LCRCWC HOSA students show out in Louisville

Monday, March 27 by Derek Aaron

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 spring turkey hunting set to make return

Monday, March 27 by Derek Aaron

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 […]

Lake Cumberland district remains ‘low’ with COVID

Monday, March 27 by Derek Aaron

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 […]

School board votes to renew homeless grant position

Friday, March 24 by Zac Oakes

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 […]

Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission sees social media post go ‘viral’

Friday, March 24 by Derek Aaron

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 […]

Beshear signs emergency bill to stop sale of “gas station heroin”

Friday, March 24 by Zac Oakes

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 […]

Somerset church sustains significant damage from fire

Friday, March 24 by Zac Oakes

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 […]

Deadline to register to vote less than one month away

Friday, March 24 by Derek Aaron

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 […]

KY’s unemployment rate stays at 3.9%

Friday, March 24 by Derek Aaron

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for February was 3.9 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary February 2023 jobless rate was unchanged […]

Severe Weather Risk for Friday

Thursday, March 23 by Sean Hammond

Severe weather is possible across the Lake Cumberland Area on Friday. Sean Hammond has the latest severe weather outlook in the video below.

Current Weather

WJRS News

LCRCWC HOSA students show out in Louisville

Kentucky’s spring turkey hunting set to make return

Lake Cumberland district remains ‘low’ with COVID

School board votes to renew homeless grant position

Beshear signs emergency bill to stop sale of “gas station heroin”

Somerset church sustains significant damage from fire

Deadline to register to vote less than one month away

KY’s unemployment rate stays at 3.9%

Severe Weather Risk for Friday

Current Radar

Obituaries

Jeffrey L. Scholl, 61, of Indianapolis

Robert Leach, 70, of Russell Springs

Ronald Eugene Sterner, Sr., 77, of Russell Springs

Ronald L. Wesley, 95, of Jamestown