Month: April 2020

According to information received by WJRS Local News, 30-year-old Vanna Williams was charged with Custodial Interference, a felony, by Trooper Billy Begley of the Kentucky State Police. No further details were available. Williams was lodged in […]

COVID-19 Impact on Agriculture

One of the potentially hardest hit areas of the agriculture economy as a result of the coronavirus is the beef cattle industry. Kentucky is the largest beef cattle state east of the Mississippi River and […]

Jamestown Man Airlifted Following Automobile Accident Tuesday

A 33-year-old Jamestown man was seriously injured as a result of a one vehicle accident last night around 8:30. Authorities say Cody Wayne Downey was traveling south on highway 1680, near the Pleasant Hill community, […]

Kentucky Surpasses 4,300 COVID-19 Cases

More cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Kentucky on Tuesday. Governor Andy Beshear announced the total number during his daily press briefing… 12 additional deaths were reported in the Commonwealth on Tuesday bringing the death […]

Coronavirus Case Update for Russell and Adair County

There were no new confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus in Russell County on Tuesday, according to Judge-Executive Gary Robertson. Russell County remains at 16 total cases with 3 deaths. 9 have been released from […]

Betty Morgan, age 72, of Russell Springs

Betty Morgan, age 72, of Russell Springs, passed away Monday, April 27th, 2020 at Fair Oaks Health Systems in Jamestown. She is survived by: Her Husband Ralph Morgan One Brother H.B. Brown, Jr Two grandchildren […]

Conversation With Leah Williams From Hospice of Lake Cumberland

New COVID-19 Death in Russell County

On Monday, Russell County Judge-Executive Gary Robertson made the unfortunate announcement that another person in Russell County had passed away due to COVID-19. Robertson said the individual was a self-isolated patient at the local nursing […]

Status of Jaycees Fair

Will there be a Russell County Fair this year? If so, when will it be? Those questions are being asked around the community as the status of the annual event, which has been held the […]

Hospital Board Meeting Recap

The Russell County Hospital board has voted unanimously to pursue a loan of almost three million dollars as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The board met yesterday afternoon via teleconferencing to consider the information […]