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EARLY DEADLINE: Play & Win Contest
Franklin County, High School Sports, News
by Staff Reports 
September 7, 2022
Here's an important update for this week for the Franklin County Times' Play and Win Contest. Since a number of football games on this week's picks li...
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State extends mask mandate
Franklin County, News, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Alison James 
August 27, 2020
“Folks, I understand you don’t want to wear the masks. I don’t either. My glasses fog up, I can’t understand what people are saying because of the muf...
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EFJHS goes into COVID-19 closure
Franklin County, News, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Ciera Hughes 
August 25, 2020
East Franklin Junior High is temporarily closing its doors because of COVID-19 concerns. This comes a few days after students returned to school Aug. ...
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Byars wins runoff for revenue commissioner
Franklin County, News, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Ciera Hughes 
July 14, 2020
There was a 29-vote difference in results for the run-off election, as Stratt Byars emerged over Veronica Copeland Stancil for Franklin County revenue...
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FC Chamber cancels 2020 Watermelon  Festival
News, Russellville, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Alison James 
June 16, 2020
The coronavirus has claimed another victim. As the case count in Franklin County rose to 737 as of Tuesday afternoon, and the state rose to 26,524, th...
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Franklin County, News, Red Bay
by Ciera Hughes 
June 15, 2020
A fun day at the lake turned tragic as a Red Bay 8-year-old boy drowned around 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Slickrock Campground on Bear Creek Lakes. Frankli...
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Franklin County Courthouse reopens May 19
Franklin County, News, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Ciera Hughes 
May 18, 2020
After closing the Franklin County Courthouse doors at the end of March in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Franklin County Commission voted to r...
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Franklin County, News, Z - Breaking News
by Lauren Wester 
February 22, 2019
Two Franklin County Jail inmates escaped around 10:30 p.m. Feb. 21, and one is back in custody in Mississippi, according to Franklin County Sheriff Sh...
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Franklin County, News, Z - Breaking News
by Lauren Wester 
January 28, 2019
As of 2:30 p.m. Jan. 28, all Franklin County Schools are scheduled to close Jan. 29 due to inclement weather. The National Weather Service has issued ...
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