Year: 2024

As the polls close at 6 this evening, election workers will begin the process of receiving and tabulating votes cast across the county. The last several years, that process has taken place inside the deed […]

Kentucky State Police Post 15 will again be conducting traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area. This includes Russell County, along with Adair, Casey, Clinton and Cumberland counties, among others. Kentucky State Police say […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court Voted unanimously to move forward with a plan to provide hazardous duty pay for Russell County Sheriff’s deputies at yesterday morning’s meeting. The plan will still have to go through […]

Election Day is tomorrow, and while there’s been a strong turnout during early voting, many Russell Countians will head to the polls tomorrow to cast their ballots. With 14,383 registered voters in Russell County and […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court is expected to take up the issue of hazardous duty retirement at its special-called meeting this morning. The court heard a presentation from Sheriff Derek Polston on the topic last […]

The local election board will begin work tomorrow morning, opening and scanning absentee ballots. Russell County Clerk Patti Glover recently spoke to WJRS News about a change in that process and reminds everyone the process […]

More than 3,200 Russell County voters have already cast their ballot for this year’s general election. According to data from the state board of elections, a total of 3,264 people in Russell County have already […]

A death investigation is underway in neighboring Pulaski County after a body was found over an embankment near Highway 3057. The Somerset Fire Department was called out on Saturday to assist the coroner’s office in […]