Month: March 2022

State legislators are entering the crucial final days of the 2022 General Assembly. Keith West takes a look back at last week’s activity for WJRS NEWS, including the latest status on the state’s biennial budget…

An incident in neighboring Adair County late last week landed a Russell County man behind bars, according to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office. Last Thursday afternoon, an Adair County deputy received a call from dispatch […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be in the courtroom of the old Russell County Courthouse. The court is expected to hear the […]

A pavement rehabilitation and improvement project is scheduled to begin Monday, March 14th, on the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s District 8 office in Somerset. The project will consist […]

By Zac Oakes, WJRS News Director Former Russell Springs Assistant Police Chief Melissa Taylor has filed a lawsuit against Russell Springs Mayor Eddie Thomas. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Russell Circuit Court, alleges gender discrimination […]

The Jamestown Water Department has issued a boil water advisory on Hwy 619 from Bubby Flanagan Rd. to the overpass on 619, including Voils Rd. The advisory will be until further notice.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 8 highway crews are ready to respond to the winter storm expected to move across the state overnight. The U.S. National Weather Service out of Louisville has issued a winter […]

The City of Russell Springs is planning to recognize a local pastor by naming a road in his honor. If the city council approves the second reading next month, there will be a new road […]