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Belgreen wins Bulldog Bash
Belgreen Bulldogs, High School Sports, News
September 17, 2025
Belgreen won its Bulldog Bash volleyball tournament on Saturday beating Red Bay in the finals. Belgreen won its pool beatingColbertHeightsand Colbert ...
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Bill would eliminate YO status in cases of murder
Franklin County, Main, News
by Bernie Delinski For the FCT 
September 10, 2025
MONTGOMERY — A local state representative has pre-filed a bill that would prevent someone 16 or older who is charged with murder or capital murder fro...
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Strickland takes council seat after Trulove’s withdrawal
Main, News, Red Bay
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
September 10, 2025
RED BAY — Jonathan Strickland has been declared the next Place 3 memberof theRedBayCity Council after incumbent Herbert Trulove withdrew from the Sept...
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Franklin County, Main, News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
September 10, 2025
FRANKLIN COUNTY - Franklin County students can sign up for a fresh year of 4-H projects with opportunities ranging from a baking contest to outdoor ad...
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Main, News, Phil Campbell
by Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
September 10, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL — A 15-year-old high school student may not return to any campus in the Franklin County School District after allegedly making a terrori...
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School threats are no joking matter
Main, News, Phil Campbell
by Alyssa Sutherland For the FCT 
September 10, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL — The saddest thing about the Sept. 3 bomb threat at Phil Campbell High School is the lasting impact the hoax will have on the life of t...
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Ambassadors program gives students taste of leadership
News, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
September 10, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE --the Ambassadors program at Tharptown Elementary is giving students an introduction to leadership. The program gives elected fifth and s...
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Book Lovers Club to host violence awareness program
Columnists, Opinion, Russellville
HERE AND NOW
“We look forward to expanding our knowledge of the issues while engaging members and communities to unite in addressing this pervasive societal epidemic.”
September 10, 2025
The GFWC Book Lovers Study Club will host an awareness session about domestic and sexual violence at 2 p.m. on Sept. 20 at Russellville First Methodis...
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News, Russellville
by Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
September 10, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — A Russellville man is facing a drug trafficking charge after agents with the Colbert County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant i...
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News
by Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
September 10, 2025
FLORENCE — Seven weeks before Lauderdale County Circuit Court Judge Gil Self is scheduled to go to trial, the State Attorney General’s Office filed on...
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