Month: February 2021

Next week’s Russell County Schools schedule will be slightly different. The group that normally attends in-person on Thursday/Friday will be in-person on Wednesday and Thursday for next week only. The entire district will be all-virtual […]

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 6.99%. Deaths: We are sad to report 4 new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 350 deaths resulting in a 1.78% mortality rate (about 1 in 56) among known […]

A Russell Springs man was arrested by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Wednesday evening. Jeffery C. Newland, 34, was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence, reckless driving, failure […]

Russell County Schools will remain all virtual Thursday due to inclement weather. A decision about school for Friday, Feb. 19 is expected sometime Thursday.

Childcare workers in Kentucky are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine after Monday’s announcement from the Governor’s Office. Childcare workers were originally placed into Phase 1C, but frustration from many childcare workers across the state […]

Two bills filed in the Kentucky Legislature aim to legalize cannabis in Kentucky. House Bill 461, filed by Rep. Nima Kulkarni, Rep. Attica Scott, and Rep. Lisa Willner, and House Bill 467, filed by Rep. […]

Most of the local power outages have been resolved, according to South Kentucky RECC. At 11 a.m., the South Kentucky RECC outage center reported that 11 customers were affected by outages in Russell County. Several […]

The Columbia Police Department responded to a suspicious vehicle at Kentucky State Police Post 15 on Tuesday night, February 16, 2021. The call originated after Post Dispatcher contacted Adair 911 stating a male subject was […]

Russell Springs Fire Chief HM Bottom told WJRS News that firemen were called out at around 12:30 yesterday afternoon to a home belonging to Glen and Sondra Whitis on Neva Drive in Russell Springs. When […]

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Halfway point of the 2021 Session approaches Representative Josh Branscum We are almost halfway through the 2021 Legislative Session and though considered a short session, there is no shortage of legislative work left […]