGS - A man was “jumped,” beaten and stabbed as he walked home from a friend’s house this week. Russell County Deputy Sheriff Nick Bertram said Alexius Lopez was
attacked at about 3:45 a.m. on South Ridge Circle, just off of Voils
Road.
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Jamestown Elementary student picked by Weather Channel for first in national video contest
 In Aug. 21-27 issue
Weather made for an exciting Tuesday for Dorsey Franklin. And an exciting Monday as well. It started when her video submission to the Weather Channel was
featured on their web site. Then came the email Tuesday that she had
won that network’s contest. “I was excited,” Dorsey, 7-year-old student at Jamestown Elementary.
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Accounting practice causes state to check local school system
In Aug. 21-27 issue
JAMESTOWN - An accounting situation involving an auditor's error has
apparently led to a state oversight of the local school system. The reports of distress in Wayne County over that school district’s
financial problems, and the hand that Kentucky Department of Education
has taken in response, prompted some to draw comparisons to the Russell
County system.
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School day gets a bit shorter after state ruling
In Aug. 21-27 issue
JAMESTOWN - Schools in the county began on Wednesday to dismiss
students 10 about minutes earlier than they have been for the first two
weeks of the school year.
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Jamestown City Hall will move soon
 In Aug. 21-27 issue JAMESTOWN - City Hall should be moved to its new location in the former Monin Pharmacy building by the first of November, according to Mayor Brooks Bates.
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First televised meeting of city commission is business as usual
In Aug. 21-27 issue
RUSSELL SPRINGS - Following the resignation of former Russell Springs
Police Department Officer Reggie Gosser last month, Police Commissioner
Wayne Gaskins announced that his department will be taking applications
for the vacant position until Sept. 1 at this month's meeting of the
Russell Springs City Commission.
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Injury wreck in front of Russell Springs Elementary school
In Aug. 21-27 issue
RUSSELL SPRINGS - Russell County Deputy Sheriff Nick Bertram said that
Brenda S. Pruitt, 62, of Russell Springs did not obey signals to stop
from School Resource Officer Larry Skaggs as Pruitt was northbound on
U.S. 127 in a older model Ford Escort.
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