The official Prairiesta 2021 belt buckle is now available for pre-order.
Local News
As of Noon, Friday, April 16, Russell County has had 858 total positive cases of COVID-19 since tracking began, with no new cases since April 12, according to the Russell County Health Department.
Russell High School's Prom is Saturday, April 17 at the Russell Elks Lodge and the royalty candidates have been announced.
A Lincoln woman was injured in a semi versus SUV crash Friday morning on Interstate 70 in Ellis County.
Prairiesta-opoly, a commemorative sesquicentennial Prairiesta Monopoly game totally customized to represent Russell, is available for pre-order now.
The Russell City Council will meet on Tuesday, April 20 at 4:30 PM at City Hall.
The Russell County Commissioners will meet Monday, April 19 at the Russell County Courthouse beginning at 9 AM.
Sports
In hopes of avoiding another weather system expected to move into the area early next week, Russell High School Athletics Director Scott Nuss on Friday announced the following schedule changes:
The Sylvan-Lucas-Lincoln Softball team extended their winning streak to four games Thursday with a doubleheader sweep on the road at Plainville-Stockton.
Russell High School Athletics Director Scott Nuss announced Wednesday that the postponed Softball Doubleheader between Russell-Victoria and Sacred Heart will be made up on Tuesday, April 27 at Memoria...
The Russell High School track and field team competed in the Smith Center Redmen Relays on Tuesday, April 13.
The Baseball and Softball doubleheaders between Russell-Victoria and TMP-Marian scheduled for Friday, April 16 have been postponed.
The Russell-Victoria Softball team continued its fast start to the 2021 season Tuesday afternoon by sweeping a road doubleheader at Goodland.
