Franklin County

According to weather authorities, Hurricane Ida has weakened from a powerful Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour t...

Rep . Jamie Kiel, Sen. Larry Stutts and the Alabama Forestry Association will be hosting a Back the Blue event to thank first responders and show thei...

The local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Franklin County Longbeards, held its annual fundraiser banquet at the A.W. Todd Centre A...

As summer fades into fall, the Franklin County Extension is getting numerous reports and questions about a perennial pest: the fall armyworm. The Exte...

About 350 second-graders from the county schools attended the kick-off event for Liberty Learning Foundation’s Hands on Learning program to learn abou...

The Blue Springs Volunteer Fire Department will host a cornhole tournament Saturday as a fundraiser for the department. The tournament is set for noon...

The following people had winning entries in the Franklin County Watermelon Festival contests this past weekend:  Most Unusual Watermelon   First place...

The two-day Franklin County Watermelon Festival draws friends, neighbors and tourists to Russellville to celebrate 40 years of the annual event. Atten...

The two-day Franklin County Watermelon Festival draws friends, neighbors and tourists to Russellville to celebrate 40 years of the annual event. Atten...

The two-day Franklin County Watermelon Festival draws friends, neighbors and tourists to Russellville to celebrate 40 years of the annual event. Atten...