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The unemployment rate for Franklin County in January has been reported in at 6.7 percent – an uptick from December 2015, at 6.1 percent, despite a red...

Day in and day out, firefighters pour their hearts into protecting the safety of the community. Last week, Russellville firefighters took some time to...

At Vina High School, a person can find all the usual activities going on. Last week, however, 4th-6th grade students has some unusual visitors. In Jam...

Jessica Hamilton has been participating in events for autism awareness across the region for nearly ten years. She finally decided it was high time to...

Jessica Hamilton is the only English teacher for 7th through 12th grades at Vina High School. She has 114 students. “I couldn’t get their papers back ...

Every year Faye Swinney’s 6th grade history class at Tharptown, students have a slogan instilled in them every person in America might need to interna...

People who smoke or live with a smoker have a greater risk of a home fire death than homes without smokers. That’s according to the Russellville Fire ...

Imagination Library, a preschool literacy program for children from birth to 5, was first started by Dolly Parton in 1996 in Sevier County, Tenn., whe...

With spring in full bloom and summer just on the horizon, you can bet suntans are on the minds of many people. A suntan, by either a tanning bed or la...

The Franklin County Board of Education meeting March 15 was held at Belgreen High School. The 2016 Strategic Plan was one primary focus. This is an im...