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Safety, appearance shape cleanup operation
Main, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE -- City crews have started working through a list of 11 unsightly properties as part of a cleanup and code-compliance effort. Mayor David...
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Main, News, Russellville
by Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
February 11, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — A Russellville woman is facing more drug-related charges after being arrested and charged with drug trafficking and illegal distributio...
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NWSCC launches first nursing apprenticeship
Main, News, Phil Campbell
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — Northwest Shoals Community College has launched a paid nursing apprenticeship program with Decatur Morgan Hospital. The partnership co...
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HB67 clears House
Main, News, Russellville
February 11, 2026
Rep. Jamie Kiel’s bill to prohibit the state from selling voters’ phone numbers for comm ercial purposes moved a step closer last week to final passag...
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by Alyssa Sutherland For the FCT 
February 11, 2026
FLORENCE — University of North Alabama officials have declined to answer requests about the procedures to be followed to hire a new band director. A p...
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News
February 11, 2026
The recent announcement that Northwest Shoals Community College has launched a paid nursing apprenticeship is a major development which should boost i...
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Community honors Army veteran Weidman
Franklin County, News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – Veterans and community members gathered Feb. 2 at Pinkard Funeral Home to honor John Weidman, a U.S. Army veteran who retired as a staf...
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News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE Middle school students shared their work during a history night featuring eighth-grade world history presentations and seventh-grade comm...
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Newspaper dresses create walk through fashion history
News, Phil Campbell, Phil Campbell Bobcats
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — Students in Aleah Harris’ fashion classes created dresses from newspapers with each group picking a different decade. Senior Ava Hall ...
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DYW ‘awesome experience’ for Marshall
Franklin County, News
by Chelsea Retherford For the FCT 
February 11, 2026
Backstage in Montgomery, as names were called and lights went up onstage, a Franklin County woman was among three local woman doing the unexpected — c...
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