Month: February 2022

Legislators have had dialogue in Frankfort this week in hopes of shoring up the lingering nursing shortage in Kentucky. Keith West files this report from Frankfort with more…

The Jamestown City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening at 6 p.m. The meeting will be at Jamestown City Hall. There will also be a Lakefest committee meeting at city hall beginning […]

South Kentucky RECC will be awarding up to 12, $1,000 scholarships to seniors from Russell, Adair, Casey, Clinton, Pulaski, Lincoln, McCreary Central, Somerset, Somerset Christian, Southwestern, and Wayne County High Schools, as well as one […]

Russell Springs Fire Dept. crews and local law enforcement responded to a mobile home fire off Highway 1729 last night. Firefighters were called out at around 7:30 p.m. to the residence at 541 KY 1729 […]

Good morning and happy Thursday, everyone. We are waking up to mild temperatures and gusty winds this morning. The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a Wind Advisory for much of the Commonwealth. If […]

Two Russell County men were arrested by Kentucky State Police in separate incidents Wednesday night. According to jail records, Brandon Knight, age 41 of Jamestown, was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under […]

Strong winds are reportedly the cause of a power outage in the French Valley area according to South Kentucky RECC. The power company says they have crews en route to work on restoring the outage, […]

With rising inflation, Governor Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that his office is taking a couple actions. First, Beshear said he is signing an executive order that will stop the increase in vehicle property taxes. In […]

The Russell County Clerk’s Office announced at this week’s Russell County Fiscal Court meeting that the office is turning more than $230 thousand over to the fiscal court in excess fees. Clerk Sue Brockman told […]

More than 30 representatives from the local business community met on Tuesday for the Russell County Chamber of Commerce’s second meeting of the new year. WJRS NEWS caught up with Chamber President Marisa Ramsey following […]