The regular monthly meeting of the Russell County Hospital Board of Directors is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, March 28th at 4 p.m. in the hospital’s conference room. At last month’s regular meeting, the RCH board […]

With a recent purge of the voter rolls complete, Secretary of State Michael Adams says that 82 of Kentucky’s 120 counties have seen a decline in voter registration since he took office. In February, the […]

Several Russell and Adair County students that participated in state Kentucky HOSA State Leadership Conference over the weekend. Erika Wilkerson of Russell County placed second in Family Medicine Physician while the Adair County HOSA bowl […]

Kentucky’s 2023 spring turkey hunting kicks off with the youth-only season held this coming weekend, April 1st and 2nd, followed by the general hunting season opening on Saturday, April 15th and continuing through Sunday, May […]

The entire 10-county Lake Cumberland District remains in the “green,” or low level of COVID-19 spread this week with only five counties in the state considered “yellow”, according to new data released this week by […]

The Russell County Board of Education voted to renew a position at Russell County Middle School that helps homeless students with a wide array of issues. Superintendent Michael Ford spoke to WJRS News about how […]

The Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission recently handed out more than 2,200 lake visitor guides at the Indianapolis Boat Show, the final boat show of the season and now, with Spring having arrived, the local tourism […]

Governor Andy Beshear signed a bill yesterday that would classify any product containing tianeptine, an unregulated drug known as “gas station heroin” that produces opioid-like effects, as a Schedule I controlled substance, which would prevent […]

A church in neighboring Somerset sustained significant damage from a fire Thursday afternoon. Cornerstone Baptist Church off Clifty Street in Somerset caught fire Thursday afternoon at around 2:45 p.m. ET. The first floor of the […]

The deadline to register to vote in the May primary is now less than one month away. The deadline to register to vote in the primary is April 17th at 4 p.m. Those who need […]