In the spirit of flexibility, we have developed a grading policy option for this semester only. After consultation with deans, department heads, senate executive committee, chief academic officers at other universities, faculty senators, registrars, financial aid personnel, and accrediting b...

  Last week, Kentucky farm families celebrated “National Agriculture Week,” but as you can imagine, our annual celebration was quieter than usual, given our on-going fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic. As I talked to members of the media and neighbors to promote the celebra...

    On Friday, March 27, Stevenson Elementary and Russellville Primary Academy joined together in a city wide “wave parade.” RISD School Resource Officer Randy Hargus led the parade and provided the routes for the eager administrators and staff in the wave parade. &ldq...

  I've been thinking about how the current sacrifice we're all making stacks up. Not that there's a contest or anything, but if there were, I'm not sure we'd win. I'm remembering stories my mother told about WWII. She wasn't in isolation, but in some sense, she was. Gasoline was rationed, so...

  To help address the concern and uncertainty many area employers and workers may be experiencing related to COVID-19, the South Central Workforce Development Board is responding actively to keep those within the region as informed as possible. The surge of new unemployment insurance claims i...

  Greetings to our students, families, and community members who are all part of our Panther family.   Beginning on Wednesday, March 25, as part of our CRP (Coronavirus Response Plan), we are transitioning to Phase II, which will lessen the number of contacts for our adult team memb...

I encourage all Kentuckians to celebrate Kentucky’s agriculture community on National Ag Day today and all week long during National Ag Week. It’s important to realize during National Ag Week that Kentucky’s 75,000 farm families are responsible for more than 352,000 jobs and $45.8...

  U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is an ophthalmologist from Bowling Green. He is married to Russellville High School graduate Kelley Ashby Paul and is the son-in-law of Hilton and Lil Ashby of Russellville. He was one of eight senators to vote against the current relief bill. I am committed to ensuring...

Today at 9:06 a.m., Logan County Judge Executive Logan Chick and Russellville Mayor Mark Stratton signed a “Declaration of a Local State of Emergency” in the form of a joint Executive Order.  Discussion between the two officials has been ongoing throughout the week and both agree ...

  We kicked off week nine of the 2020 Regular Session with a visit from two special guests in the Senate chamber, Save the Children Action Network President Mark Shriver and award-winning actress Jennifer Garner. Many might not know that Jennifer Garner grew up in West Virginia where she witne...

WKU President Tim Caboni has issued the following statement about actions taken by his university in reaction to the coronarvirus: As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly evolves, WKU continues to monitor aggressively the situation as it unfolds. We have for weeks been holding extensive internal discussio...

We at Russellville Independent School District have suffered a terrible loss, and we are sad to inform you that two of our students, a second grader, Sebastian Davis, in Mrs. Holly Gilbert’s class at Stevenson Elementary School and a preschool student, Olivia Leek, in Ms. Kasie Mason&rsqu...

  A Parent Resource A new type of coronavirus, abbreviated COVID-19, is causing an outbreak of respiratory (lung) disease. It was first detected in China and has now been detected internationally. While the immediate health risk in the United States is low, it is important to plan for any po...

    As part of Logan County’s Profile of Success initiative, journalism students of Ryan Bailey were encouraged by Assistant Principal Alissa Todd to write Profiles of Success articles. This compilation by Elijah Hopkins was chosen for publication. At the beginning of the year, Lo...