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By Staff Jason Cannon I've never been one to make New Year's resolutions, primarily because I think they're silly. If you need to lose wei...
January 2008
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January 2, 2008
By Staff December 26, 2007 Opal Jane Whitehead Isbell, 76, of Tuscumbia, passed away Dec. 26 at Russellville Health Care. Funeral services were held D...
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January 2, 2008
By Staff Jason Cannon Franklin County Times The search for the new Director of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce will begin today with a meeting...
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January 2, 2008
By Staff Melissa Cason Franklin County Times The fireworks business has three speeds: Slow, dead and booming. The boom comes in the days leading up to...
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January 2, 2008
By Staff Melissa Cason Franklin County Times Two members of the First Baptist Church of Russellville recently visited an Eastern European country to h...
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