Month: March 2023

During the month of February, the Lake Cumberland District Health Department’s Harm Reduction Syringe Exchange Program saw 68 total visits with 46 repeat visitors and six new visitors in Russell County. A total of 2,050 […]

Thirty-one Western Kentucky University students earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the October 2022 application cycle. Among those is Alexis Smith of Russell Springs, daughter of Lydia and Tracy Smith. […]

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery staff with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel stocked Rainbow and Brown trout in the Cumberland River in both Russell and Cumberland […]

In anticipation of inclement weather Friday, March 3, Russell County Schools will not be in-person and will utilize NTI Day 3, per Superintendent Michael Ford. Students are encouraged to login to their classes on any […]

Russell County and the Lake Cumberland area faces an enhanced level 3 risk of severe thunderstorms along with high winds and the potential for tornadoes on Friday. WJRS NEWS participated in conference call with Meteorologist […]

Showers and storms will come into the region midday through the early afternoon hours on Friday. Main threats appear to be large hail and damaging winds. However, an isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled […]

One arrest has been made in the case of six new Dodge Challenger Hellcats that were stolen from a Somerset car dealership this week. Caveze Jones, age 19 of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, was arrested and […]

The Russell County Hospital Board of Directors, earlier this week, unanimously approved a measure to continue remedying plumbing issues at the 42-year-old facility with the latest work to be done slated to be to the […]

Lake Cumberland State Resort Park is welcoming two new Kentucky Park Rangers this week. Kentucky State Parks Commissioner Russ Meyers swore in new rangers Larry Johnson and Nathan Meadows on Wednesday. Ranger Johnson previously worked […]

Legislators are working to improve the embattled Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Charles Baglan files this report from the state capitol for WJRS NEWS…