EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
A month from now, five queens will be reigning in Franklin County. Perhaps the pinnacle of high school football season is each team’s homecoming game ...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports
September 24, 2018
As September slowly winds down to October, we want to make sure you have taken the chance to feast your eyes on the September/October issue of Frankli...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Letters to the Editor, Opinion
by Staff Reports
September 7, 2018
Dear editor, The members of the Cotton Flat Cruisers Car Club want to thank the following for being one of our sponsors for our annual Fourth of July ...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, High School Sports
by Staff Reports
August 28, 2018
As August comes to a close, there is just a hint of fall in the air – a hint in the form of the return of football season. Although we all have our fa...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports
August 21, 2018
Last week all local students said goodbye to summer and hello to the 2018-2019 school year. The return to the classroom means the return of another sc...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports
August 5, 2018
We want to make sure you noticed the extra publication slipped inside last week’s edition of the Franklin County Times: our Visitors & Newcomers Guide...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports
July 31, 2018
Last week was a big week for the Town of Vina, so we had to take a minute to share our well wishes for everything happening in that part of the county...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports
July 26, 2018
In Alabama – and especially here in Franklin County – we are proud of the agricultural heritage that, in large part, defines who we are as a people. T...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports
July 19, 2018
For many of us it probably seems like “just yesterday” when Franklin County and Russellville City Schools let out for the summer. The past two months ...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
by Staff Reports
July 5, 2018
We are pleased to present the July/August edition of Franklin Living, released this week. Continuing to expand on the new features we unveiled in our ...
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