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RUSSELLVILLE — Incumbent Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver will remain in office for at least four more years after he overwhelmingly won re-elec...
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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...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Jeff Clark defeated incumbent Charles Adcox in the Republican primary for Franklin County coroner Tuesday night, winning 75.25% of the ...
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RUSSELLVILLE — City firefighters are trying to get the word out to the public about a variety of free services they offer, including CPR classes and b...
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RED BAY — Mayor Mike Shewbart said construction on a lighting project along the Alabama Highway 24/Corridor V entrance is expected to begin soon.
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RUSSELLVILLE — A shortage of foster homes in Franklin County is forcing children to be placed in homes throughout Alabama, increasing travel demands o...
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MUSCLE SHOALS — Forty-two community residents participated in a free four-hour active shooter training course held May 14 at Northwest Shoals Communit...
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th in nationals THS rocketry team finishes 54
RUSSELLVILLE — The Tharptown High School rocketry team finished 54th at the 2026 American Rocketry Challenge national finals on Saturday in The Plains...
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HERE AND NOW
As retired educators gathered for the Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Upsilon Chapter spring banquet at First Highlands Church of Christ in Russellville, memo...
Editorials
Graduating seniors throughout Franklin County have already heard plenty of platitudes. No doubt you’ve been told, in so many words, to go forth and co...
Columnists
Spend enough time around our political system, and you’ll eventually watch the right thing fail for no good reason. That is where I find myself today,...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Golden Chapter No. 16 Order of the Eastern Star honored members last week for service and involvement in the community.
Franklin County
RUSSELLVILLE — Classic cars, motorcycles and community supporters gathered at Sloss Lake on Saturday as Kelley Dickinson VFW Post 5184 hosted its inau...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Russellville Middle School students in the “Intro to Innovations” class learned audio editing,script writing and public speaking while ...
Belgreen Bulldogs
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...
Belgreen Bulldogs
RUSSELLVILLE — For Jason Bolton, Belgreen High School athletics has never just been about the scoreboards. It has been about people, routines and frie...
High School Sports
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...
High School Sports
The Russellville softball team finished 2-2 in the AHSAA Class 5A North Regional at the Florence Sportsplex to end the season.
Land Transactions
May 1 Carla Beavers, Jamie Berry and The Charles and Sandra Berry Trust to David L Mckinney, Elana D McKinnney and The David L McKinnney and Elana D...
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RUSSELLVILLE — The woman accused of fatally shooting her husband because she felt “threatened” by him will remain behind bars after she waived her rig...
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PHIL CAMPBELL — Law enforcement scoured several hours of video footage Thursday morning looking for a person wearing all black and carrying a gun, onl...
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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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IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
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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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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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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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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PHIL CAMPBELL — Members of the Phil Campbell High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter earned honors during the Alabama FBLA State Leader...
RUSSELLVILLE — Voters in the Belgreen and Frog Pond fire districts approved new fire protection service fees Tuesday night with both measures passing ...
May 20, 2026
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...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Jeff Clark defeated incumbent Charles Adcox in the Republican primary for Franklin County coroner Tuesday night, winning 75.25% of the ...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Incumbent Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver will remain in office for at least four more years after he overwhelmingly won re-elec...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Russellville City Schools could lose about $1.4 million annually if voters do not renew two existing taxes.
May 20, 2026
As retired educators gathered for the Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Upsilon Chapter spring banquet at First Highlands Church of Christ in Russellville, memo...
May 20, 2026
Graduating seniors throughout Franklin County have already heard plenty of platitudes. No doubt you’ve been told, in so many words, to go forth and co...
May 20, 2026
Spend enough time around our political system, and you’ll eventually watch the right thing fail for no good reason. That is where I find myself today,...
May 20, 2026
When you visit a doctor, you might notice the framed medical license on the wall. For most patients, that document is simply reassurance that their ph...
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...
May 13, 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
The Belgreen Bulldogs overcame some bumps in the road this year to once again earn an area championship by beating the Sulligent Blue Devils in back-t...
May 13, 2026