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Eady’s bid of $499K is lowest for project
Main, News, Russellville
by Russ Corey For the FCT 
February 11, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — Eady Contracting has submitted the low bid for the next sidewalk project for Muscle Shoals.
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Pound of cocaine seized from vehicle
News, Red Bay, Z - Top
by Staff Reports 
February 11, 2025
RED BAY — Three people are facing drug trafficking charges after a pound of powder cocaine with a street value between $10,000 and $15,000 was seized ...
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BTCPA revival run of ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ starts today
News, Red Bay, Z - Top
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2025
RED BAY -- Mark Richardson estimates he has directed around 30 plays produced by the Bay Tree Council of the Performing Arts. He has acted in a few of...
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Belgreen wins area, falls in subregion
Belgreen Bulldogs, High School Sports, News
by Bart Moss For the FCT 
February 11, 2025
The Belgreen Bulldogs upset the Covenant Christian Eagles 32-31 to win the Class 2A Area 14 tournament championship.
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THS boys soccer team has initial season successes
High School Sports, News, Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2025
Soccer is underway for players at Tharptown High School. THS soccer coach Darrel Baker said last weekend kept the boys soccer team busy playing in a t...
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100 protest Trump’s immigration policies
News, Russellville, Z - News Main
by Bernie Delinski, For the FCT 
February 11, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — Natalia Gaspar said the voices of those who chanted “no human’s illegal” during a demonstration last weekend represent many more who ar...
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Program raises suicide awareness in schools
Franklin County, News, Phil Campbell
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL After Andrea Mills lost her daughter, Lexi, to suicide in 2019, she started the Love Like Lexi project to raise suicide awareness. Recen...
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Beth Gilmer: Literature is her favorite
News, Progress 2025, Russellville
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 11, 2025
Longtime English teacher Beth Gilmer, a graduate of Hamilton High School in Hamilton, has long been a lover of literature and finds herself at home te...
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Ross joins Federal Reserve’s Birmingham branch
Main, News, Russellville
by Bernie Delinski For the FCT 
February 4, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE The president and chief executive officer of CB&S Bank in Russellville has been appointed to the Birmingham Branch Board of the Federal R...
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Murphys donate $1M to Huntingdon College
Franklin County, Main, News
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 4, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE -- Dr. Michael Murphy and Dr. Maureen Murphy recently made a one million dollar donation to Huntingdon College in Montgomery to help with...
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