Month: September 2024

Russell County, and the Lake Cumberland area as a whole, saw significant increases in unemployment in August. Russell County’s unemployment rate last month came in at 6.2 percent, up from 4.8 percent in August 2023. […]

The Russell County Sheriff’s Office has a new deputy. Nathan Antle recently joined the sheriff’s office and was sworn-in this week. Antle has prior law enforcement experience in Russell County, serving as a deputy with […]

Russell Springs Police responded to more than 300 calls last month, according to the department’s latest activity report. In the month of August, Russell Springs Police responded to 328 calls for service and made 30 […]

The Kentucky High School Bass Fishing Championships will soon be coming to Lake Cumberland. The KHSAA Board of Control  approved a four-year site rotation yesterday for the Operation UNITE Bass Fishing State Championships presented by […]

Apprentice students in the Russell County Schools Project Navigate program have earned more than $200,000, according to the latest report. Mick Slone, who is over the program for Russell County Schools, reported at last week’s […]

A Liberty man died as a result of a logging accident in the Jabez community this morning. Russell County Coroner Mark Coots told WJRS News 25-year-old Luke Dee Wilson of Liberty was killed in the […]