9/7/10
Football classes to change for local schools
Coaches of local high school teams expect their classifications to change in the future. Principal/Coach John Myers says Russellville has filed paperwork for Class A in upcoming seasons. RHS is in its fourth year of "playing up" in Class 3A and has met the state champion two of those years in the later rounds of the playoffs. Logan County Coach Lee Proctor says the Cougars will probably have to move up to 5A because of increased enrollment.
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9/5/10
Red River Meeting House annual day next Sunday
The annual meeting of the Red River Meeting House Association at Schochoh will be held the second Sunday in September, which is Sept. 12. A potluck dinner begins at 1 p.m. and the church ser-vice and meeting at 2. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact President Richard Moore at 539-6528,

9/4/10
Gospel sing Saturday concludes Blues Society events
A gospel singing featuring some of the most outstanding gospel performers around will be held  from 2-7 p.m. The site is the West Kentucky African American Museums at Sixth and Morgan. Ad-mission is free.

Cougars lose close; Panthers doubled by East
The Logan County Cougars built a 14-0 first-quarter lead but lost their third straight game at Webster County 28-22 Friday. Todd Haley and Justin Rone scored the touchdowns and Brice Moore caught the conversion pass. East used three long screen passes and took advantages of the Cougars' lack of ball control late in the second quarter to take the lead... Warren East scored the first seven times it had the ball on the way to a 49-24 win over unin-spired Russellville (1-2).

9/3/10
Lewisburg Charity Golf Scramble set for Dunmor
Lewisburg IGA & Lewisburg Lions Charity Golf Tournament will be held at Dunmor Lakeside Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 11. The fee is $40 per player; checks should be made to Lewisburg Lions Club, Att: James Justice, 270 Center Street, Russellville. The entry deadline is Sept. 7. Contact Justice at 755-5919 days or 726-8162 at night or Gordon Foster at 755-4516.

8/30/10
RMS football rebuilding year off to solid 3-0 start
Russellville Middle School football, after losing 18 key eighth graders and only returning two starters from last year, capped off their 3-0 mark by beating Edmonson County 26-6 and Logan County 32-0 last week.Trey Patterson and JaCory Bard have run for over 330 yards. Coach Tony Baptiste says Bubba Duncan had
an outstanding game on Thursday night offensively and defensively and that the young offensive line has:risen to the occasion." QB “Coco” Darden has thrown 14 for 18 for 275 yards to two receivers Jake Proctor and Lee McMurry.

8/28/10
Panthers sting Hornets 52-12 in Pigskin Classic
D.J. Quarles had a big game as 9 Panthers scored in Russellville's 52-12 win over Metcalfe County in the Pigskin Classic at Franklin Saturday. Quarles threw 3 TD passes and ran for another, totaling 226 yards. Also scoring 6 were Davonta Bryant, Layton Bush, Zac Hines, Antonio Todd, Kevin Temple, Demarcus Hampton & Victor Hampton. Travez Hampton kicked 3 PATs. The Panthers totaled 454 yards and held the Hornets to 95 yards total offense.
 
Greenwood dominates distressed Cougars
A strong Greenwood team dominated the emotionally stressed
Logan County Cougars 45-0 Friday. Zack Pillow, son of former RHS center Hayden Pillow, and Jeremy James, nephew of Auburn teacher Karen Hughes, led the Gator defense in the shutout. The Cougars will be honorary pallbearers as will the track team at the funeral of former teammate Thomas Washington Saturday after-noon at Townsend Grove Baptist Church.

8/26/10
Russellville's Hatchett named WKU golf coach
Phillip Hatchett, a former Russellville High School and WKU golf standout, has been chosen to fill the newly created full-time posi-tion of Western Kentucky University men's golf coach. The job had been previously filled on a part-time basis. RHS boys and girls golf has known great success in recent years, and many of the players attribute Hatchett's teaching to much of their success.

8/23/10
Services set for former Lewisburg mayor Martin
Funeral services will be held Thursday for former Lewisburg mayor Milford Martin. He was a fixture with The Crusaders, a popular gos-pel quartet, for 34 years. A complete obituary can be read by clicking on the Price Funeral Home site on this page.

8/21/10
Lee Dockins chosen for International Olympics again
Logan County High School graduate Lee Dockins has been named to the U.S. team which will compete in the International Special Olympics Games in Athens, Greece in 2011. She recently earned five gold medals in gymnastics at the Kentucky Special Olympics. Dockins earlier competed in the international games in China. She is coached by Logan County Gymastics' Donnie Porter.

8/20/10
Cougars fall to Central Hardin on the road
After being tied 14-14 at halftime, the Logan County Cougars lost 31-14 at Central Hardin in Friday's opener. Logan led 6-0 on a 67-yard interception return by Charlie Porter. It was the first of four Bruin turnovers. The other TD came on a 70-yard pass from John Logan Dockins to Twin Lancaster. The Cougars tied it when Justin Rone caught Dockins' conversion pass. An illegal block that hurt Cougar Derrick Abbott fired up the Cougars, but U of L recruit John Wallace's 50-yard field goal had a similar effect for the Bruins. In passing, Dockins was 14 of 27 for 185 yards, including 8 of 14 for 167 yards in the first half. Bryce Moore caught four passes. Aaron Baldwin stood out on defense.

Franklin dominates Panthers 42-7 in season opener
Russellville had possession of the ball 10 of the 12 minutes of the first quarter and still trailed 7-0 in Friday's season opener at Rhea Stadium. After Wildcat Jerron Patterson returned an RHS fumble 94 yards for the opening score, Franklin-Simpson dominated the remainder of the game on the way to a 42-7 win, led by quarter-back Max Bennett and the Wickware cousins. QB D.J. Quarles scored the Panthers' only touchdown with 3.6 seconds left in the half. Elliott Wheat kicked his first high school PAT. A touchdown pass from Quarles to Kevin Temple was called back on a penalty. Quarles had to be carried from the field in the third quarter and was replaced by freshman quarter-back Barrett Croslin.

8/19/10
Stratton leads LCHS soccer to first-ever home win
The Cougars played the first home soccer game for boys high school soccer at Logan County Tuesday against Franklin- Simpson and won 2 - 0. The first goal was scored by Landon Stratton. Eric Evans is the coach. Also the game against Dawson Springs on Saturday is at LCHS, not away.

8/12/10
Murphy to pitch for Pennsylvania junior college
Record-setting Russellville High athlete Darrin Murphy signed his letter-of-intent Thursday to play baseball for Lackawanna College in Scranton, Penn. The Falcons play in a competitive junior col-lege league. One pitcher was drafted by the Braves this summer and all six sophomore team members have moved on to Division I programs this year. Murphy, who pitched the Panthers to their 1st district championship in 19 years this spring and then shut out the powerful Glasgow Scotties in the regional tournament, set seven season or career pitching records for Coach Lou Kendall's team.

8/11/10
So. KY Sportsplex to open in west Russellville
Southern Kentucky Sportsplex will open Oct. 1 at 109 Robbin Way, next door to Sol Azteca in Russellville. It will be a 12,000- square foot indoor training facility for baseball, softball and soccer. Speed and agility training will also be offered. Kevin Gettings, who was coaching in the Little League World Series a year ago, is one of those involved.

Contested races added to general election
Two city councils races and one school board seat that has drawn two candidates join the contested races on the November general election ballot. Ten people are running for Auburn Council: Jesse Duer, Rex Evans, Gayle Gregory, Michael Hughes, Jim Kutzman, Norma Kutzman, Steve Montgomery, Bobby Price and Tim Will-iams along with write-in candidate Martha Covington. At Adairville these seven citizens want six Council seats: Donna Blake, Danny Finch, Nannette Starks King, Tony Nichols, Bill Steen, Becky Tinch and Art Violette. Running for the Auburn seat on the Logan County Board of Education are Tim Hall and Ann Scott.

8/4/10
Lewisburg mayor's race to be contested
Although incumbent Ken Whitson is not seeking reelection, a con-tested mayor's race will be held in Lewisburg. County Clerk Scot-tie Harper has announced that Lucian Hunt Jr. has filed his candi-dacy papers. Tina Callahan-Dye had already filed. The deadline for non-partisan office filing is next Tuesday, Aug. 10.

8/1/10
Center Baptist homecomers visit Thomas home
A pilgrimage back in time…a new generation revisits a piece of the past. Part of the congregation from Center Baptist Church in South Union took a step back into the past Sunday, Aug. 1 as part of the church’s homecoming. Members of the congregation drove back to the home of Herbert and Lynne Thomas of South Union to revisit a part of their past and to show the present generation where the roots of their church were buried the deepest.
The Thomases' present home sits on the original foundation of Center Baptist Church and from these beginnings a church strong in faith and ever mindful of the Lord's word was formed. According to information from Catherine McCutchen, Center Baptist Church was organized in 1880. The ground to build the church on was donated by Mrs. Fannie McCutchen. The old well that the church members drank from is still a working well. The church members were treated to cold, clear water from the same well that their ancestors drank from on Sunday mornings.
In 1945 the original church building was disassembled board by board and rebuilt on the present site on land donated by a church member, Deacon Southerland. "As their host, I was pleased to have met these wonderful people from this congregation," Lynne Thomas says. Their visit was closed with a word of prayer and a reading from the book of Lamentations.

7/21/10
Humbles host Pan American event at Park Mammoth
The Pam American Shotgun Competition is underway in the Mam-moth Cave area. Retired General Jerry Humble and his wife Marga-ret of Russellville are among the owners of the Rockdale Shooting Center. Headquarters for the international event are at Park Mam-moth Resort, which the Humbles' limited partnership also owns. The competition is scheduled to end Sunday.

7/30/10
Babe Ruth team loses 1st game in multi-state regional
The Logan Babe Ruth 15-year-old stars lost their Ohio Valley Re-gional tournament opener Friday 13-6 to West Virginia, which was playing in its home state. Starting pitcher Ryan Basham doubled & singled and drove in 2 runs. Logan plays again in the tourney.

Sluggers 16U team on 17-game win streak
The Logan County-based Kentucky Sluggers take their 17-game win streak into action this weekend in a tournament in Bardstown. They have won two tournaments this month. Three team members are at the 15-year-old regional. They are players Ryan Basham, Dustin Cartas and Thomas Miller. The Sluggers lost the opening game of the season and have won every game since.

7/27/10
State champ Logan Babe Ruth to play in West Va.
A lengthy rain delay and a deficit on the scoreboard didn't stop the Logan Babe Ruth 15-year-old stars from winning their state title Monday at Glasgow. A game that was supposed to start at 6 p.m. got underway at 8:30 after 2.5 tons of soil drier were applied. The Logan team led 4-1, but Henderson took a lead before Logan won 10-6. The team now travels to Clarksburg, W.Va. for Ohio Valley Region play this weekend. See the team's picture and players' names in a story in the Sports section.

7/22/10
Babe Ruth stars win 1st three games at state
Chris Powell slid in with the go-ahead run in a 6-5, 10-inning win over St. Matthews in Babe Ruth 15 State action Saturday. Then they beat Breckinridge County 10-3. Gage Hales and Zack Lee combined to shut out Hart County 13-0 Thursday in the team's opening game.

Brett Sowell to play baseball for Campbellsivlle
Brett Sowell, an all-district performer in both baseball and basket-ball for the Logan County Cougars, signed to play baseball for Campbelliivlle University during a Wednesday press conference. Watch The LoJo for more details.

Former Lewisburg principal gets top honor
Paul Mullins, principal of LaRue County High School, has been named the school-level Administrator of the Year by the Kentucky Associ-ation of School Administrators. He is a former principal at Lewisburg Elementary School.
Mullins is entering his sixth year as principal at LaRue County.
He said that the high school has experienced a lot of success during the past few years, but attributes it to a collective staff effort. “We have worked together as a team, as a school family,” he told the News-Enterprise of Elizabethtown.
Standardized test scores for the school have risen from 120th place to 29th place during Mullins’ tenure.
The Administrator of the Year winner is selected by a KASA awards committee. That the award comes from other educators gives it extra meaning, Mullins said.

7/21/10
Babe Ruth Stars open state 15 play Wednesday
The Logan County 15-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars open West State play today at Glasgow against Louisville Okalona at 1 p.m. The tournament lasts the remainder of the week with the finals Sunday night. Breckinridge County and Louisville St. Matthews are also in Logan's pool.

7/18/10
GOP Women to hear Americanism essays
The Logan County Republican Women's Club will meet Tuesday, July 20, at GOP Headquarters on the Carrico Square in Russell-ville at 5:30 p.m. The program will be the reading of the "What America Means to Me" essays by the winners of the contest: first place Olivia Batchelor; second place Amanda Crutchfield; third place tie by Ann-Meguiar Bouldin and Logan Johnson. The public is always invited. Members hope teachers, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and other relatives and friends will come as well. Food will be served.

7/17/10
John Casey Memorial Concert set today
The third annual John Casey Memorial Concert will be a fund raiser to assist Dream Riders. It will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Logan County Courthouse. A large number of people will perform, including his close friend Travis Bryan. John Casey was the on-air name for the late Johnny Brown, a WRUS radio personality. A silent auction will also be held. For more information, call 604-3834.

7/12/10
Relay donations total over $134,000, more coming
Lorrie Hopper, chair of the Logan County Relay for Life, issued the following report today: "We are over $134,000 now. I got a call from Pennyrile Electric this morning that they are sending some money to us, so we will be adding that to this years’ total. We are over where we were last year by about $3,000; that is so exciting with the economy still being down.

Tech school principal resigns, succeeds dad
Grayson Wells has resigned as principal of the Russellville Area Technical School to become principal of Muhlenberg South Ele-mentary School. He succeeds his dad, Joe Wells, who has retired after serving for decades as an administrator in the Muhlenberg County schools, including Lake Malone Elementary. Grayson Wells is a 1990 graduate of Logan County High School.

7/11/10
Chubby Carrier, band to perform Friday in Russellville
The Russellville Blues Soceity invites everyone to the 2nd event of the Mary Ann Fisher Summer Concert Series, on Friday, July 16, when Louisiana native Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band bring their brand of “High Energy, Swamp- Funky Zeydeco" music. Those attending will get that New Orleans feeling under the stars The free event will be held on the lawn of the West Kentucky Afri-can American Heritage Museums at the corner of 6^th and Morgan streets in Russellville. Bring your lawn chair and arrive early to enjoy local food and beverage vendors. Chubby and the band will perform at 7:30 p.m..

7/8/10
Industry offered state incentives to locate in Logan
A plant which would process raw materials for Logan Aluminum has been offered state tax incentives to locate in Logan County, the Park City Daily News reports. Magpro of Kentucky would em-ploy 40 people in the processing of magnesium after a $14 million investment. The newspaper says Magpro, which would be located in an existing building here, is also considering sites in Indiana or Tennessee instead of Kentucky.

Todd County Funeral Home burns Thursday night
The historic building which housed Todd County Funeral Home on Elkton's Main Street was destroyed by fire Thursday evening, ac-cording to Nashville television station WTVF. It was known as Martin Funeral Home for many years.

Mudd River Union to play Music on the Square Friday
Mudd River Union will be performing on the square in Russellville Friday, July 9, beginning at 7 p.m. Joe Boggess, who has worked at Logan Aluminum for over 20 years, is the bass player. Charlie Page of Russellville Parks and Recreation coordinates the Music on the Square series.

7/3/10
Fellowship Church to meet in new building
The first Sunday morning service at the new building of Fellowship Church in Russellville will be Sunday, July 4, with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and the worship service at 10:30. The 5,660-square foot building has been remodeled in the location of the former Russellville Flower Shop at the corner of Franklin and 4th streets.

Free dumping Saturday postponed one week
Waste Management has announced that its free dumping in the landfill for Logan County residents has been postponed a week until July 10 because of the holiday this weekend.

6/29/10
Ken Whitson will not seek another term
Lewisburg Mayor Ken Whitson will not seek another term in that office. A city hall spokesperson told The LoJo the veteran office holder decided "some time ago" not to run again. Civic leader Tina Callahan-Dye is seeking the office. The filing deadline is in early August.

Logan Tele's Hale elected state KTA president
Logan Telephone Cooperative has announced that General Mana-ger Greg Hale will serve as president of the Kentucky Telephone Association (KTA). Hale was elected president by the KTA Board of Directors at the May 28 meeting in Lexington. KTA is the lead-ing state trade association supporting and promoting the telecom-munications industry in the state. Hale also serves as a director of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Assn. and on the board of Bluegrass Cellular. He, his wife Bonnie, and daughter Sarah Elizabeth reside in Logan Telephone’s Auburn exchange.

6/27/10
Callahan-Dye running for Lewisburg mayor
Tina Callahan-Dye has announced that she filed her papers Friday to run for mayor of Lewisburg. She is president of the Lewisburg Lions Club, has been chair of the Lewisburg Christmas Parade the last two years, and serves as administrator for the Lewisburg sec-tion of the Logan County Tourism website. Multi-term mayor Ken Whitson has not announced if he will seek reelection.

6/21/10
Will McKenzie wins Boots Randolph Tournament
Will McKenzie, a top golfer for the Logan County Cougars, won the 17-18 age group of the KGA-PGA Pepsi Classic Tour at the Boots Randolph Golf Course at Lake Barkley June 16. He shot an 80, edging Kraig Farley of Dunmor and another golfer by a stroke.

Outlet store coming to Goody's former location
Burke's Outlet, a large store with upscale merchandise at discount prices, will open a location in Russellville in September. Nick Wil-liams, who does the leasing for his family's property development company, says the outlet store will open in the former location of Goody's on the south side of Wal-Mart. He compares Burke's to Stein Mart and TJ Maxx. Burke's has over 160 stores in 11 states and is expanding into Kentucky. Williams said Russellville is one of eight cities getting the first Burke's Outlet sites in the state. Williams also said a Mexican restaurant will open in August in the former location of Fox's Pizza next to Mighty Dollar, and that he expects other businesses to follow in the shopping center..

6/12/10
Auburn to get half million dollars for Senior Center
A $500,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) admin-istered by the Department for Local Government (DLG) has been awarded to the city of Auburn for construction of a senior citizens center. “It is critical that seniors be able to access resources with-out traveling too far from their homes,” said Gov. Steve Beshear. “By providing a safe, convenient location and key services, this center will offer a number of benefits for Auburn seniors that will support physical and mental health.” A 4,400 square-foot facility will be built on a two-acre lot donated by the city of Auburn. The CDBG funds supplement funding from the city.
"“This is an exciting announcement for the city of Auburn. A new senior citizens center is very important for the community. This will be a place for the seniors to go socialize, receive good meals and take part in activities close to home. This center will really help the small town of Auburn,” said Sen. Joey Pendleton, who made the announcement to The LoJo.
“The new Auburn senior center will fill a significant need in the community,” said DLG Commissioner Tony Wilder. “With esti-mates suggesting that the senior population in Logan County will increase by 40 percent over the next 20 years, the necessity for a local facility is especially pressing.”
The senior center in Auburn will serve approximately 6,376 seniors residing in Logan County, who currently must travel to a facility in another county. The building will comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It will include a large central activity and dining room, individual meeting rooms, a kitchen, restrooms and an administrative office.
“The city of Auburn is thrilled to welcome a new senior citizens center to the community,” said Mayor Dewey Roche. “I have heard from many people who are excited about this long-anticipated project. We appreciate Governor Beshear’s support and greatly look forward to the building’s completion.”

6/4/10
Relay for Life at LCHS to run/walk all night
The annual Logan County Relay for Life will be held all night at the Logan County High School track/football field. Survivor registration is from 4:30-5:30 p.m.. opening cermony at 6, and the luminria ceremony at 9. Music will be provided by Clay Bilyeu and Brent Summers will conduct the auction. Food, games and sales will go on all night, in addition to The Amazing Relay.

5/27/10
Former mayor withdrawing from council race
Former Russellville Mayor Shirlee Yassney has announced plans to withdraw from the city council race. She was one of 12 candi-dates for six seats. "It will be a rigorous campaign ... and as much as I hate to admit it, I have to accept my physical limitations more and more these days. In regard to such things as going door to door canvassing neighborhoods, I'm afraid I would not be physi-cally able to do it. This is a time-honored, necessary tradition and every citizen of Russellville deserves the opportunity to meet the candidates who will be responsible for leading our city during these troubling times."

5/23/10
Auburn dominates Soap Box Derby in Bowling Green
Caitlin Williams, a sophomore at Logan County High School, won the BB&T All-American Soap Box Derby in Bowling Green Satur-day, qualifying her for the national derby in Alron, Ohio in July. The other two top finishers were also from Auburn. Sarah Miller placed second and Williams' brother Caleb finished third. Thiis was the winner's 5th derby. She had finished third in a previous one.

5/22/10
Airport terminal named for Judge Fuqua
During an open house ceremony at the Russellville-Logan County Airport Saturday, Board Chairman Steve Dilliha announced that a new 3,000-square foot facility has been named the William G. Fuqua Terminal. A former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice, Fu-qua has served as the board's unpaid attorney for 40 years.


Adairville archery 6th in Elementary nationals
The Adairville Elementary School archery placed sixth in the nation in the tournament in Louisville May 8. Alex Hughes placed sixth overall. Austin Rayno was third in the fourth grade division. Watch The LoJo for details.

5/18/10
Chick reelected; Jenkins, Gregory, Ross, Hall & Johnson advance to November; fiscal court composition changes
County Judge-Executive Logan Chick was the leading vote getter in Tuesday's primary elections. Jailer Bill Jenkins and Republican Phil Gregory moved on in the jailer's race, and Joe Ross earned a place against the GOP's Corey Morgan in the county attorney's race. See the story in Articles/News for more details.

4/3010
Turner Valley featured at Woodburn Festival
Woodburn Days Strawberry Festival was held this weekend. The weather was beautiful Friday but rain literally dampened Saturday activity. Turner Valley Produce of Russellville was featured in the Bowling Green Daily News Sunday. The link to the story is http://www.bgdailynews.com/articles/2010/05/02/news/news7.txt

3/8/10
Central dominates Panthers, ends RHS season
Warren Central out-rebounded Russellville 40-18 and out-shot the Panthers 56.5 to 32.1 percent on the way to a 67-40 win in the 4th Region semifinals Monday at Diddle Arena. Central center George Fant drew a foul on Panther center Justin Bollenbecker nine seconds into the game, and it was soon clear no Panther could guard him. Fant finished with 15 points and 7 rebounds while Bollenbecker had 3 points and no boards. Shermarcus Wells of Central, son of 1975 Panther state track star Willie Wells, had 14 rebounds, just 4 short of the Panther total. Devonta Bryant led the Panthers with 11 points and 5 rebounds. Central for the fourth time will play Bowling Green in the regiional finals Tuesday at 6 p.m.

3/610
Babe Ruth signups scheduled this week
Logan County Babe Ruth signups will be Tuesday, March 9 and Friday, March 12. Times will be 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Parks and Rec. building behind the Russellville Post Office. Ages will be from 13 to 15 year old. Also 12 year olds coming out of little league will be allow to register. The fee is $55. Copies of birth certificates are required.

3/5/10
Greenwood ends Logan basketball season
After a close first half, Greenwood took advantage of a 7-minute scoring shutout of Logan County on the way to a 59-45 win over the Lady Cougars in the semifinals of the 4th Region Tournament at Diddle Arena Friday. Seniors Sara Speck and Ann Dorris led Logan's scoring with 15 and 11 points, respectively. The Lady
Gators lost in Saturday's finals to Bowling Green.

3/4/10
Jack Lyne, Al Cross entering Hall of Fame
Two men with Logan County ties are among the seven inductees into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, it was announced this week. Jack Lyne, a 1962 graduate of Russellville High School, is executive editor of interactive publishing for Site Selection, a publi- cation and web site focused on corporate real estate strategy and area economic development. Former News-Democrat managing editor Al Cross is a former Courier-Journal political columnist who now head's UK's Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. An installation ceremony will be held in April.

1/14/10
Larry Noe files for state representative
Larry Noe of Russellville has filed his candidacy for state repre-
sentative as a Republican. So far he is the only Logan or Todd countian to file for the office.

1/12/10
Zick will not seek another term as mayor
Gene Zick has announced he will not seek a second term as mayor of Russellville. The retired unit manager at Logan Alumi- num cited 1) having accomplished most of his goals and 2) a desire to spend more time with family members who live many hours away as reasons for his decision.

1/11/10
RHS gets narrowest of Clash sweeps
By the narrowest of margins, Russellville swept the Clash of the Cats at the Logan County gym Monday. Trevor Clark hit a 3-
pointer with 14.5 seconds remaining to give the Panthers a 65-
64 win after the Lady Panthers needed overtime to beat the Lady Cougars 56-53. Watch for details of both games in The LoJo soon.

Three more candidates in council race
Three more candidates have entered the Russellville city council race, including former mayor Shirlee Yassney. Joining her are photographer Ashley Bland and former code enforcement officer Bill Decker. That brings the total to eight for six seats.

1/10/10
UK-Ole Miss tickets being raffled
The Lewisburg FRYSC office has raffle tickets for the UK vs. Ole Miss game on Feb 2 at $1 each or 6 for $10. The final day to purchase them is Thursday, Jan.14.. Anyone interested can email samantha.hamilton@logan.kyschools.us and then mail the money to FRYSC, Samantha Hamilton, 750 Stacker Street, Lewisburg, Ky. 42256.

1/8/10
Second candidate enters R'ville mayor's race
Former councilman Mark Stratton filed his candidacy for mayor of
Russellville Friday. Current councilman Doug Nash had previously filed. Also filing for reelection were Russellville councilmen Jimmy Davenport and Lanny McPherson.

1/8/10
Jr. Pro evaluations set Saturday, Jan. 16
The Logan County Jr. Pro Basketball Evaluation Day will be Satur- day, Jan. 16 at the LCHS Gym. Any student who lives in Logan County and is in grades 3rd -8th can participate. Forms can be obtained from any county middle school basketball Coach. If you would like to volunteer to coach a team or have any other questions, please call 270-847-3414.

1/7/10
Clash of the Cats postponed to Monday
Logan County Athletic Director Hugh McReynolds issued the following press release Thursday: "The Logan County–Russell-  ville girls and boys basketball games have been canceled for Friday night. They have been rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 11 with the girls game beginning at 6 p.m. and the boys game to follow. With the weather forecasts as they are, we didn’t see Saturday being any better than Friday."

1/6/10
Additional candidates file for office
Three more candidates have filed for public office. Incumbents Jack Whipple and Pat Walpole Bell are seeking another term on Russellville City Council. Russell Poore has filed for First District magistrates. Incumbent Dickie Carter had already filed.

1/5/10
Dragons edge Panthers in regional battle
In a game matching two of the region's best boys teams, Warren Central edged Russellville 71-70 Tuesday night at RHS. The Pan-
thers had a 10-point lead early in the second quarter and then went scoreless for 7:56, digging themselves a hole they couldn't quite get out of. The complete game story will be in Sports soon.

1/3/10
Man dies in Clarksville Road accident
Trent Nourse, 21, of Russellville, died in a single vehicle accident on Clarksville Road in the Olmstead area early New Years Day.

1/1/10
LoJo sets usage record in December
Almost a quarter of a million hits (246,029) were recorded by The Logan Journal in December, breaking the old monthly record of 230,035 in May. That's almost 8,000 hits per day, highlighted by 22,000 Christmas Eve. In the 11 months since the online publication began, the total hits has surpassed the 1.67 million mark. Two new advertisers are making their debut today, Printers Plus and Logan Telephone Co-op.