Month: December 2022

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reported 18 new COVID cases in Russell County this week, a slight increase from last week’s total of 16. Looking at other counties in the Lake Cumberland Area, Pulaski […]

The Russell Springs Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire Tuesday morning, according to Fire Chief Bobby Johnson. Just before 8 a.m., fire crews responded to a blaze at 709 Bluebird Drive in […]

Kentuckians now have two additional years to upgrade their drivers licenses to be complaint with Real ID. The Department of Homeland Security said this week the new deadline will be May 7, 2025, giving Americans […]

Champions have been named in Russell County 4-H’s annual poetry contest. Autumn Onyon from Russell County High School and Sarah Stephens from the RCHSA were named senior champions while Molly Hammond and Kambyr Bradshaw, both […]

Thursday is the monthly commodity distribution, according to the Russell County Judge-Executive’s office Judge-Executive Gary Robertson and the Russell County Fiscal Court in conjunction with the Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland program, will be giving out […]

The Russell County Board of Education will hold a special-called meeting today at 1 p.m. in room 114 of the Russell County Schools ANC. To be discussed is the 2022 fiscal year audit report, the […]

The state blood supply is at a critical juncture. WJRS NEWS talked with Eric Lindsey of the Kentucky Blood Center about the shortage… Lindsey said there a couple of different reasons as to why the […]

New data released by Kentucky Youth Advocates shows improvement in multiple areas related to child economic security. The Kentucky Kids Count study shows that Russell County saw an improvement in the number of children in […]