Month: February 2022

A 13-year-old Wayne County Middle School student was found unresponsive Tuesday morning in the school’s restroom and later pronounced dead at the hospital, according to reports from Z93 out of Monticello. The radio station reported […]

Storms moving through the area this morning have caused multiple power outages in the county. South Kentucky RECC is reporting 365 outages in Russell County. Most of these have occurred in the Little Indian Creek/Pumpkin […]

Russell County Hospital CEO Patrick Branco was selected to serve on the National Rural Health Association Congress. The NRHA is a national non-profit membership association that provides leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, […]

One Russell County applicant is set to receive just over $8,000 in tobacco settlement funds, according to the Kentucky Soil and Water Conservation Commission, who selected 387 Kentucky farm projects in 85 counties to receive […]

The Jamestown City Council will host a special-called meeting today at 4:30 p.m. The council will have a discussion with local resident Jeff Recker, who is hoping to host an event in Jamestown in May […]

Four COVID deaths were reported in Russell County last week, according to the Lake Cumberland District Health Department. That brings the pandemic death toll to 78 in Russell County. Last week, 160 new COVID cases […]

The city of Russell Springs recently received $329,121 in funding from the state’s Cleaner Water Program for a water system improvement in the Mt. Eden and Salem areas of the county. This investment will include […]

Good morning and happy Tuesday, everyone. Severe weather is possible across the Commonwealth today, along with the potential for flooding rainfall. The Storm Prediction Center has just shifted that level 2 “Slight Risk” of severe […]