Month: May 2026

The Joseph Smith Hayes Memorial Pool at the Russell Springs City Park officially opened for the season this past weekend. City Pool Manager Scott Jones was recently a guest on Community Conversation and spoke about […]

We have new candidate filings to report. Mitchell Marcum has filed to run for another term on the Jamestown City Council. He joins Ada Marcum Lawson and Jared Roy as candidates who have filed for […]

The Russell Springs City Council will meet in special session this evening. The council will meet at City Hall at 6:00 this evening. The council is expected to go into executive session regarding the possible […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court will meet in special session this morning. The court will meet at 9 a.m. at the Russell County Courthouse. The court is expected to discuss the purchase of a cardboard […]

by LARRY VAUGHT Brothers Zyon and Braydon Hawthorne grew up in Beckley, W.Va., competing against each other regularly in backyard basketball battles. “They were super competitive. They were always competitive growing up from the basketball […]

The Russell County Board of Education approved a three-percent across-the-board raise for certified and classified staff at yesterday morning’s board meeting. Superintendent Michael Ford spoke with WJRS News and noted the district has provided a […]

10 people were indicted by a Russell County grand jury this week. Melina Bell, age 47, of Russell Springs and Trevor Taylor, age 29, of Whitley City, charged with human trafficking. Taylor was also charged […]

The Jamestown City Council will meet in special session Thursday evening. The council will hold the first reading of two budget-related ordinances: the 25-26 amended budget and the 26-27 budget. The council will meet at […]