Main, News, Phil Campbell
PHIL CAMPBELL — A $5 million federal earmark has been secured for engineering and environmental studies tied to the long-discussed Haleyville bypass p...
Main, News, Russellville
RUSSELLVILLE — The city schools board of education has hired Nate Ayers as the system’s next assistant superintendent.
Main, News, Russellville
RUSSELLVILLE — A group of volunteers dedicating their time to help local law enforcement is playing crucial roles ranging from courthouse security to ...
Main, News, Red Bay
RED BAY — The Red Bay Waterpark has opened for the season with city officials approving fee increases and planning for upgrades following a record att...
Main, News, Russellville
RUSSELLVILLE — Incumbent Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver will remain in office for at least four more years after he overwhelmingly won re-elec...
News
PHIL CAMPBELL — Councilmembers have decided to pursue grant funding as an option to address a group of deteriorating buildings in the downtown sector....
Franklin County
TUSCUMBIA — The board overseeing the Alabama Music Hall of Fame has established procedures for selecting a new executive director.
Editorials
The Alabama Department of Education got a mixed bag of news recently when the annual reading and math reports came in.
Editorials
HERE AND NOW
Cultura Garden Club members gathered in red, white and blue for their May meeting at the scenic home of Ann Marie Bucholtz in Phil Campbell, and welco...
Columnists
Far out in Colbert County in an area near Cherokee called Freedom Hills, my parents, Dewey and Lillie Mae Denton, scratched out a life from a small cr...
High School Sports
RUSSELLVILLE — Becoming Tharptown High’s head baseball coach is the culmination of a goal that was years in the making for Michael Burkett.
News
RUSSELLVILLE — Long before he was helping build video walls for stadium tours, and filming performances for thousands of fans, Colt Hester was a kid i...
Land Transactions
May 7 Pansy M Hall to Debra F Wheeler, power of attorney Pansy M Hall, Brenda F Keeton and Debra F Wheeler to Cynthia Gail Fowler, warranty Paul...
Main
RUSSELLVILLE — Members of the Russellville High School band program will soon begin using a new turf practice field behind the band room.
Main
RUSSELLVILLE — The woman accused of fatally shooting her husband because she felt “threatened” by him will remain behind bars after she waived her rig...
News
PHIL CAMPBELL — Councilmembers have approved up to $2,500 in repairs for a malfunctioning water tank gauge on Engine 2.
News
RUSSELLVILLE — The board of education has approved a $320,396 fire alarm replacement project for the band and auditorium areas at the high school.
News
RED BAY — Councilmembers have agreed to spend nearly $18,000 for educationrelated expenses, including student records storage, pre-K support, and acad...
Editorials
Monday’s observance of Memorial Day provides the perfect opportunity for all of us to give some thought this week to how we can honor those who contin...
Columnists
When the debate over vice laws, those governing drugs, gambling, or pornography, reaches the halls of our Legislature, a familiar, hollow cry rings ou...
Columnists
HERE AND NOW
One of the things I enjoy most about being involved with the historic Roxy Theatre is watching local people come together to create something fun for ...
News
RUSSELLVILLE — Voters in the Belgreen and Frog Pond fire districts approved new fire protection service fees May 19 with both measures passing by wide...
News
GUNTERSVILLE — Tennessee Valley Authority interim CEO Mike Skaggs knows that as north Alabama grows in population, so too will the demand for more ele...
News
RUSSELLVILLE — Jeff Clark defeated incumbent Charles Adcox in the Republican primary for Franklin County coroner Tuesday night, winning 75.25% of the ...
News
RUSSELLVILLE — Residents of District 1 will have to wait a little longer to learn who their representative on the Franklin County Commission will be a...
News
RUSSELLVILLE — City firefighters on Thursday taught community members how to respond during medical emergencies ranging from cardiac arrest to choking...
PHIL CAMPBELL — A $5 million federal earmark has been secured for engineering and environmental studies tied to the long-discussed Haleyville bypass p...
June 3, 2026
RED BAY — Councilmembers have delayed action on a proposal to update the city’s website while officials gather additional information about hosting, m...
June 3, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The Franklin County Board of Education has agreed to spend $93,607 to purchase new cafeteria ovens for Tharptown schools.
June 3, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The city schools board of education has hired Nate Ayers as the system’s next assistant superintendent.
June 3, 2026
The Alabama Department of Education got a mixed bag of news recently when the annual reading and math reports came in.
June 3, 2026
Cultura Garden Club members gathered in red, white and blue for their May meeting at the scenic home of Ann Marie Bucholtz in Phil Campbell, and welco...
June 3, 2026
Far out in Colbert County in an area near Cherokee called Freedom Hills, my parents, Dewey and Lillie Mae Denton, scratched out a life from a small cr...
June 3, 2026
Monday’s observance of Memorial Day provides the perfect opportunity for all of us to give some thought this week to how we can honor those who contin...
May 27, 2026
When the debate over vice laws, those governing drugs, gambling, or pornography, reaches the halls of our Legislature, a familiar, hollow cry rings ou...
May 27, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Becoming Tharptown High’s head baseball coach is the culmination of a goal that was years in the making for Michael Burkett.
June 3, 2026
Sumiton Christian scored three times in the bottom of the seventh, including a walk-off homerun, to eliminate Belgreen in the Class 2A regional in Flo...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — For Jason Bolton, Belgreen High School athletics has never just been about the scoreboards. It has been about people, routines and frie...
May 20, 2026
The Red Bay Tigers run through the Class 2A baseball playoffs came to an end on their home diamond after being swept by the Mars Hill Panthers 21-6 an...
May 20, 2026
The Russellville softball team finished 2-2 in the AHSAA Class 5A North Regional at the Florence Sportsplex to end the season.
May 20, 2026