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.
The Kansas wheat crop is in relatively good shape for this time of year, but there are still a couple months until harvest, and a lot can change over that time.
The Kansas Water Authority (KWA) will have their next meeting by webinar on Monday, April 26 starting at 9 AM.
The Russell County Fair Board is excited to announce the Russell County Free Fair will be held July 20-23 in Russell.
This week, US Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced legislation to designate the Chisholm and Western Cattle Trails as National Historic Trails (NHT).
In March, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) fisheries biologists and other staff collected nearly 100 million walleye eggs.
Russell Regional Hospital is applying for a community service tax credit application to bring new technology to its radiology department, a 3D mammogram machine.