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Tiffin Motorhomes to produce new line
Main, News, Red Bay
by By Brady Petree For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
RED BAY — Tiffin Motorhomes is slated to open a new production line in Red Bay, according to Tiffin’s parent company, THOR Industries. Beginning May 1...
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Dealer: Gold content not suitable for everyday use
Main, News, Z - News Main
by By Addi Broadfoot For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
The push for a new $2.50 anniversary coin is raising logistical and economic questions, particularly about whether such a coin could be used in everyd...
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Safety, appearance shape cleanup operation
Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE -- City crews have started working through a list of 11 unsightly properties as part of a cleanup and code-compliance effort.
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NWSCC launches first nursing apprenticeship
Main, News, Phil Campbell
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — Northwest Shoals Community College has launched a paid nursing apprenticeship program with Decatur Morgan Hospital.
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Land Transactions
by Griffin Traylor 
February 18, 2026
Feb.3   Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Wells Fargo Bank to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, warranty   Feb. 4   Kevin Hill ...
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by By Kevin Tayor For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — A Mississippi man was arrested and charged Thursday night with various charges ranging from abuse of corpse to theft of property relate...
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Red Bay approves $3.6M budget
Main
by By Brady Petree For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
RED BAY – City officials are expecting a slight decrease in sales tax revenue for the upcoming fiscal year but anticipating a larger general fund budg...
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$5K TVA grant to bring student podcasting program to RES
News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Elementary School students will soon be recording podcasts, interviewing community members and exploring career paths in a program bein...
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News
by Alyssa Sutherland For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
Female law enforcement officers from agencies around the state gathered last week at Northwest Shoals Community College in Muscle Shoals to receive sp...
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State is overlooking qualified local leaders
Columnists
February 18, 2026
When I was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 1978, I was 39 years old. Now at the age of 87, when I go out in the community, I meet people who re...
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Opinion
February 18, 2026
The good news is Alabama, long a cellar dweller when it comes to educational attainment, is becoming a model for improving childhood literacy. The bad...
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White to perform March 7 at the Roxy
News
HERE AND NOW
February 18, 2026
There is something special about a night out in a small town. People run into neighbors. They make a plan instead of staying home. They fill the sidew...
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Accessible basketball completes year 2
News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Fifteen players took the court over four Saturdays at the Ralph C. Bishop Center for this year’s round of accessible basketball games. ...
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College Sports
by David Glovach For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
FLORENCE — Tony Pujol’s message was rather simple. It was best that way. Especially when directed to not only his plates, but a larger audience he was...
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Belgreen team wins Spark Tank contest
News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE Fourteen teams from three high schools pitched business ideas and competed for cash prizes during the second annual Franklin County Spark...
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Mock interviews provide students real-world practice
Franklin County
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
High school students across Franklin County Schools and Russellville High School took part in mock interviews this month, sitting down with local empl...
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Little Tigers meet community helpers
News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
Little Tigers Preschool sets aside one to two weeks each year to introduce its students to people who help keep the community safe. Teachers shape the...
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Nelson refused to be told ‘no’
News
by Chelsea Retherford For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
Joyce Nelson has never been one to accept “no” at face value. Not when a cotton field owner told her she couldn’t help tally the books, not when a hir...
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Vina High adds safety screens, door locks
News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
VINA — Safety features have been added to classrooms and exterior doors of Vina High as part of a campus security upgrade funded through a $5,000 Nort...
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News
by By Addi Broadfoot For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
MONTGOMERY — District 18 Rep. Jamie Kiel, R-Russellville, will serve as vice chair of the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group.
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Birthdays
February 18, 2026
Feb. 18   Joanie Dewberry   Jane Wingo   Dillion Wingo   Alaina Scott   Drake Pounders   Denette Nichols   Sydney Green   Hollie Rea   Caleb Mansell  ...
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Marriages
February 18, 2026
Feb. 5 • Forrest Mitchell Hiestand to Linda Sue Bray • Ivan Marchant Adame to Brenda Guadalupe Salgado De Leon Feb. 6 • Ricky Arlander Holley to Lisa ...
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Volunteers hand out 30,000 pounds of food
News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — United Way of Northwest Alabama organized a food giveaway Feb. 7 at Russellville High School, distributing an estimated 30,000 pounds o...
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Records
February 18, 2026
43 Grill  –15110 Highway 43, Russellville- Score 98, 1-08-2026   43 Quick Mart  – 19460 Highway 43, Russellville – Score 95, 11-24-2025   B&J Cafe –  ...
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High School Sports
by Brannon King For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE —The Russellville girls basketball team advanced to the AHSAA Class 5A Northwest Regional at Wallace State in Hanceville with a subregion...
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Bobcats lose to Lauderdale Co.
High School Sports
by By A. Stacy Long For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
ROGERSVILLE — All the Lauderdale County girls basketball team needs to do is look at the banners in the rafters of Sinyard Gymnasium, check out the we...
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Belgreen Bulldogs
by Bart Moss For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
In a dominant display of postseason basketball, the Belgreen Bulldogs dismantled the Lexington Golden Bears 69-35 in a Class 2A girls subregion clash.
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Belgreen Bulldogs
February 18, 2026
The Red Bay Tigers are heading to the Northwest Regional Hanceville after a dominating 71-39 win over Falkville in Class 2A subregion play.
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Lions win opening series
College Sports
by David Glovach For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
The North Alabama baseball team had to settle for a series win instead of a sweep to begin its season. Ryan Niedzwiedz hit a go-ahead two-out single i...
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Land Transactions
by Griffin Traylor 
February 11, 2026
Jan. 29   Barbara Granger to Leann J Granger, power of attorney   Gena L Childers and Gena L Wilson to Gena L Wilson, quit claim   Jennifer Eaddy Hyde...
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by Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
February 11, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — A Russellville woman is facing more drug-related charges after being arrested and charged with drug trafficking and illegal distributio...
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HB67 clears House
Main
February 11, 2026
Rep. Jamie Kiel’s bill to prohibit the state from selling voters’ phone numbers for comm ercial purposes moved a step closer last week to final passag...
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News
by Alyssa Sutherland For the FCT 
February 11, 2026
FLORENCE — University of North Alabama officials have declined to answer requests about the procedures to be followed to hire a new band director. A p...
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