Logan County News

The Logan County Industrial Development Authority met Friday morning to vote on a measure that helps Caldwell Gasket stay in Auburn.

D&L Photo/CHRIS COOPER Logan County Fiscal Court honored two fallen soldiers last week by giving their families a plaque and naming the Dot bridge after them.

With the Fourth of July on a Saturday this week it's a perfect year to celebrate our nation's independence all weekend long.

An Adairville woman was arrested Tuesday after shooting an 18-year-old male one day earlier.

Data collected by Kentucky Mesonet stations has been valuable in assessing the impact of recent severe weather in the region - " including right here in Logan County.

A felony assault charge against a south central Kentucky mayor was amended to a misdemeanor and the case set for pretrial diversion.

A Logan county mayor is cleared of assault charges in a shooting incident. In Logan District Court this afternoon, Lewisburg mayor Kenneth Whitson's first degree assault case was amended down to fourth degree assault and the case was dismissed.

The Adairville Fire Department truck turned completely over and came to rest upright on Sunday morning while it was responding to a fire in south Logan County.

In the world of community newspapers, there are three groups of people critical to the process of gathering the news and information that goes into the News-Democrat & Leader.

The Logan County Sheriff's Department releases the names of the victims in last night's apparent murder-suicide. At 7 p.m. Thursday evening, Logan Central Dispatch received a call of a shooting in the north end of the county at 236 Alford Collins Road.

Jonathan L. Neal, age 26 of Russellville died Tuesday, June 2 in a motorcycle accident on state route 3519.

On Sunday, May 24, the Russellville Police Department responded to a burglary complaint at Post Oak Baptist Church.

Logan Countya s Sheriff Wallace Whittaker was crowned queen of the Adairville womanless beauty pageant held Friday night on the Adairville Square to raise money for Relay for Life.

A memorial ride gets ready to kick off this weekend in Logan county for an area fallen soldier.

Everything from the whimsical, like the flower pot, can be seen on the County Gardens in Fashion tour this weekend.

A prominent lawyer and Russellville resident passes away at her home. 51-year-old Elizabeth Davis Wilson was found Wednesday morning.

The Adairville/South Logan Chamber of Commerce held its annual Strawberry Festival Awards Dinner Saturday, May 9 evening at the Red River Fish & Game Habitat in Adairville.

A prominent Logan County attorney was found dead today in her home. Elizabeth Wilson, who most recently ran against Gail Guiling last year for Commonwealth Attorney, was found dead in her Russellville home.

Lewisburg Mayor Ken Whitson, 62, was arrested Thursday, by the Logan County Sheriffa s Department and charged with first degree assault for allegedly shooting Larry Lee, 57 of Franklin, in the leg.

Members of a small community in Logan County speak out, just days after learning their own mayor shot a man with a rifle.