Lifestyles


Canning: Modern practices matter more than experience
Food, Lifestyles, News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
July 23, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE Canning season is underway with pressure canners whistling on stovetops and fresh vegetables filling jars across kitchen counters.
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Making friends through his music
Features, Lifestyles
by Chelsea Retherford For the FCT 
July 23, 2025
Kelvin Holly, a Shoals session player and songwriter, likes to joke that he got his start like any other musician his age — watching The Beatles for t...
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Mushrooms: They’re beautiful, dangerous and unnoticed
B: Agriculture, Lifestyles, News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
July 23, 2025
SPRUCE PINE -- The woods of Franklin County are full of wonders. Some grow so quietly most people never see them, unless they’re looking down.
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Following his unique sound back to Shoals
Features, Lifestyles
by Chelsea Retherford For the FCT 
July 23, 2025
Kevin Sport, a singer- songwriter from Greenville, has been in the music industry since the early 1990s, often lending his voice to songs for other ar...
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Former Cypress Lakes official to lead Guntersville State Park
Lifestyles, News
by Bernie Delinski For the FCT 
July 16, 2025
GUNTERSVILLE — Heath Puckett had an Auburn University degree and golf course superintendent certification in his pocket when he arrived at Cypress Lak...
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Little Free Library welcomes readers in East Franklin
Lifestyles, News, Phil Campbell
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
July 16, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL — Eleven-year-old Aiden Hall is an avid reader, but he doesn’t just want to read books. He also wants to share them, and the way he deci...
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King becomes elementary curriculum director
Lifestyles, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
July 16, 2025
RUSSELVILLE — Molly King says every child can learn, though not necessarily in the same way or on the same day — a belief she plans to carry into her ...
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European travel builds bonds across cultures
Lifestyles, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
July 16, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE -- A group of Franklin County travelers spent nine days this summer walking through catacombs, exploring castles and standing in places w...
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Porch geese don’t honk, they just bring smiles
Lifestyles, Main
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
July 16, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE They may not honk or roam, but Franklin County’s porch geese have a knack for bringing people together, sparking smiles and making life a...
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Hodges Senior Center hosts ‘Summer Soiree’
Lifestyles
In the Community
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
July 16, 2025
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