April 2009

By Staff PO Box 1088, 14131 Hwy 43 Russellville, AL 35653 phone: 256.332.1881 fax: 256.332.1883 The Franklin County Times is published Sunday, Wednesd...

By Staff Scot Beard THARPTOWN - The last time Tharptown met Belgreen on the baseball field, the Wildcats walked away with a 12-2 victory. Monday after...

By Staff Scot Beard The Belgreen softball team earned a tough 2-1 road win Monday against Tharptown and moved one step closer to forcing a winner-take...

By Staff Scot Beard The 2009-10 school year could see record numbers of teams from Franklin County earning playoff berths as the proposed consolidatio...

By Staff Melissa Cason Let's face it. Sometimes life can be down right disappointing. We build ourselves up for different things, and we are inevi...

By Staff Johnny Mack Morrow With each passing month the economy seems to slip deeper into trouble. We look for signs that hopefully the bottom has arr...

By Staff Scot Beard My sister and I grew up in a kill or be killed environment. No, we were not raised in a high-crime area or by mercenaries. We were...

The past week has been a devastating one for many area families and school communities.

By Staff March 29, 2009 Mary Jo "Jodie" Johnson, 56, of Russellville, Ala. passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Mitchell Hollingsworth Nursing Hom...

By Staff Melissa Cason Memorial Day came about two months early for members of the Russellville Civitan Club Tuesday, as one of its members gave a det...