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    Pick up copy of Progress 2024
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Pick up copy of Progress 2024
    by Staff Reports 
    March 5, 2024
    February is always a very special month at the Franklin County Times because it’s when we release our biggest publication of the year: Progress. This ...
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    Tax-free weekend provides opportunity to be prepared
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Tax-free weekend provides opportunity to be prepared
    by Staff Reports 
    February 18, 2024
    Alabama’s annual severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday is approaching, and we think it’s a must-not-miss opportunity to make sure you’re prepa...
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    Exercise your right to vote in upcoming primary election
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Exercise your right to vote in upcoming primary election
    by Staff Reports 
    February 16, 2024
    It's less than a month away now: the Alabama 2024 Primary. Since this is a presidential election year, this will be a big day statewide. It’s importan...
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    Support local high school spring athletes
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Support local high school spring athletes
    by Staff Reports 
    February 8, 2024
    As high school basketball heads into the postseason and winter begins to give way to spring, another group of high school athletes are preparing to du...
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    Don’t delay – tax season is now underway
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Don’t delay – tax season is now underway
    by Staff Reports 
    January 31, 2024
    We sadly have a reminder that will likely do nothing to curb your winter blahs: tax season is upon us. Tax season officially began Jan. 29, according ...
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    Try something new in Franklin County
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Try something new in Franklin County
    by Staff Reports 
    January 29, 2024
    With the onset of a new year often comes the commitment to new things. For many folks, these come in the form of “New Year’s Resolutions.” Even for pe...
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    Take precautions to protect four p’s this winter
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Take precautions to protect four p’s this winter
    by Staff Reports 
    January 16, 2024
    Winter began Dec. 21, 2023, and this week, we can really feel it. In our neck of the woods, we are accustomed to mild winters. Some years we don’t eve...
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    Save lives to start 2024 on right foot
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Save lives to start 2024 on right foot
    by Staff Reports 
    January 9, 2024
    Did you know January is designated as National Volunteer Blood Donor Month? Apparently, during this month each year, blood donations typically drop of...
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    Best wishes for happy, safe new year
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Best wishes for happy, safe new year
    by Staff Reports 
    December 29, 2023
    Well, Franklin County, we’ve made it through another year. By the beginning of next week, 2023 will be in the books, and we will say hello to a bright...
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    Children’s ‘Letters to Santa’  bring extra joy to season
    EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials, Opinion
    Children’s ‘Letters to Santa’ bring extra joy to season
    by Staff Reports 
    December 14, 2023
    Each year, sharing “Letters to Santa” from Franklin first-graders puts a little extra twinkle in our eyes here at the Franklin County Times. This spec...
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    Red Bay passes alcohol ordinance
    Red Bay passes alcohol ordinance
    RED BAY – The city now has an alcohol ordinance in effect and interested parties may apply for an alcohol license.
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    Unified purpose marks National Day of Prayer
    Unified purpose marks National Day of Prayer
    RED BAY -- Red Bay community members came together at the gazebo in Bay Tree Park to offer united voices of faith on the annual National Day of Prayer...
    May 6, 2025
    Sheriff willing to work with ICE
    Sheriff willing to work with ICE
    RUSSELLVILLE — Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver praised his county’s Hispanic community and said his involvement with the U.S. Immigration and C...
    May 6, 2025
    VFW, other volunteers take part in day of service
    VFW, other volunteers take part in day of service
    RUSSELLVILLE – Volunteers from the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars members and others spent time Saturday cleaning up monuments in Russe...
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    Vina 7th grader finishes 2nd in state 3200M race
    Vina 7th grader finishes 2nd in state 3200M race
    Vina seventh grader Lindie Easterling finished second in the Class 1A state 3200 meter run (2-mile).
    May 6, 2025
    Belgreen, Tharptown advance
    Despite falling short in their area championship games, both the Belgreen Bulldogs and the Tharptown Wildcats secured their spots in the Class 2A Nort...
    May 6, 2025
    ‘Everyone belongs, every achievement is celebrated’
    ‘Everyone belongs, every achievement is celebrated’
    RUSSELLVILLE -- More than 70 students from across the county took part in the third annual Special Olympics at Tharptown Elementary School.
    May 6, 2025
    Red Bay playoff hopes halted by Mars Hill
    Red Bay playoff hopes halted by Mars Hill
    The Red Bay Tigers’ impressive baseball season came to a heartbreaking conclusion over the weekend as they were edged out by the Mars Hill Panthers in...
    May 6, 2025
    NWSCC names new head cross country coach
    NWSCC names new head cross country coach
    PHIL CAMPBELL - Heath White is the new head coach of the cross country program at Northwest Shoals Community College.
    May 6, 2025

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