Month: December 2022

With continued illness being reported locally, Russell County Schools’ attendance numbers stayed consistent at 92 percent on Thursday. Salem Elementary at 88.3 percent was the lone school below the 90 percent mark yesterday. Jamestown Elementary […]

Russell County Middle School Principal Wayne Ackerman spoke to WJRS News about some new strategies being implemented at the school in light of recently released state data that showed need for improvement in the area […]

Children younger than five years old can now get an updated COVID-19 shot, according to the Food and Drug Administration. On Thursday, the FDA granted Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization for babies six […]

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say the striped bass population in Lake Cumberland is improving, according to a new report. In years past, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife usually stocked 300,000 striped bass each […]

To keep Kentucky roadways as safe as possible through the holidays, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety is joining the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and law enforcement nationwide in the “Drive Sober […]

Kentucky’s late muzzleloader season for whitetail deer begins tomorrow, Saturday, December 10th and runs through Sunday, December 18th. Muzzleloaders, archery and crossbow equipment may be used during this season and all hunters must comply with […]

The Russell County Board of Education hit a snag in regard to the construction of the school district’s athletic complex with bids coming in significantly higher than expected. Superintendent Michael Ford gave WJRS News more […]