High School Sports, Russellville Golden Tigers, Sports
The Russellville Golden Tigers boys golf team started the season dodging puddles and water-logged courses, but when the day ended May 12, the RHS boys...
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by Alison James
December 23, 2015
“It’s dying art. The new generations don’t understand it. When I was a boy, it was fairly common.” Those are the thoughts of Toby Hutcheson, National ...
Columnists, Opinion, Teri Lynne Underwood
by Teri Underwood
December 16, 2015
Our Elf is not on the Shelf this year. She’s happily resting on a ladder propped against the tree. She’ll stay there with her little sideways grin unt...
Belgreen Bulldogs, High School Sports, Phil Campbell Bobcats
by Staff Reports
December 16, 2015
Darby Madden powered the Red Bay Tigers to a 57-37 area win over the Phil Campbell Bobcats last week. Madden led all scorers with 27 points. Red Bay l...
Franklin County, News, Russellville
by Alison James
December 9, 2015
Shelby Smith has always had “a dream to have a job where I have a chance to help people.” If selected as one of Ford’s 30 under 30, that dream will co...
by Staff Reports
December 9, 2015
Belgreen more than doubled-up the Vina Red Devils in three straight quarters to notch a convincing Homecoming and area win. Belgreen scored 25 points ...
Franklin County, News
by Alison James
December 2, 2015
Rock Bridge Canyon Equestrian Park has been immortalized in a keepsake Christmas ornament, and anyone can have one of these souvenirs for their very o...
Franklin County, News, Phil Campbell
by Staff Reports
December 2, 2015
The holiday season brings good cheer and a helpful hand to those who need it most. Students at Phil Campbell High School recently learned just how far...
Franklin County, News, Z - News Main
by Alison James
November 25, 2015
Who will sustain future generations? This was the question posed, answered and celebrated at the 2015 Annual Farm-City Award Banquet. The answer, of c...
by Alison James
November 13, 2015
A 62-year-old woman is dead and her son is being held for questioning after officers with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department responded to a resi...
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Check out this week's Franklin County Times! - May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025
RED BAY – The city now has an alcohol ordinance in effect and interested parties may apply for an alcohol license.
May 6, 2025
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
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
RUSSELLVILLE – Volunteers from the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars members and others spent time Saturday cleaning up monuments in Russe...
May 6, 2025
Latest Sports
Vina seventh grader Lindie Easterling finished second in the Class 1A state 3200 meter run (2-mile).
May 6, 2025
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
RUSSELLVILLE -- More than 70 students from across the county took part in the third annual Special Olympics at Tharptown Elementary School.
May 6, 2025
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
PHIL CAMPBELL - Heath White is the new head coach of the cross country program at Northwest Shoals Community College.
May 6, 2025