Robertson gives update on new 911 center
Following last night’s Russell County Fiscal Court meeting, Judge-Executive Gary Robertson sat down with WJRS News to talk about the court’s action taken toward the new 911 center project.
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Mayor updates council on new 911 center
A new 911 Center will soon be built in Russell Springs. Mayor Eddie Thomas gave an update on the center’s status to WJRS NEWS following last week’s meeting of the city council… Back in February, […]
Local 911 Dispatch Experienced Outage over the Weekend
On Christmas Day the Russell County 911 Dispatch Center experienced an outage with their phone system, causing emergency 911 lines and their non-emergency administrative line to go down. Here’s Derek Aaron with more… Baker said […]
Russell County 911 receives $25,000 grant
Russell County 911 will be upgrading their computers and systems thanks to a $25,000 grant received last week. Russell County Judge Executive Gary Robertson and Emergency Management Director H.M. Bottom said the county received the […]
All Things Russell 9-11 | Laker Country 104.9 FM WJRS
On today's edition of All Things Russell, Jeff and Tony talk about the 1953 football team at Russell County High School. This was the first team at RCHS although they did not play a single game. Jeff and Tony talk with former players from... Read More.
**UPDATE** 911 Call Thought to be False Has been Resolved
Update to a story reported earlier on WJRS NEWS. State Fish and Wildlife officers have confirmed to WJRS NEWS this morning that there will be no further investigation into what was initially thought to be […]
911 Proclamation
Russell County Judge-Executive Gary Robertson and the fiscal court issued a proclamation on Wednesday recognizing Russell County 911 telecommunicators as first responders.Currently, telecommunicators are classified as office and administrative support occupations. The 911 Saves Act […]
Ambulance Services Continues Interlocal Agreement to Help Fund 911
WJRS NEWS has learned the Russell County Ambulance Service Board of Directors has chosen to continue as a contributing partner to fund 911 services as part of an interlocal agreement with several other local entities. […]