Month: March 2022

State Auditor Mike Harmon’s office released the Sheriff’s Settlement – 2020 Taxes regular audit results this week, noting no instances of noncompliance and no matters over internal controls for the Russell County Sheriff’s Office. The […]

The Russell County Board of Education took up several athletics-related items at their regular monthly meeting earlier this week. Superintendent Michael Ford broke down the action taken for WJRS NEWS… The school board also unanimously […]

Legislation was discussed in Frankfort this week that would greatly impact newly elected constables in the state. Here’s Keith West for WJRS NEWS… Also, name, image and likeness legislation has continued to be a hot […]

The dome of the Kentucky State Capitol was lit blue and the front of the Governor’s Mansion yellow Tuesday night and will be again tonight as a show of support for the people of Ukraine, […]

A special-called meeting of the Russell County Hospital Board of Directors has been scheduled for Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 at 4 p.m. in the Duo Broadband Board Room. The lone item on the agenda is […]

A bill aimed at making animal hoarders pay shelters for the care of their seized animals received approval on Tuesday from the Senate Agriculture Committee. Lawmakers offered examples of shelters facing heavy costs when large […]

An Elizabethtown man was arrested by the Russell County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday evening. 29-year-old Joshua Philpott was arrested and charged with theft by failure to make a required disposition of property. Philpott was arrested by […]

A statewide tornado safety drill will take this morning at 9:07 am central time. The Russell County warning sirens will be activated at this time, according to Emergency Management Director Ashley Coffey, and everyone is […]