Month: September 2021

IMPORTANT – Due to the continued increase in positive cases it may be several days before you are contacted by the health department. If you’ve tested positive for COVID19 please isolate yourself immediately, do NOT […]

Russell County Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Golden graduated from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Basic Training Academy yesterday. Golden was part of Class 519 which included 24 law enforcement officers from across the […]

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams stopped by the WJRS Studios to talk with News Director Zac Oakes about changes to Kentucky’s elections and the importance of making voting easier for Kentuckians.

This is a follow-up to a story published by Laker Country in October 2020. To read that story, click here. Greg Stinson hasn’t wavered from his vision. When WJRS News caught up with Stinson, the […]

The body of a Lexington man was recovered from Lake Cumberland in Wayne County Thursday morning. According to FOX56 WDKY in Lexington, the man, who has not had his identity released yet, was 73 years […]

A former assistant football coach at Russell County High School has entered a guilty plea to felony charges. Hunter Lovell of Russell Springs was charged last year with four counts of rape in the third […]