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The Franklin County school board voted Thursday to open the school year for students on Aug. 20. A new state law mandates that schools start no sooner...

Recent high school graduate Emily Hester has experienced what it’s like to attend a big school where you are just a face in the crowd and a smaller sc...

A Russellville man charged with capital murder in the brutal stabbing death of his cousin was found not guilty on Wednesday following a mental health ...

A Russellville woman and her husband are behind bars after officials learned they had written sexually explicit letters about a 17-month-old child whi...

In today’s tough economy, it’s hard for many adults to find work, let alone high school or college-age hopefuls who need to earn money to pay for thei...

A Franklin County teenager was killed in an early Tuesday morning wreck that left three other teens injured. Officials said Chris Vandiver, 18, of Spr...

At Monday night’s meeting, members of the Red Bay City Council and Mayor Bobby Forsythe all officially announced their intent to seek re-election for ...

Law enforcement officials are reaching out to county residents to help them obtain information about recent break-ins that have occurred in the north ...

NEWBURG - The group of people hoping to preserve Franklin County’s oldest church is seeking input from the community on the best way to restore and us...

A woman is in jail after officers say they caught her on video stealing a vehicle from a local store. Veronica Hughes, 31, Jackson 255, Bridgeport, wa...