Russellville


Wife, 65, admits she shot, killed husband
Main, News, Russellville
by Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – A 65-year-old woman is facing a murder charge after she admitted to shooting her husband Sunday evening inside their residence on Dunca...
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Main, News, Phil Campbell
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
by By Addi Broadfoot Staff Writer 
May 13, 2026
M urders, assaults aren’t the crimes residents in Franklin, Lauderdale and Colbert counties have to worry most about. A six-year review of the crimes ...
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Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Voters in the Belgreen and Frog Pond fire districts will decide May 19 whether to approve a $3 monthly fire protection service fee.
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Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — City councilmembers approved $133,796.46 for a new playground at City Lake Park to replace equipment that parks and recreation Director...
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3 firefighters receive Lifesaver Awards
Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — More than two months after city firefighters responded to a cardiac arrest call that left Steven Bledsoe without a pulse for 27 minutes...
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Retired educators hear state updates
Columnists, News, Opinion
HERE AND NOW
May 13, 2026
Retired educators met at the Russellville First Methodist Church Ministry Center for the last meeting for the Franklin County Retired Educators Associ...
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STEAM expo highlights student projects
News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – Middle school students in sixth, seventh and eighth grade presented the findings of their STEAM Expo projects last week.
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Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 6, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — County commissioners have approved a $121,600 project to add an industrial entrance to Highway 36 near Alabama Stone. County Engineer J...
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Suspect’s boyfriend held without bond
Main, News, Russellville
by By Brady Petree For the FCT 
May 6, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — A 26-year-old Georgia man charged with dozens of counts ranging from sodomy to producing and disseminating child pornography will remai...
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Judge grants attorney’s request to withdraw
Main, News, Russellville
by By Brady Petree For the FCT 
May 6, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Brandy Dowdy’s original attorney will no longer be part of her case moving forward. Birmingham-based attorney Jessica Bugge filed a mot...
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