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Vina seniors tour NWSCC campuses
News, Vina Red Devils
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 21, 2026
VINA — Vina High School seniors toured the Phil Campbell and Muscle Shoals campuses of Northwest Shoals Community College as part of career planning a...
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Book Lovers Study Club helps Safeplace
Columnists, News, Opinion
HERE AND NOW
by By Susie Hovater Malone Columnist 
January 21, 2026
Safeplace provides safety, shelter and practical support to people experiencing domestic violence and education aimed at preventing abuse. The regiona...
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CB&S Bank announces promotion of Woodard
News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 21, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE - CB&S Bank will have a new chief credit officer this spring as longtime executive Jeff Daniel prepares to retire at the end of the first...
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Vaughn retires from First Metro Bank
News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
January 21, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — After a 45-year career in the financial industry, Mike Vaughn has retired from First Metro Bank, where he spent the last three decades ...
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Belgreen Bulldogs, High School Sports, News
by Bart Moss For the FCT 
January 21, 2026
The Red Bay Tigers added more hardware to their trophy case this week, fending off a late rally from the Belgreen Bulldogs to win the junior varsity b...
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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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Main, News
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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