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RUSSELLVILLE — The Kiwanis Club has returned to Russellville. Members gathered last week at Calvary Baptist Church to review bylaws, elect officers an...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Construction of a new bridge over Cedar Creek on SR 243 is moving forward as crews recently completed a major step in the project
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RUSSELLVILLE – Police Chief Chris Hargett was at a conference in 2020 and while passing by some of the vendors there, he noticed one promoting a camer...
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BARTON— The queue of people clamoring to get into the Hadrian facility on Friday was lined down the sidewalk as members of the public and military vet...
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PHIL CAMPBELL — What started as a few comedy videos on TikTok has grown into a career that has taken Andrew Flanagan from a welding job to romance nov...
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RUSSELLVILLE — The city’s water and sewer board has reversed a decision made about 18 months ago that left landlords responsible for any unpaid utilit...
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RUSSELLVILLE — While much of Alabama is still working to expand internet access, Franklin County has already finished the job. State leaders recently ...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Rick Neighbors has stepped down as chair of the Franklin County Democratic Executive Committee, citing personal commitments he said no ...
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RUSSELLVILLE — District 18 State Rep. Jamie Kiel has been named to the 2026 class of Emerging Leaders by GOPAC, a national group which works to train ...
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The modern NIL era is a complete disaster. Players walk away from contracts just to chase a new shiny opportunity. Coaches are left begging their alum...
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HERE AND NOW
Members of the Franklin County Retired Educators Association learned about crime prevention during their recent monthly meeting. Association members w...
Editorials
Spring is officially here, having arrived last week. The days are longer than the nights, the temperatures are rising — along with the pollen count — ...
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ROGERSVILLE — When Police Lt. Lucas Stansell and his K-9 Mija are called into action to track a person through the woods, or to go into a home to exec...
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Onstage, they are adversaries — one a reluctant liberator, the other a ruler clinging to power. But offstage, McKinley Copeland and Zach Adams share s...
Franklin County
RUSSELLVILLE — Franklin County 4-H Horse Club members placed third in the Junior Division at the state 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl in Montgomery. The quiz bow...
High School Sports
The Russellville baseball team put together a five-game winning streak last week that included a sweep of area opponent Priceville. The winning streak...
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RUSSELLVILLE — West Elementary School will not move forward with state funding for a kindergarten classroom after determining it will likely not need ...
Belgreen Bulldogs
RUSSELLVILLE — Belgreen High School students took part in an alcohol awareness event on prom day last week where speakers talked about the dangers of ...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Following a $3,000 donation from Valley State Bank, a sensory wall and other features will be added to the children’s room at the Russe...
Records
Wal Mart #403 -Market- 13675 Highway 43, Russellville – Score 99, 1-23-2026 Wal Mart #403 -Bakery- 13675 Highway 43, Russellville – Score 99, 1-23...
Marriages
March 17 • Sheny Guadalupe Rosales Diaz to Emerson Rolando Martinez Olivares • Kyle Pheonix Hawkins to Kali Alyssa Gardner March 23 • Aguilar Jairo Ma...
Birthdays
April 1 Hugh Plott Kylee Plott JeniLee Flanagan Patrick McGee Stanley David Baker Rena Ussery April 2 Helen Blevins Brandi Barnett ...
Belgreen Bulldogs
Belgreen swept all three opponents the Bulldogs played last week, and Phil Campbell bounced back from a loss the county rival Red Bay to claim a victo...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Jim South has been named the new basketball coach for the RHS Golden Tigers. South has served as head coach at Colbert County, Mars Hil...
High School Sports
The Russellville Lady Golden Tigers split a pair of area games last week and won 2 of 4 games in the Pelham Spring Break Bash. RHS went to West Point ...
Belgreen Bulldogs
Belgreen won all six of its softball games last week, claiming two key wins over county rival Red Bay and one win over Phil Campbell. Belgreen 5 Red B...
High School Sports
Two, by this point, can be considered cagey veterans. The other two are first-time babes in the proverbial woods. Maybe, by the time the Alabama Sport...
Land Transactions
March 16 Alice Garrison, Mary Holley, Alice Robinson, Jeff Robinson, Mary Robinson and William Jeffery Robinson to Sandy Nichols and William Jeffery...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Principal Brooke Harris said the decision to renovate the Tharptown Elementary School library came out of a desire “to reimagine the sp...
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RED BAY — The city council has approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Mike Shewbart to execute documents to purchase a “10-acre field” at a price of ...
Birthdays
March 25 Joel Aldridge Dana Carpenter Brooke Pounders Madylin Trapp Heidi Madden Avion Vandiver March 26 Doug Green Hayden Bell R...
Marriages
March 12 • Fredi Nolberto Leiva Diaz to Myra Hernandez March 13 • Matthew Lakota Raven-Umfress to Shiann Nicole Wooten • Noe Ramirez Reyes to Erica Ca...
RUSSELLVILLE — The city’s water and sewer board has reversed a decision made about 18 months ago that left landlords responsible for any unpaid utilit...
April 1, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — While much of Alabama is still working to expand internet access, Franklin County has already finished the job. State leaders recently ...
April 1, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The Kiwanis Club has returned to Russellville. Members gathered last week at Calvary Baptist Church to review bylaws, elect officers an...
April 1, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Construction of a new bridge over Cedar Creek on SR 243 is moving forward as crews recently completed a major step in the project
April 1, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Rick Neighbors has stepped down as chair of the Franklin County Democratic Executive Committee, citing personal commitments he said no ...
April 1, 2026
The modern NIL era is a complete disaster. Players walk away from contracts just to chase a new shiny opportunity. Coaches are left begging their alum...
April 1, 2026
Members of the Franklin County Retired Educators Association learned about crime prevention during their recent monthly meeting. Association members w...
April 1, 2026
Spring is officially here, having arrived last week. The days are longer than the nights, the temperatures are rising — along with the pollen count — ...
April 1, 2026
Rural Alabama has been waiting decades for access to affordable health services — and despite the empty promises of a bill funneling millions of dolla...
March 25, 2026
The GFWC Book Lovers Study Club focused on Alzheimer’s awareness during its March meeting at Russellville First Baptist Church. Alzheimer’s disease gr...
March 25, 2026
The Russellville baseball team put together a five-game winning streak last week that included a sweep of area opponent Priceville. The winning streak...
April 1, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Belgreen High School students took part in an alcohol awareness event on prom day last week where speakers talked about the dangers of ...
April 1, 2026
Belgreen swept all three opponents the Bulldogs played last week, and Phil Campbell bounced back from a loss the county rival Red Bay to claim a victo...
April 1, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Jim South has been named the new basketball coach for the RHS Golden Tigers. South has served as head coach at Colbert County, Mars Hil...
April 1, 2026
The Russellville Lady Golden Tigers split a pair of area games last week and won 2 of 4 games in the Pelham Spring Break Bash. RHS went to West Point ...
April 1, 2026
April 1 Hugh Plott Kylee Plott JeniLee Flanagan Patrick McGee Stanley David Baker Rena Ussery April 2 Helen Blevins Brandi Barnett Nathan G...
April 1, 2026
March 25 Joel Aldridge Dana Carpenter Brooke Pounders Madylin Trapp Heidi Madden Avion Vandiver March 26 Doug Green Hayden Bell Rachel Bal...
March 25, 2026
As gardens begin producing strawberries, beans and other crops in the months ahead, many home gardeners start thinking about ways to preserve their ha...
March 18, 2026
Homegrown strawberries and blueberries can thrive in north Alabama gardens with the right care, according to Alabama Cooperative Extension System regi...
March 18, 2026
March 18 Nell Bedford Blake Bendall Tiffany Watkins April Woods Pamela Welborn Konner Trapp Patrick Shremshock March 19 Leta Smith Michael ...
March 18, 2026