Month: November 2021

Liberty, KY (November 4, 2021) Kentucky State Police Post 15 is investigating a two vehicle fatal collision that occurred on November 2 at approximately 7:24 p.m. eight miles north of Liberty on U.S. 127. Preliminary […]

County Judge Executive Gary D. Robertson and the Russell County Fiscal Court, in conjunction with the Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland program, will be giving out commodities at Russell Springs First Baptist Church located at 392 […]

The race is on for the 2022 elections, as local candidates have begun filing for offices that will be on the ballot next year. Clarissa “Moochie” Hart has filed to run for Russell County Judge-Executive. […]

FRANKFORT- The Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting (Siting Board) has approved, with modifications and conditions, an application from Mt. Olive Creek Solar, LLC, to construct a 60-megawatt (MW) solar facility in […]

Of today’s 103 reported cases, 89 (86%) were unvaccinated and 24 of today’s cases (23%) were in individuals 18 years of age or younger. Please take the necessary precautions to protect yourself and your loved […]

CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine. CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 […]

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset announced yesterday that it will now expand its visitor policy at the main campus, all facilities, and Lake Cumberland Physician Practices. Under the rules: Patients will be allowed two (2) […]

A Liberty man was arrested by Kentucky State Police locally Tuesday evening on multiple charges. According to jail records, Christopher Harmon, age 39, was arrested and charged with identity theft, operating on a suspended or […]

A single-vehicle collision on Old Columbia Road Tuesday evening resulted in a nine-year-old being flown out, according to the Russell County Sheriff’s Office. Few details are known right now, but WJRS News has been told […]