Month: August 2021

Movie night at Beck Park in Jamestown will soon be returning. Mayor Nick Shearer announced Thursday night that the plans are to bring the popular movie night back on Friday, Sept. 3 with the movie […]

A virtual academy option is expected to soon be available for Russell County students with certain circumstances in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The board unanimously approved the virtual academy, which Superintendent Michael […]

A federal mandate will require nursing home staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. The new mandate, in the form of a […]

Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason Glass will join Jeff Hoover, Tony Kerr, and Zac Oakes on All Things Russell Friday morning. The show is from 8-9 a.m. Central time on Laker Country WJRS 104.9 FM. You […]

A Jamestown man was arrested early Thursday morning on drug charges. According to jail records, Lucas McFarland, age 36, was arrested by Officer Tarter of the Jamestown Police Department. McFarland was charged with Possession of […]

The Russell County Board of Education will hold a special-called meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday. The board is expected to discuss the possible approval of a virtual academy and virtual academy teacher. The meeting will […]

A Jamestown woman was arrested by Russell Springs Police Wednesday evening. Sandra Dix, age 51, was arrested by Officer Hayden Phillips and charged with resisting arrest, menacing, disorderly conduct second degree, and multiple probation violations. […]

Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 12.59%. Deaths: We are sad to report 1 new death since our last report. We have experienced a total of 488 deaths resulting in a 1.89% mortality rate (about 1 in […]