Russell News

Darrin Halzle and his fiance gave a ride to a man in a broke down van on April 19 this year.

I am doing great after reconstructive surgery. I have survived a complicated Breast Cancer surgery and reconstructive surgery.

Memorial Day weekend is known for several things such as the start of the summer season, Indianapolis 500 and for storm chasers, the peak of tornado chasing.A After a very calm weather setup for most of the month of May where the central Untied States has been treated with near perfect weather, the weather is about to change.

Pat Strecker was asleep on a couch when the tornado shredded her modular home, breaking and bruising her 76-year-old body.

Tornadoes touched down in parts of central Kansas Friday night injuring one person, destroying some homes and buildings, and knocking down trees and power lines.

A woman in her early 70s was asleep on a couch Friday night when a tornado rumbled through, destroying the moduler home she was in.

The damage is largely confined to an area along 5th Street in the southern third of the city, Reece said.

Reports from multiple storm watchers indicate a tornado has been on the ground and damage near La Crosse.

The Barton Community College Theatre Department, in conjunction with the Russell Arts Council, will host auditions for their upcoming summer musical production of Gilbert & Sullivan's satirical opera "Pirates of Penzance," at 6 p.m. Monday, May 7 in the Ruppenthal Middle School Auditorium, 400 North Elm St., Russell.