Year: 2023

A Jamestown man was arrested by the Russell County Sheriff’s Office after attempting to evade officers and allegedly assaulting an officer. According to jail records, 54-year-old Ernest Bradley Foley was arrested Monday morning on charges […]

Several local students were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Kentucky for the Fall 2022 semester. Dean’s List students finish the semester with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher. Local […]

Last week, the first week of the short, 30-day session wrapped up for the Kentucky Legislature. Keith West files this report for WJRS NEWS from Frankfort on what comes next for the General Assembly…

This past weekend the Russell County High and Middle school Laker Dance teams competed at the Battle of Bows competition in Jeffersonville, Indiana where they brought home many “on point performer” awards, and each team […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court will hold its first regular meeting of the new year this evening. The court will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the old Russell County Courthouse. The court […]

The Jamestown Police Department have released their yearly activity report. For the year 2022, Jamestown Police investigated 35 accidents without injury, three accidents with injury, received 1,608 calls for police services though Russell County Dispatch, […]