Month: June 2020

The Russell County Community Blood Drive is today from 12:30 to 5:30 pm. The drive is once again at the South Kentucky RECC Community Room located at 2405 North Main Street in Jamestown. Face masks […]

Will the fiscal court accept any new bids submitted for blacktop and rock for county roads?   That is one of the questions the court will answer on Monday night during the regular monthly meeting at […]

The Russell County Board of Education approved a revision in its Comprehensive District Improvement plan in a special called meeting Wednesday. WJRS News talked with Superintendent Michael Ford…

Now that the filing deadline has passed, it appears only one incumbent school board member will face opposition in November.     Fifth District School board member Gerald Murray received a challenge from James Gray.   Murray is […]

Seven in Jamestown…nine in Russell Springs.   Those are the number of persons seeking a position in each town on the six-person city councils. In Jamestown, all six incumbents, Regina Hinton, Mitchell Marcum, Larry Joe Murray, […]

The Russell County Sheriff’s department will receive a significant federal grant to hire two new police officers.    The Department of Justice announced yesterday nearly $400 million in grant funding to law enforcement agencies across the […]