Russell Stover chocolates were named for their inventor, a Kansas-born confectioner from the late 1800s. Originally a chemist, Stover and his wife, Clara, took their entrepreneurial arial spirit to the big stage, finding a way to mass create and produce chocolately treats.  After the pair married in 1911, they moved to Saskatchewan, Canada to a […]

Russell “Russ” “Dallas” Carver, 87, of St. Joseph, Missouri, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2026, at...

(WKYT) – A person was rescued after a logging accident near Lake Cumberland in Russell County on Thursday. The accident happened at 1:30 p.m. in the Jabez area, when a falling tree struck the individual, [...]

Authorities say a Russell Springs man is facing charges after allegedly trying to solicit two underage girls from Whitley County. Investigators report that Baseler Lafrance used a dating app with someone else’s photos to contact [...]

Ad Astra Radio will preview area high school football teams based on county. Today, we preview Barton County. Central Plains Oilers Coach: JD Johnson, third season (15-7) Classification: Eight-player Division 1 District: 7Hois 2025: 5-4 Postseason: Lost to Sylvan-Lucas 34-22 Best postseason finish: State champions […]

 (WKYT) – A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up for the family of a Lexington man who officials say likely drowned in Lake Cumberland. 42-year-old Andy Schmidt likely drowned swimming near the Lake Cumberland Marina in Russell [...]

Posted by Trish Svoboda/Image courtesy of Canva A bomb threat at Russell Junior-Senior High School Monday afternoon led to a response from local and state law enforcement. Russell County Communications posted on its social media that it received a call about the threat at about 3:14 p.m. School officials and officers from the Russell Police […]

  RUSSELL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX News) — Update: August 24 at 2:10 p.m. An IAN Alert issued for a 12-year-old in Russell County has been channeled. Kentucky State Police report that the child has been located [...]

(WKYT) – Officials say a Lexington man likely drowned while swimming near Lake Cumberland Marina in Russell County. He has been identified as 42-year-old Andy Schmidt, who lived and worked in a group home in [...]

Kansas State University Extension, K-State Department of Plant Pathology, and the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission have recently announced adjustments for the Sorghum Connection program’s Aug. 26 field day near Bavaria and the Aug. 27 field day near Dorrance. The Friday, Aug. 28 field day near Dighton remains as originally scheduled. Sorghum Connection programming will instead […] The post Sorghum Connection Field Days adjusted appeared first on High Plains Journal.