Month: October 2022

Due to the rain received yesterday and overnight, Judge-Executive Gary Robertson has lifted the countywide burn ban, effective immediately. If dry conditions return, the burn ban could be reinstated. County officials ask that citizens remember […]

Today is Halloween, and there will be trick-or-treat events in both Jamestown and Russell Springs this evening. Halloween on the Square in Jamestown will take place from 5-7 p.m. The city will also have a […]

The Russell County Board of Education will meet in special session tomorrow morning. The board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 114 of the Russell County ANC. The board is set to discuss the […]

The Laker band is one of the top marching bands in the state of Kentucky. Russell County High School Band Director Curtis Ervin talked with WJRS following his team’s performance at the Class 3A state […]

Just days after a countywide burn ban was issued for Russell County by Judge-Executive Gary Robertson, neighboring Adair County saw their own burn ban lifted on Sunday by Adair Judge-Executive Gale Cowan following this past […]

Early in-person voting will begin later this week for the November General Election. Early in-person voting will begin Thursday at the South Kentucky RECC Community Room from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Early […]

A Dunnville man was arrested locally over the weekend on a drug charge. According to jail records, 54-year-old Marty Buis was arrested by Kentucky State Police and charged with possession of methamphetamine. Buis was lodged […]

A burn ban is now in effect for Russell County following an executive order by Judge-Executive Gary Robertson on Friday. No outdoor burning is allowed until further notice with violators being subject to fines and […]

A new phase has begun in the much-anticipated project to put U.S. 127 in a new alignment in Russell and Clinton counties, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 8 Office in Somerset announced Thursday. The next […]