Articles by Zac Oakes

The Russell County Lady Lakers defeated the Clinton County Lady Bulldogs 62-51 Thursday night at Laker Gym. Check out some photos of the action below.

Jamestown postpones city council appointment until next week

The Jamestown City Council is expected to nominate a new city council member next week. A nomination was expected to come at Thursday night’s meeting, but council members Barry Coffey and Terry Robertson were not […]

RCH employees express concern over possible PTO/sick day changes

The courtroom of the Russell County Courthouse was packed Thursday night with employees of Russell County Hospital and their families as possible changes to employee paid-time-off and sick day policies were set to be discussed. […]

Two more COVID deaths reported in Russell County

Due to the surge of COVID cases, LCDHD numbers are incomplete. Each day for the past couple of weeks, there have been many more cases reported than we are able to contact and work. The […]

Lady Lakers defeat district rival Clinton County

The Lady Laker Basketball team defeated Clinton County at Laker Gym Thursday night by a score of 62-51. The Lady Lakers jumped out to a 10-point lead at halftime and never relinquished it as they […]

Local students receive academic honors at WKU

Several local students received academic honors at Western Kentucky University for the Fall 2021 semester. Students named to the President’s List finished the semester with a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0. Students on the Dean’s […]

More details emerge from Tuesday Ambulance Board meeting

More details are emerging about a meeting of the Russell County Ambulance Board Tuesday evening. WJRS News spoke with Russell County Ambulance Board Chairperson Randy Marcum Thursday morning, who said that EMS Director Michael Reynolds […]

Middle School Basketball games postponed

The Central Kentucky Middle School Athletic Conference Tournament games at Russell County Middle School scheduled for tonight have been postponed until Monday, Jan. 24. Semi-finals and finals will take place Thursday, Jan. 27, and Monday, […]

Laker Basketball Game with Taylor County Canceled

The RCHS basketball game scheduled for Thursday night at Taylor County has been canceled due to hazardous road conditions. Russell County is next scheduled to take on Wayne County at Laker Gym on Saturday as […]

Jamestown City Council to meet tonight

The Jamestown City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. at Jamestown City Hall. The council is expected to nominate and approve a new city council member […]