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News Briefs in March 2015

Posted on March 31, 2015 6:14 PM



3/31/2015 Baseball Clash at RHS today New Russellville baseball coach Blake Crabtree will experience his first Clash of the Cats Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Kelly Russell Field. Russellville is 1-6 on the season. The win came over Butler County. The Panthers have...

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Lewisburg Beta, Sylas Morris headed to nationals

By Melanie Manley

Posted on March 31, 2015 2:05 PM



On March 16-18, the Lewisburg Jr. Beta Club attended the State Jr. Beta Convention in Louisville.  Students participated in several events including Arts and Crafts, Academic Exams, Scrapbook, and Songfest.  Sylas Morris placed third in the Spelling Exam, which qualifies him to compete a...

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Logan Chamber honors many at Annual Dinner

By Ryan Craig, Executive Director

Posted on March 27, 2015 7:46 PM



The Logan County Chamber of Commerce held our Annual Dinner last week. A Mardi Gras theme added to the fun and the following awards were presented: • Volunteer of the Year: Darlene S. Gooch • Logan United Award: Logan County Good Samaritan • Teacher of the Year: Ann Seidler (Kay W. W...

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Lady Cougars open softball season with trio of wins

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 26, 2015 10:43 PM



The Logan County Lady Cougars started their season with a three-game win streak, taking a doubleheader from Warren Central before beating Hopkinsville. The first Central game was a romp and the other two victories came by a single run. In a 13-0 blasting of the Lady Dragons, Coach Michael Crawford&...

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Gilbert leads RHS softball past Lady Cougars for 1st time in 9 seasons

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 25, 2015 10:25 PM



Tara Gilbert had a game to remember Tuesday in leading the Russellville Lady Panthers to a 3-2 win over visiting Logan County. The sophomore not only pitched the win but banged out a pair of hits, had an RBI and scored the winning run. Junior first baseman Johnea Pendleton doubled in Gilbert for th...

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Logan AD McReynolds announces his retirement

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 25, 2015 8:42 PM



Logan County High School athletic director Hugh McReynolds will retire at the end of the 2014-2015 school year.  During his 23-year career as athletic director, he has served on several state and national associations, and currently serves as past president of the KY High School Athletic Direct...

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Open is the key word for Radio Shack in Russellville

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 21, 2015 9:55 PM



A couple of signs—one literal and one symbolic—are good news for fans of Radio Shack, especially the one in Russelville. A bright open sign is ablaze in the front window. On warm spring days, the front door is wide open. That’s in sharp contrast to the dark, empty, locked doors o...

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Bonnie Watson named Olmstead principal

Posted on March 19, 2015 9:06 PM



    The Site Based Decision-Making Council at Olmstead School has announced the selection of Bonnie Watson as the school’s next principal. She was selected on Tuesday night from what has been called “an outstanding pool of thirteen applicants. Watson is currently serving in...

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Logan FFA shines in regional contests

By Jenna Simmons

Posted on March 18, 2015 11:39 PM



On March 12, our Logan County FFA chapter went to WKU’s Glasgow Campus to compete in different competitions such as speaking contests, chapter meeting, creed speech, record keeping, and quiz contest. Due to all the practice and preparation,our chapter had an amazing turnout. The results for ou...

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Russellville High earns new accreditation

Posted on March 18, 2015 9:18 PM



Principal Kim McDaniel announced Wednesday that Russellville Junior/Senior High School earned accreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), an accreditation division of AdvancED. This action was taken at the AdvancED Accreditation Com...

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Good News for Logan schools in March 15

Posted on March 18, 2015 2:07 PM



At each month’s meeting of the Logan County Board of Education, each school presents a list of “Good News” items. Also Superintendent Kevin Hub issues a report. This is the March report: District: The LCHS Cougar Cave opened with a Logan County Chamber of Commerce ribbo...

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WKU joins Kentucky Proud Farm-to-College Program

By Ted Slaon

Posted on March 16, 2015 5:57 PM



Agriculture Commissioner James Comer officially inducted Western Kentucky University as the 10th member of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's Farm to Campus Program in a ceremony Monday on the WKU campus. "By joining the Farm to Campus Program, Western Kentucky University has made a commitmen...

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Ami Brooks successfully lobbies for passage of bill to improve rights of foster

Posted on March 12, 2015 8:02 PM



Russellville attorney Ami L. Brooks has successfully lobbied the Kentucky Legislature for passage of a bill that will help Kentucky families by requiring the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide notice of Foster Care Review Board meetings to all interested parties, including pa...

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This Week at RHS, March 8

By Kim McDaniel, Principal

Posted on March 8, 2015 9:31 PM



I want to take this opportunity to recognize our RHS juniors and the efforts that they put into our state ACT test this past Tuesday.  All students worked diligently, applied themselves and took this event very seriously.  I am so proud of the effort that they put into to this assessment.&...

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Mason gets it going, Hardison piles it on in regional win

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 5, 2015 4:45 PM



Taleia Mason made it happen early, Maegann Hardison led the onslaught in the middle, and the other five regulars sealed the deal, as the Logan County Lady Cougars crushed Cumberland County in the opening round of the Fourth Region Tournament Monday at Diddle Arena. Logan trailed the Lady Panthers 1...

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Logan FFA elects new set of officers

By Jenna Simmons

Posted on March 3, 2015 6:02 PM



The week of February 22-28 is an important week for the Logan County FFA Chapter. Not only is it the week of George Washington’s birthday, but it is also known as the National FFA Week. During this week we have many activities for our FFA members to participate in. But the most important day o...

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