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May 13, 2026
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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María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
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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María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — Members of the Phil Campbell High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter earned honors during the Alabama FBLA State Leader...
Obituaries
May 13, 2026
Ruth E. Spooner May 7, 2026 Ruth E. Spooner, 90, of Beloit, Wis., passed away on Thursday morning, May 7, at Cedar Crest, in Janesville, Wis. She wa...
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May 13, 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...
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HERE AND NOW
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...
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María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — Students at Phil Campbell Elementary School and Phil Campbell High School recently got some handson lessons about animal life cycles a...
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María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – Middle school students in sixth, seventh and eighth grade presented the findings of their STEAM Expo projects last week. From testing w...
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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...
May 13, 2026
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...
May 13, 2026
Murders, assaults aren’t the crimes residents in Franklin, Lauderdale and Colbert counties have to worry most about. A six-year review of the crimes r...
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Voters in the Belgreen and Frog Pond fire districts will decide May 19 whether to approve a $3 monthly fire protection service fee. The...
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — City councilmembers approved $133,796.46 for a new playground at City Lake Park to replace equipment that parks and recreation Director...
May 13, 2026
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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...
May 13, 2026
Murders, assaults aren’t the crimes residents in Franklin, Lauderdale and Colbert counties have to worry most about. A six-year review of the crimes r...
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Voters in the Belgreen and Frog Pond fire districts will decide May 19 whether to approve a $3 monthly fire protection service fee. The...
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — City councilmembers approved $133,796.46 for a new playground at City Lake Park to replace equipment that parks and recreation Director...
May 13, 2026
May 13 Ty Cox Larry Dover Kendall Hamilton Jan Sherrill Morgan Willingham Jeremy Willis Doris Woodruff Crista Madden Danny Knight Theresa Bu...
May 13, 2026
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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
The Red Bay Tigers are in the Final Four of the Class 2A baseball playoffs. And, best of all, they will get to play in front of their home crowd for t...
May 13, 2026
By Brannon King For the FCT The Russellville softball team advanced to the AHSAA North Regional with a runner-up finish in the Class 5A Area 14 tourna...
May 13, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The Russellville City Schools Education Foundation honored Dr. Natalie Bendall, Les Bradford and Richard Parker during its recent annua...
May 6, 2026
The season ended for Phil Campbell Bobcats on the road at Oakman this past weekend. The Bobcats beat Oakman in game one 5-1, but lost games two and th...
May 6, 2026