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RCH celebrates inaugural DAISY Award winners

Russell County Hospital held a special ceremony Friday morning, honoring the hospital’s first DAISY Award for Nursing recipients. The nurses receiving this honor were Lila McGowan and Terri Coffey. The DAISY Award is a recognition […]

RCH Health Fair is Saturday

The Russell County Hospital Health Fair is this Saturday. Hospital CEO Scott Thompson gave WJRS News a preview of the event.

RCH approves PTO policy change

The Russell County Hospital Board of Directors met earlier this week, ultimately approving an update to the hospital’s existing paid time off policy. Under the new guidelines, the hospital will separate out holiday from vacation […]

Friday afternoon crash sends 2 people to RCH

A two-vehicle crash this past Friday afternoon injured both a Russell Springs man and a Jamestown woman, according to Russell County Deputy Sheriff Dustin Bunch. Just before 4:45 p.m. Friday, Jessica Overby of Jamestown, operating […]

RCH Board of Directors pondering PTO policy update

Changes to the employee paid-time-off policy at Russell County Hospital were discussed at this week’s monthly meeting of the local healthcare facility’s board of directors. Hospital CEO Scott Thompson talked to WJRS NEWS about what […]

RCH Board to meet this afternoon

The Russell County Hospital Board of Directors meets today at 4 p.m. in the hospital’s conference room for their regular monthly meeting. We’ll have details from today’s meeting later this week on local news.