Local gas prices continue to climb
Local gas prices continue to climb, with the average price of gas in Russell County sitting at around $3.54 according to AAA. The average price locally has jumped 14 cents over the last week. Russell […]
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Jamestown City Council to meet this evening
The Jamestown City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening. The council will likely hold the second reading and vote on an ordinance that will raise water and sewer rates. The council will […]
Rocket Docket program grounded for now
The Rocket Docket program is grounded, for now at least. Commonwealth’s Attorney Matthew Leveridge appeared before the fiscal court earlier this week and requested the program, which has been in operation for 12 years, not […]
School starts in Russell County today
Today is the first day of school in Russell County as students and teachers return to the classroom from summer break. Motorists are asked to pay close attention to school buses as they are out […]
Fiscal court approves moving forward with courthouse renovations
The Russell County Fiscal Court moved forward with planned renovations at the Russell County Courthouse at the court’s meeting earlier this week. The plan is to renovate the courthouse steps to make them more accessible […]
Russell County 12-14 year olds perform well at shooting sports competition
The Russell County 12-14 year olds performed well at a recent shooting sports competition in Adair County. Here’s how Russell County’s team members performed. Alyssa Wethington won first place in the target recurve archery competition. […]
Russell Springs City Hall project set to begin today
Work at City Hall in Russell Springs is set to begin today WJRS News spoke with Mayor Eddie Thomas about what will be taking place and how it will affect residents conducting business at city […]
New troopers join KSP Post 15
Kentucky State Police Post 15 now has four new troopers. New troopers at Post 15, which is based in Columbia and covers Russell County, include Noah Brown of Liberty, Joshua Smith of Campbellsville, Trenton Tooley […]
Fiscal court approves tax rate
The Russell County Fiscal Court approved the county’s tax rate at last night’s meeting. The fiscal court voted unanimously to leave the tax rate the same as last year. Judge Executive Randy Marcum spoke to […]
Wilkerson named semifinalist for KY Teacher of the Year
Russell County’s Donnie Wilkerson is one of 10 semifinalists for Kentucky Teacher of the Year. Wilkerson is also one of four semifinalists for Kentucky Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Wilkerson, a 5th-grade history/social studies teacher […]