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RUSSELLVILLE—For most people, the opportunity to meet their favorite musician is one that will most likely never come. However, 11-yearold Keifer Bond...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Five properties within the city have been designated public nuisances, and city workers soon will begin tearing down a burnedout partia...
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RUSSELLVILLE — The condemned building that used to house the Faith Mission Outreach will be demolished and a new structure rebuilt in its place.
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Former Russellville mayor and retired U.S. Army National Guard Major General Troy Oliver, 82, a 1961 graduate of Belgreen High School, died Saturday.
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R U S S E L L V I L L E — Lottie Coan, who has served as secretary- treasurer for the Tharptown Volunteer Fire Department since 2015, was sitting in h...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Franklin County is seeking grant funding to improve safety along a 5.56-mile stretch of Highway 36 between Alabama 24 and U.S. 43 in th...
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RED BAY — City councilmembers voted July 15 to table a proposed policy governing the city’s Flock Safety automated license plate reader (LPR) system....
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MUSCLE SHOALS — Returning to school wasn’t always easy for Laprasia Smith. Raising five children, she recalls attending their sporting events with one...
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As summer vacations and outdoor activities pull residents away from donation centers, local blood banks are facing one of their most difficult times o...
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MUSCLE SHOALS — Ed Yeilding is known for crossing the country faster than any known man.
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VINA — After spending five years supplying independently owned garden centers across the region, The Nursery at Hurricane Creek has added a new chapte...
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POLICE NEWS
RUSSELLVILLE — A 23-year-old man is facing an attempted murder charge following a Friday night shooting on the 500 block of Carroll Avenue Southeast....
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RUSSELLVILLE — Three people are facing drug trafficking charges following two separate events last week.
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HUNTSVILLE — Three individuals with ties to the Shoals area are facing multiple federal criminal charges related to the sexual exploitation of childre...
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Cleve Miles has spent 25 years answering emergency calls with the Central Volunteer Fire Department. In all that time, he has fought fires, responded ...
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For more than 20 years, Rewind of the Shoals has been bringing the sounds of Motown, classic rock and soul to audiences across north Alabama. While th...
Editorials
Demolition work is set to begin this month on the condemned building downtown that formerly housed the Faith Mission Outreach. The building has been u...
Columnists
We tell young people that education is the key to unlocking opportunities and success, and that advice still rings true, but we must consider how we d...
Columnists
HERE AND NOW
One of the most rewarding parts of this year’s GFWC Alabama leadership workshop came when clubwomen assembled more than 100 reading kits and drawstrin...
Franklin County
RUSSELLVILLE – Aidyn Kate Marshall was crowned the 2026 Franklin County Watermelon Festival Queen during the pageant held Saturday.
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RUSSELLVILLE — The executive director of Attention Homes of Northwest Alabama has asked the Franklin County Commissionto to double the county’s annual...
Land Transactions
June 26 Juan Gerardo Garcia and Catalina Cruz Palacios to G&W Deer Run Apartments LLC, warranty Donald W Holland to Carissa Holland, small estate ...
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SHEFFIELD — Red Bay hospital will soon be under new leadership as Jeremy Gray, who has been hired as the new president of the Franklin County facility...
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SHEFFIELD — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones shared a vision July 9 of an Alabama government who listens to its constituents and focuses ...
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SHEFFIELD — Stage renovations at Riverfront Park face a fast-approaching completion deadline prior to the W.C. Handy Music Festival.
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RUSSELLVILLE — An investigation into the drowning of two-year-old Sienna Drane is ongoing as of Monday morning, according to Franklin County Sheriff’s...
Editorials
This November, Alabama voters will decide whether to add yet another amendment to its world’s longest constitution. This one, sponsored by state Rep. ...
Columnists
Recently, the federal government published “scores” that will determine how much each state will have to pay toward its SNAP program starting in 2027....
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HERE AND NOW
Friends are wonderful gifts. Throughout different stages of life, friends serve as anchors, confidants and sources of strength. While many people come...
RED BAY — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded the city a $500,000 grant to restore an inactive well and upgrade nearby infrastructur...
July 22, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The AlabamaLawEnforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating a fatal officerinvolved shooting which took place Friday night in Mills Traile...
July 22, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Franklin County is seeking grant funding to improve safety along a 5.56-mile stretch of Highway 36 between Alabama 24 and U.S. 43 in th...
July 22, 2026
RED BAY — City councilmembers voted July 15 to table a proposed policy governing the city’s Flock Safety automated license plate reader (LPR) system....
July 22, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE—For most people, the opportunity to meet their favorite musician is one that will most likely never come. However, 11-yearold Keifer Bond...
July 22, 2026
Demolition work is set to begin this month on the condemned building downtown that formerly housed the Faith Mission Outreach. The building has been u...
July 22, 2026
We tell young people that education is the key to unlocking opportunities and success, and that advice still rings true, but we must consider how we d...
July 22, 2026
One of the most rewarding parts of this year’s GFWC Alabama leadership workshop came when clubwomen assembled more than 100 reading kits and drawstrin...
July 22, 2026
This November, Alabama voters will decide whether to add yet another amendment to its world’s longest constitution. This one, sponsored by state Rep. ...
July 15, 2026
Recently, the federal government published “scores” that will determine how much each state will have to pay toward its SNAP program starting in 2027....
July 15, 2026
Twelve-year-old Kinsley Benford finished runner-up in the 12U division of the Shoals Junior Circuit tournament in her first tennis tournament.
July 15, 2026
They’re no longer stalking opposite sides of the gridiron, but former college football coaches Nick Saban and Tommy Tuberville are currently on opposi...
June 17, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Rising seniors Tristan Ray and Tripp Cleveland recently competed in the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Underclassmen All-Star Eve...
June 17, 2026
FLORENCE — James “Buddy” Moore, a 2012 University of North Alabama Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, has died. He was 93.
June 10, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – Aidyn Kate Marshall was crowned the 2026 Franklin County Watermelon Festival Queen during the pageant held Saturday.
July 22, 2026
Friends are wonderful gifts. Throughout different stages of life, friends serve as anchors, confidants and sources of strength. While many people come...
July 15, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — More than 27 copies and reproductions of the Declaration of Independence are displayed in frames throughout Jim Bonner’s home. There a...
July 15, 2026