Articles by Zac Oakes

Two people were sent to the hospital following a wreck at the intersection of East Highway 80 and Dowell Road yesterday morning. According to Russell Springs Police, the collision occurred just before 7 a.m. when […]

A Science Hill man was formally indicted on murder charges by a grand jury yesterday. Austin Ray Prather, age 20, was indicted on two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, three counts of […]

The Russell County Fiscal Court along with Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland will be distributing commodities today at the Russell County Fairgrounds. Commodity distribution begins at 10:30 this morning until all commodities are given away. Those […]

The price of a gallon of gasoline in Russell County is hovering around the $2.89 mark for most stations in the county, which is lower than the price around this time last year. According to […]

Russell County’s representative in the United States House of Representatives has filed for reelection. James Comer, of Tompkinsville, will seek reelection to his seat as representative for Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District. Comer, who was first […]

Former Russell County Judge Executive Gary Robertson has been appointed to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority. Robertson was appointed to the position by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. He will replace Leslie Combs of Pikeville, […]

Russell County High School received a grant in which the technology department will receive new robots. Superintendent Michael Ford spoke to WJRS News about the agreement. Newton’s attic is a nonprofit in Lexington that provides […]

The Russell County Sheriff’s Office recently received another clean audit from the state auditor’s office. Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon’s office recently announced that the Russell County Sheriff’s Office received what is known […]

The number of registered voters in Russell County went up last month. Russell County saw an overall increase of 37 registered voters last month, going from 14,157 in October to 14,194 in November. Overall, Russell […]

Tomorrow is the monthly commodity distribution, according to the Russell County Judge-Executive’s office Judge-Executive Randy Marcum and the Russell County Fiscal Court in conjunction with the Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland program, will be giving out […]