Bob Stickley

If you don’t make a practice of voting, it will be very important to you to vote this year. The race for governor in Alabama has begun to heat up betw...

Being the youngest of nine children growing up, things weren’t always the best — these were the days just after the Great Depression. We fuss today ab...

Well another year has come and gone and the annual Watermelon Festival will soon be upon us — August 20-21 as a matter of fact. This is probably one o...

Over 14 years ago Chris Ozbirn envisioned a place where historic records of Franklin County could be preserved and housed for future generations — a p...

Some 41 years ago, I made my first trip to the state of Alabama to visit my in-laws. I had no idea then that northwest Alabama would be so beautiful.

Most of us know that our city has its share of problems at this time.

Most folks don’t know about the many job titles I have had over the years gone past.

Each June, the beautiful summer colors begin to shine brightly in yards around Franklin County. One of the most colorful and vibrant yards in Russellv...

There was once a couple — Lilly and Charles Thompson — who had been married for 60 years and said they had never been apart in all of their years of m...

One of the most wonderful men in my life was my dear Grandpa. If he were living today, he would be 121 years old. He passed away 44 years ago.