Month: May 2023

The Russell County Laker Baseball team will go on the road for a matchup with Clinton County tonight. The Lakers will take on the Bulldogs in a 16th District showdown beginning at 6 p.m. The […]

RCMS Lady Lakers finish as conference runner-up

The Russell County Middle School Lady Laker Softball team finished as the conference runner-up over the weekend. The Lady Lakers defeated Casey County 5-4 in the first game of the tournament, but fell to Adair […]

In-person, excused absentee voting continues through Wednesday

In-person, excused absentee voting for the May Primary Election continues this week. Voting for those with a valid absentee excuse will be available today, tomorrow, and Wednesday. In-person absentee voting is available in the Russell […]

RCMS Baseball falls to Green Co in conference tournament

The Russell County Middle School Baseball team fell to Green County in the conference tournament over the weekend. The 3-seed Lakers defeated Hart County in the opening round by a score of 11-1 but fell […]

Woodford County’s Johnson Recieves UK Offer

May 8, 2023 WJRS Staff

By LARRY VAUGHT Woodford County sophomore Jasper Johnson is a consensus top 25 player in the 2025 recruiting class and recently became just the fourth player to get a Kentucky scholarship offer to go with […]

Fiscal court to meet tonight

The Russell County Fiscal Court meets this evening at 5:30 p.m. for their regular monthly meeting. The meeting will take place in the upstairs courtroom of the old Russell County Courthouse in Jamestown and is […]

Somerset man arrested on meth, other charges

A Somerset man was arrested on a long list of charges Saturday night that included meth possession, according to jail records. Samuel Rose, age 33, was arrested by Russell Springs Police Officer Mason Miniard on […]

RCMS girls soccer hosts Wayne Co in district tournament opener tonight

The Russell County Middle School Girls Soccer team will host Wayne County in the opening round of the district tournament tonight. The 2-seed Lady Lakers will take on the 7-seed Lady Cardinals beginning at 5 […]

Jamestown man arrested on drug, other charges

A Jamestown man was arrested by Russell Springs Police Sunday afternoon on drug and other offenses, according to jail records. Zachary Meece, age 28, was taken into custody by Officer Brenton LLane on charges of […]

COVID changes coming; well-known Kentuckian passes

Later this week, both the national and public emergency declarations for COVID-19 will expire, meaning that publicly-available data that tracks virus trends will be harder to find. CDC transmission data, national immunization data and COVID-19 […]