Month: January 2023

Several new ventures for Russell County Hospital are underway or are beginning next month. WJRS NEWS talked with Scott Thompson, the local healthcare facility’s CEO, about those happenings… We’ll have more details from this week’s […]

A two-vehicle collision at the Russell County-Adair County line on Tuesday sent two people to the hospital. The preliminary investigation by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office shows that 26-year-old Logan Russell of Russell Springs was […]

The Laker Cheer teams had a strong showing at the Rockcastle Challenge last Saturday. The High School team won their High School Division and Game Day Divisions. The Laker Cheer team also was the overall […]

Special to Laker Country 104.9 By Lee Roberts, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs When the Cumberland River Basin in southeastern Kentucky experiences storms and waters rise, Wolf Creek Dam on the Cumberland River […]

The monthly Russell County Community Blood Drive takes place today. The blood drive goes from 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at the South Kentucky RECC Community Room, located at 2405 N. Main Street in Jamestown. […]

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reported 17 new COVID cases in Russell County this week, a decrease from last week’s total of 22. Looking at other counties in the Lake Cumberland District, Pulaski County […]

The proposal window is now open for Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Applicants must describe how the project potentially affects and produces measurable outcomes for the specialty crop industry and/or the […]