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Sheriff: Contraband is constant battle in jails
Main, News, Russellville
by Bernie Delinski For the FCT 
January 21, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver said the county jail is not immune to the problem jail officials everywhere face: Inmates coming...
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Main, News
by Bernie Delinski For the FCT 
January 21, 2026
MONTGOMERY — The unemployment rate in Franklin County fell to 2.5% in November, according to the latest figures available after the October figures we...
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Oliver, Shackelford qualify for sheriff
Main, News, Russellville
by Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
January 21, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver will have to hit the campaign trail to seek a fifth term this year. Oliver, a Republican and Fra...
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Main, News, Red Bay
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 21, 2026
RED BAY — NACOLG Transit, operated by the Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments, has begun providing regular public transportation service in...
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New welding shop a plus for students
Franklin County, Main, News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 21, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — A new welding shop inside the Russellville High School’s remodeled career tech building offers students more time and space to learn th...
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Russellville to host MLK march on Monday
Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 14, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The Franklin County Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship Committee is planning its annual commemoration march, which this year will ...
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by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 14, 2026
FROG POND — The inaugural Frog Pond community cleanup is scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m. Volunteers will meet at the community center and focus on Co...
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Career tech programs return to remodeled RHS building
Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 14, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Students at Russellville High School returned from winter break last week to a newly remodeled and expanded Career Technical Education ...
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Dowdy sentence delayed
Main, News, Russellville
by By Brady Petree For the FCT 
January 14, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The sentencing of Brandy Dowdy will have to wait until another day after her defense attorney suffered a “medical emergency.”
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Main, News, Russellville
by By Addi Broadfoot For the FCT 
January 7, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Franklin County law enforcement officials are warning residents about a rise in bail bonding scams targeting families in the area.
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