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State’s mask mandate expires
Franklin County, News, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Ciera Hughes 
April 14, 2021
Now that the state mask ordinance has expired, local governments, school systems and business are regrouping under Gov. Kay Ivey’s new, more lax Safer...
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Food Share collects $11K, 970 items
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by Ciera Hughes 
April 14, 2021
Bank Independent’s seventh-annual food drive – this year titled Feed a Family for $5 with Food Share – was a success, as Bank Independent received mor...
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Class of ’48 friends reunite
News, Russellville, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Ciera Hughes 
April 11, 2021
The days were simpler in the late 1940s when Russellville High School classmates Elmer T. Hovater and Fred Underwood spent their time going on double ...
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Franklin County, News, Top News Stories FRONT PAGE
by Ciera Hughes 
April 11, 2021
It is not uncommon for 4-H students to take care of animals, but few 4-H projects allow students to raise animal they get to keep.  "That is what make...
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