Sept. 4, 2025
4-H Horse Club to hold Kickoff Meeting
Logan Countians ages 9-18 are invited to be part of the 4-H Horse Club. This year’s kickoff meeting will be Monday from 5:30-7 p.m. at 4691 James Rose Road at Olmstead. You can bring your own horse, but you don’t have to own a horse to be part of the club. Reservations are required by Friday. Call 4-H Agent Maci Venable at 270-726-6323.
Sept. 4, 2025
Tourism Visitor Center Open House Wednesday
The Logan County Tourist & Convention Commission will celebrate its 25th Anniversary by showing off its new Visitor Center with an Open House on Wednesday, Sept. 10. It’s located at 215 North Main Street, Russellville.
Sept. 5, 2024
Cougars build big lead at Rhea, win 45-0
With Luke Rogers throwing four touchdown passes and TySean Thomeczek catching three of them, the visiting Logan County Cougars built a 32-0 lead at Russellville in the first minute of the second half. Three minutes later, Cougar defensive back Damani Goodloe intercepted a Jerius Coleman pass and returned it 56 yards for the touchdown that started the running clock. Cougar Christian Helle had carried the ball 11 times for 108 yards at halftime, but he didn’t carry the ball in the second half. Elijah Sells caught a touchdown pass and Cooper Parker caught a pair of conversion passes from Rogers. Caiden Kirby kicked a field goal for the first points of the game. Freshman Keeton Wright kicked two extra points. Freshman Cole Perkins, who came in on the next series after the running clock started, threw a touchdown pass to Clarence Passmore to make the score 45-0. Freshman Mason Gregory recovered a fumble for the Cougars, and freshman Lane Bush ran the ball well. LaBryan Nourse played well for the Panthers.
Sept. 7, 2025
RHS Band dominates its division
The Russellville Panther Band won its division and more at the Franklin-Simpson Band Show Saturday. Director Trevor Caldwell’s band finished 1st place Color Guard, 1st Place Percussion, and 1st Place Class 2A. Shown with the trophy are Ella Kate Parrish, Xalola Finch, and Kyra Sutton. RHS will host its annual Show of Bands at Rhea Stadium this Saturday.
Sept. 7, 2025
LCHS’ Sears to play at UK
Former Logan County volleyball star Aubrey Sears is coming home, to Kentucky at least. Sears, who has started every match for the Big 12’s University of Houston in this, her freshman year, and her fellow Cougars will play two matches at UK next weekend. They will take on Purdue Saturday morning and number four Kentucky Sunday afternoon. Houston was 5-0 before losing to LSU Saturday. Sears is the Cougars’ libero, serving as the primary defensive back-row specialist. She drove home 2,027 kills with Logan County, averaging 4.4 per set with a .462 kill percentage. In addition, she totaled 151 aces, 135 blocks and 581 digs during her high school career. Shown in the accompanying graphic, Sears was the featured player when Houston beat Duke 3-0.
Sept. 7, 2025
Cougar Soccer blasts AC-S 9-1
Eight Cougars scored soccer goals, two more added an assist and two goalkeepers held the Patriots to one goal as Logan County beat visiting Allen County-Scottsville 9-1 Thursday. Asher Woodall scored two goals with Andrew McCall, Bently Rye, Kayden Sells, Sebastain Hernandez, Layne Harris, Oliver Holloway and Gibson Kirby adding one each. The assists were by Trapper McCarley and Phoenix Tatum. In goal were William Johnson and James Bryan.
Sept. 7, 2025
Russellville Wrestling season-starting meeting Monday
From Russellville Wrestling Coach Jeramy Rust: Russellville Wrestling sign-ups and information meeting will be held Monday in the RMS gym from 5-8 p.m. for any student attending Russellville interested in joining the team in 6th-12th grades. Enter through the side gym doors.
Sept. 8, 2025
Pennyrile to add $2 to each monthly electric bill
Pennyrile Electric has announced an adjustment to its monthly customer charge to help offset rising costs faced by electrical distribution cooperatives. Beginning Oct. 1, members will see a $2 increase on their monthly bill. The customer charge is a fixed portion of each bill that helps cover the basic costs of maintaining and operating the electric system—such as poles, wires, meters, and equipment. Pennyrile’s Brent Gilkey says, “Like many cooperatives across the nation, Pennyrile Electric is facing increased costs to deliver safe and reliable power. This modest adjustment does not affect energy usage rates and will aid Pennyrile Electric in the necessary investments in their system to meet the needs of the members.”
Sept. 8, 2025
Panthers beat Monroe, finish 2nd in 1A region
With senior goalkeeper Noah Harris (0 in photo) turning away all of Monroe County’s shots on goal, the Russellville Panthers won their first match 2-0 in Class 1A Saturday. Immanuel Clayton and Eli Flippin each scored a goal, and Braxton Coleman was credited with an assist. In the regional finals, Todd Central beat RHS 2-0 in the finals. Freshman Samuel Sinclair had 9 saves and allowed a goal. Harris allowed the other goal and had 4 saves. John Ross Cardwell scored both Rebel goals. Spencer Pool had an assist. John Mark Campbell was the Rebel goalkeeper in the shutout. Coach Mike Smith’s Rebels have won 6 of their last 7 matches.
Sept. 10, 2025
Logan Middle b’ball tryouts Sept. 14
Tryouts for the Logan County Middle School basketball teams will be held Sunday afternoon Sept. 14. Boys times in the Main Gym: sixth grade 2-3, seventh grade 3-4, eighth grade 4-5. Girls in all three grades will try out in the Auxiliary Gym from 3:45-5. Potential players must be registered on Arbiter to try out.
Sept. 10, 2025
Tourism Center Open House today
The Logan County Tourist & Convention Center will celebrate 25 years of being an important part of the Land of Logan and also show the community the new Logan County Visitor Center today from 10-3. The Visitor Center is located at 215 North Main Street in Russellville. The “Locally Logan Shop” will be on display and for sale. There will be lots of giveaways along with a ribbon cutting at noon.
Sept. 10, 2025
Concerned Citizens Car Show & Cruise In
Concerned Citizens of Logan County Car Show & Cruise In will be held on the grounds of Kirby Funeral Services Russellville this Sunday, Sept. 14, from 1-4 p.m. The address is 110 Franklin Road. Awards will be presented to Best Car, Best Truck, Best Motorcycle, Best Pain, Best Interior and Best of Show. Dorris Vick is executive director of Concerned Citizens. Justin and Rebecca Kirby own and operate Kirby Funeral Services Russellville.
Sept. 12, 2025
Cougars hope to end Gators’ dominance over them
When the Logan County Cougars (3-0) entertain Greenwood (2-1 with the loss to South Warren) at 7 tonight, Coach Todd Adler’s team will try to reverse the seemingly normal trend of these games. Although Adler’s teams are 67-31 over the last eight years, they are 1-7 against the Gators. In fact, Greenwood has a 13-1 record against Logan County since 2009. The Cougars are off to a tremendous start in 2025 and demonstrate an enviable balance of excellence in the passing and running games, the defense and special teams. Game play-by-play by Zach Woodall with color commentary by Austin Pogue will be recorded and aired on WRUS Saturday afternoon. The live broadcast will be of Russellville (0-3) at Franklin-Simpson (2-1). Chris McGinnis and Lucas Celsor are expected to be mic-side.
Sept. 12, 2025
Family Wellness Night to precede Panther game
Hillvue Heights Church will sponsor Family Wellness Night in the area below Rhea Stadium before the Russellville-Hopkins County Central football game on Friday, Sept. 26. Beginning at 5 p.m., the church plans for those attending to visit ‘community partner stations” before eating a meal provided by the church. The game begins at 7 p.m.
Sept. 12, 2025
F-S leads Panthers 28-7 at half
After Franklin-Simpson built a 21-0 lead late in the second half Friday, visiting Russellville force an F-S turnover and scored on a 15-yard run by LaBryan Nourse with 1:17 remaining before the intermission. Madden Bloodworth kicked the extra point. But Nourse was penalized for excessive celebration, and the Wildcats took advantage of the short field to score 24 seconds later, making it 28-7 at the half. Xavier Hampton has scored two touchdowns for the Wildcat with Ayden Jones and Blake McPherson one each. Brady Delk has thrown a TD pass on one of his two attempts. The other one was intercepted by Takato Johnson after Delk was pressured by Tiwaun Gordon.
Sept. 12. 2025
Two-point OT pass gives Cougars win over Gators
Senior Isaac Christian, a former quarterback who has been converted to a receiver and strong safety, threw a pass to sophomore TySean Thomeczek for a two-point conversion, giving the Logan County Cougars a 22-21 overtime win over visiting Greenwood. Coach Todd Adler’s Cougars are now 4-0. You can hear this thrilling game on all of WRUS’ platforms, beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Sept. 13, 2025
McAllister leads Franklin to win over RHS
Franklin-Simpson's Blake McPherson carried the ball three straight times for the Wildcats Friday. He scored on a 10-yard run in the last minute of the first half and then ran for 56 and 63-yeard touchdowns on F-S' first two offensive plays of the second half. As a result, the Wildcats beat visiting Russellville 49-7. WRUS stats showed McPherson with 228 yards on just 10 rushes.
Sept. 13, 2025
Helle and Thomeczek have super games for Cougars
It was Christian Helle, not his teammate we incorrectly named after the game, who threw the winning conversion pass to lead his Logan County Cougars to a 22-21 win over visiting Greenwood Friday. Also appropriate is that it was TySean Thomeczek who caught that winning two-pointer. On the night, Helle scored three rushing touchdowns, two in the first quarter and the other in OT. He carried the ball 30 times, for 119 yards, and caught 4 Luke Rogers’ passes for 14 yards. Rogers completed 22 of 30 passes for 206 yards without an interception. Ten of those completions were to Thomeczek for 135 yards. The winning catch—his 11th—doesn’t count on stats but the play is now one of the greatest in Cougar history. Carson Carlock had 9 tackles, 6 of them solos and 3 for losses. Elijah Sells also had 9 tackles and sophomore Michael Montgomery made a crucial interception.
Sept. 14, 2025
Pedro Bradshaw returning to training camp with Utah Jazz
Pedro Bradshaw has been home in Russellville for a few weeks, but he is headed back to his former home in Salt Lake City, according to his beloved grandmother, Virginia Bradshaw. After his highly honored playing days at Bellarmine University ended, he signed a contract with the Jazz organization and played on their G League Salt Lake City Stars team in 2021-22. He played the next two years for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the G League team of the Indiana Pacers. Last year he played on the highest professional level in Australia. Now he’s got his best chance of playing in the NBA. "I'll be signing an Exhibit 10 deal with the Jazz," Bradshaw tells The LoJo. "I'll be in training camp/preseason with them."
Sept. 15, 2025
Logan Middle girls basketball players chosen
After conducting tryouts Sunday afternoon, Lady Cougar Middle School Basketball has announced the names of team members. They are, in alphabetical order: Caydence Baker, Emery Benton, Brylee Blackford, Marlee Boisseau, Mary Cundiff, Neveah French, Kynlee Frick, Bliss Gaddis, Hadley Gidcumb, Lillie Ann Hall, Sophia Inman, McKenzie Knuckles, Ani Licitra, Emalye Lowry, Evelyn Morhead, Caroline Owen, Layla Piper, Caroline Powell, Kerstein Rhoades, Delaney Switzer, Carmyiah Thompson, Kendall Thompson, Delaney Wetton, Sa’Mya Whitney and Kylee Yates.
Sept. 15. 2025
Logan Band earns Reserve Grand Champ at Rhea
The Cougar Band of Logan County High School earned Reserve Grand Champion honors of Russellville’s Show of Bands Saturday at Rhea Stadium. The band also posted the highest overall percussion and guard scores. The Logan County Festival of Bands will be held this Saturday. It will begin with senior recognition at 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 17, 2025
Middle school boys soccer district pairings set
The 13th District Boys Soccer Tournament will be played Saturday at the Logan County High School field. Russellville and Franklin-Simpson will play at 8 a.m. Todd Central and the host Cougars will start at 9:15. The championship match will begin at noon.
Sept. 19, 2025
Tigers latest super team to play Panthers
Russellville’s football Panthers continue their tour of some of Kentucky’s best teams tonight. Long-time opponent Murray comes to Rhea Stadium. Coach Melvin Cunningham’sv team has ridden a potent offense, averaging 48 points per game, to a 4-0 record. Coach Mikie Benton’s Panthers (0-4) will have faced five teams with a cumulative record of 17-3, who were 9-1 when they lined up against RHS. Game time is 7 p.m. A replay of the game will aired at 1 p.m. Saturday at 1 p.m.
Sept. 19, 2025
Logan to host girls middle district soccer Saturday
The 13th District girls middle school soccer tournament will be play Saturday at Logan County High School. The boys tournament will also be there. Russellville doesn’t field a girls team in the fall. Todd Central earned the bye and is already in the 1:30 p.m. finals. The 10 a.m. semifinal will match Franklin-Simpson and the host Lady Cougars with the winner moving on to the finals.
Sept. 22, 2025
Cougar Soccer avenges earlier loss to Panthers
After losing to Russellville 1-0 early in the season, the Logan County Cougars bounced back big time last week to win the second boys soccer Clash of the Cats 5-2. Asher Woodall scored four of the goals with Layne Harris adding the other. Five different Cougars—Kaden Sells, Sebastian Hernandez, Andrew McCall, Ethan Scarbrough and Brayden Richmond—were credited with an assist. Goalkeeper James Bryan turned away 5 of 7 shots on goal. A pair of freshmen, Spencer Colier and Randall Morrow, scored unassisted goals for the Panthers. The Cougars took 19 shots on goal. Senior goalkeeper Noah Harris saved on 5 of them but allowed 3 go in the goal. Freshman Samuel Sinclair turned away 9 of 11 shots.
Sept. 23, 2025
Jovari Gamble honored for performance against Morehead
Kentucky Christian University, an NAIA school, almost pulled off a huge upset Saturday before falling 45-28 to Morehead State, an NCAA Division I team, Saturday. No one played better for the KSU Knights than Jovari Gamble, a redshirt freshman running back from Russellville. Gamble carried the ball 7 times for 93 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown sprint. He averaged 13.3 yards per carry. He also caught a couple of passes for 31 yards. For his efforts, Gamble was named Offensive Player of the Game.
Sept. 25, 2025
Cougars lead Calloway 34-0 at half
The Logan County Cougars are well on their way to a 6-0 record overall and 2-0 in the district. They lead Calloway County 34-0 at the half, one point short of a running clock. The Lakers came to Cougar Field with a 4-1 record and hopes of ending their losing streak to the Cougars. It's homecoming at LCHS. The game can be heard on WRUS Saturday at 1 p.m.
Sept. 26, 2025
Cougars run football record to 6-0
Calloway County came to Cougar Field with a sparkling 4-1 record, but the game was never close Friday as Coach Todd Adler's team ran its record to 6-0 with a 51-13 district win. That 2-0 league mark gives them the inside track on making the playoffs for the ninth straight season. Listen to WRUS Saturday at 1 for the broadcast of the game and watch The LoJo for statistical leaders in the coming days.
Sept. 26, 2025
Nourse and Gardner help RHS build halftime lead
Jamarion Gardner and LaBryan Nourse have combined to rush for over 200 yards and a touchdown each to lead the Russellville Panthers to a 17-10 lead over Hopkins County Central at halftime tonight. Alex Arnold has kicked a 30-yard field goal and Madden Bloodworth has booted two extra points. It's homecoming at Rhea Stadium.
Sept. 27, 2025
Panther Soccer beats Christian County
The Russellville High School Boys Soccer team earned a 5-2 victory over Christian County Thursday. Randall Morrow led the way for the Panthers with two goals. Braxton Coleman, Alex Arnold, and Noah Harris also scored a goal each in win.
Sept. 28, 2025
Panther Jr. Pro Basketball signups ongoing
Those wanting to play Russellville Jr. Pro Basketball this year have until Oct. 18 to register online. The signup link is in the attached graphic. For more information, boys can contact Coach Bobby Cardwell and girls Coach Michael Morris.
Sept. 30, 2025
Logan v’ball wins second straight Silver, sweeps district again
For the second straight weekend, the Logan County Lady Cougars won the Silver division of an invitational volleyball tournament. They went 4-1, beating Edmonson County, Monroe County, host Allen County-Scottsville and John Hardin with their only loss to Franklin County. Then Tuesday, Coach Steven Lyne’s team beat Todd Central 3-0 to finish the regular season 6-0 for the 21st straight season. They haven’t lost a district match since Aug. 17, 2004. The Lady Cougars are now 18-8 with the postseason coming up.