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Latest Local News
RUSSELLVILLE — Voters in the Belgreen and Frog Pond fire districts approved new fire protection service fees Tuesday night with both measures passing ...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Residents of District 1 will have to wait a little longer to learn who their representative on the Franklin County Commission will be a...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Jeff Clark defeated incumbent Charles Adcox in the Republican primary for Franklin County coroner Tuesday night, winning 75.25% of the ...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Incumbent Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver will remain in office for at least four more years after he overwhelmingly won re-elec...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Russellville City Schools could lose about $1.4 million annually if voters do not renew two existing taxes.
May 20, 2026
Latest Sports
Sumiton Christian scored three times in the bottom of the seventh, including a walk-off homerun, to eliminate Belgreen in the Class 2A regional in Flo...
May 20, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — For Jason Bolton, Belgreen High School athletics has never just been about the scoreboards. It has been about people, routines and frie...
May 20, 2026
The Red Bay Tigers run through the Class 2A baseball playoffs came to an end on their home diamond after being swept by the Mars Hill Panthers 21-6 an...
May 20, 2026
The Russellville softball team finished 2-2 in the AHSAA Class 5A North Regional at the Florence Sportsplex to end the season.
May 20, 2026
The Belgreen Bulldogs overcame some bumps in the road this year to once again earn an area championship by beating the Sulligent Blue Devils in back-t...
May 13, 2026