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Russell Springs woman arrested in Columbia

A Russell Springs woman was arrested in Columbia Wednesday afternoon. According to jail records, 36-year-old Kristie May Weston was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance, possession […]

Legislators take up license plate reader camera issue

Senate Bill 129 cleared the Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday. It seeks to place storage time limits and use limitations on data gathered by license plate reader cameras. Charles Baglan files this report from Frankfort […]

RCHS freshman moving on to state academic competition

Russell County High School Freshman Kamden Templin, representing the high school’s academic team, is moving on to state competition. Templin, who recently finished 5th in the regional competition on the written assessment test for Social […]

Blood drive happening today at SKRECC

The monthly Russell County Community Blood Drive is taking place today. The blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at the South Kentucky RECC Community Room with donors being entered to win a […]

RCHS English teacher awarded KEA Presidential Scholarship

Tyler Flatt, an English and Theatre instructor at Russell County High School, has been awarded a Kentucky Education Association President’s Scholarship, according to Rhonda Kimbler, the president of the Russell County Education Association. Flatt received […]

Several RC students qualify for state in SkillsUSA competition

Several Russell County students qualified for state after a strong showing in the regional SkillsUSA competition. Those qualifying for state include: Charles Holcomb, Alex Sayers, Elijah Russell – 1st place in Automated Manufacturing Brayden Harris […]

Hinton discusses city audit, Lakefest preparations

Jamestown Mayor Regena Hinton spoke to WJRS News following last week’s city council meeting and spoke about the clean audit the city received as well as the beginning of preparations for the annual Lakefest celebration […]