Month: August 2023

Today is the first day of school in Russell County as students and teachers return to the classroom from summer break. Motorists are asked to pay close attention to school buses as they are out […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court moved forward with planned renovations at the Russell County Courthouse at the court’s meeting earlier this week. The plan is to renovate the courthouse steps to make them more accessible […]

The Russell County 12-14 year olds performed well at a recent shooting sports competition in Adair County. Here’s how Russell County’s team members performed. Alyssa Wethington won first place in the target recurve archery competition. […]

Work at City Hall in Russell Springs is set to begin today WJRS News spoke with Mayor Eddie Thomas about what will be taking place and how it will affect residents conducting business at city […]

Kentucky State Police Post 15 now has four new troopers. New troopers at Post 15, which is based in Columbia and covers Russell County, include Noah Brown of Liberty, Joshua Smith of Campbellsville, Trenton Tooley […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court approved the county’s tax rate at last night’s meeting. The fiscal court voted unanimously to leave the tax rate the same as last year. Judge Executive Randy Marcum spoke to […]

Russell County’s Donnie Wilkerson is one of 10 semifinalists for Kentucky Teacher of the Year. Wilkerson is also one of four semifinalists for Kentucky Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Wilkerson, a 5th-grade history/social studies teacher […]