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Six new cases of COVID-19 in Russell County

January 25, 2021 Zac Oakes
Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 9.93%. Deaths: We are sad to report 2 new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 316 deaths resulting in a 1.83% mortality rate (about 1 in 55) among known […]
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Storms have caused RECC power outages

January 25, 2021 Zac Oakes
South Kentucky RECC is reporting power outages in portions of Russell County. Outages are listed below. Highway 1680, 105 affected Large tree across line on Highway 3277 affecting 44 Wesley Circle area, 32 affected Crews […]
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Rep. Josh Branscum Legislative Update

January 25, 2021 Zac Oakes
The vetoes issued by Governor Beshear last week will be among the most pressing tasks on our agenda when we return to Frankfort in February. The Governor vetoed six of the seven bills we sent […]
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Lady Lakers and Lakers Have Tough Weekend of Basketball

January 25, 2021 WJRS Staff
The Russell County Lady Lakers and Laker boys went on the road Friday night for a girl-boy doubleheader in Liberty against Casey County.   In the girls game, the Lady Lakers had probably their worst outing […]
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RC Board of Education meets tonight

January 25, 2021 Zac Oakes
The Russell County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 5 p.m. Below is the agenda for the meeting: Russell County Board of Education Meeting 1/25/2021 5:00 PM Russell County Auditorium/Natatorium […]
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Rain and Thunderstorms Today, Snow Possible Wednesday

January 25, 2021 Sean Hammond
Good morning and happy Monday everyone hope all of you had an excellent weekend. Saturday was a beautiful day which lead to yesterday being kind of a gloomy day with showers at times. Some rain […]
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Wisconsin Prep Star Likes UK, Leads State in Scoring

January 24, 2021 WJRS Staff
By LARRY VAUGHT Ask Antonio Curo what he likes most about 6-5 guard Brandin Podziemski and he has a quick answer. “There’s not a lot to not like,” said Curo, Podziemski’s AAU coach. “The biggest […]
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State is asking people to test home internet speeds

January 24, 2021 Zac Oakes
Frankfort, Ky. (Jan. 21, 2021) – Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced the launch of the Kentucky Broadband Speed Test, a crowd-sourcing project that will gather data from Kentuckians needed to expand internet home access for […]
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Three new cases of COVID-19 in RC on Sunday

January 24, 2021 Zac Oakes
Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 10.24%. Deaths: We are happy to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 314 deaths resulting in a 1.82% mortality rate (about 1 in 55) among known […]
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Jamestown man arrested on numerous charges

January 24, 2021 Zac Oakes
A Jamestown man was arrested on numerous charges Friday afternoon by Kentucky State Police. Kevin Russell, 43, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, […]
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