Month: April 2020

Kentucky had a significant reduction in new cases of Coronavirus on Monday. Governor Andy Beshear did caution that we still need to see the numbers over the next few days… Over 48,000 Kentuckians have been […]

Trading Post 4/27

Looking for a garden tiller and hens 270-585-4128 Firewood, piping, other misc. items for sale and looking for scrap metal 270-585-8150 Looking for a home for rent 270-585-5588 Looking for goats 270-585-5554 Maltese dog for […]

Hospital Board Meets Today

The Russell County Hospital Board of Directors will have a special called meeting this afternoon at 3:00 pm. The meeting will be via teleconference due to restrictions in place from the Coronavirus. The agenda item […]

COVID-19 Russell and Adair County Update

Russell County Judge-Executive Gary Robertson announced on Sunday evening that for the 6th consecutive day, Russell County had no new cases of COVID-19. Russell remains at a total of 16 cases with 8 being released […]

Fay Wade, age 88, of Russell Springs

Fay Wade, age 88, of Russell County, passed away Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 at the Russell County Hospital. She is survived by: Two Sons John and Danny Wade, both of Russell Springs One Sister Joyce […]

Gina R. Smith, age 45, of Louisville

Gina R. Smith, age 45, of Louisville, Formerly of Columbia, passed away Friday, April 24th 2020 at University of Louisville Hospital. She is survived by: Her Husband Tim Biery One Son Alex Smith One Step-Daughter […]

Ruby Christine Scholl, age 91, of Jamestown

Ruby Christine Scholl, age 91, of Jamestown, passed away Sunday, April 26th 2020 at Fair Oaks Nursing Home in Jamestown. She is survived by: One Sister Anna Lou Reid of Danville All services are private; […]

New Voting Rules for Primary Election 2020

April 26, 2020 WJRS Staff

Secretary of State Michael Adams and Governor Andy Beshear announced last week some changes to voting for Primary Election 2020 due to COVID-19 and social distancing restrictions. Primary Election is schedule for June 23rd. Locally, […]

Over 200 More Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed in KY Sunday

Kentucky has now surpassed 4,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus… That was Governor Andy Beshear during his daily briefing on Sunday evening. Three more deaths were reported in the state bringing the death toll […]

No New COVID-19 Cases in Russell County on Friday

April 24, 2020 Sean Hammond

Russell County Judge-Executive Gary Robertson announced on Friday that for the 4th day in a row, there were no new confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus. Russell County remains at 16 total cases with 8 […]