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RUSSELLVILLE — New Main Street Director Erica Childers said she hopes to build momentum downtown through community events, business cooperation and in...
Main, News, Russellville
RUSSELLVILLE — As Flag Day (June 14) approaches, officials are encouraging residents with dilapidated U.S. flags to dispose of them safely and properl...
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RED BAY — Town Square Group will redesign the city’s website, a move officials said would improve communication with residents and visitors while help...
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PHIL CAMPBELL — A $5 million federal earmark has been secured for engineering and environmental studies tied to the long-discussed Haleyville bypass p...
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RUSSELLVILLE — The city schools board of education has hired Nate Ayers as the system’s next assistant superintendent.
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RUSSELLVILLE — The next time Abigail Roberts enters a courtroom will be to say whether she is guilty or not guilty of charges ranging from first-degre...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Almost nine months after being convicted of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, Brandy Dowdy will finally learn how long sh...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Russellville Fire Department is pursuing federal grant money to replace aging equipment and restore staffing levels. In its regular mee...
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Land Transactions
May 14 Jeramie and Megean Scott to Starco Enterprises LLC, warranty Janice Trapp, William Trapp and Janice Trapp Winkler to Loretta Hatton, quit c...
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RED BAY — Councilmembers have delayed action on a proposal to update the city’s website while officials gather additional information about hosting, m...
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RUSSELLVILLE — The Franklin County Board of Education has agreed to spend $93,607 to purchase new cafeteria ovens for Tharptown schools.
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RUSSELLVILLE — A group of volunteers dedicating their time to help local law enforcement is playing crucial roles ranging from courthouse security to ...
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PHIL CAMPBELL — Councilmembers have decided to pursue grant funding as an option to address a group of deteriorating buildings in the downtown sector....
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TUSCUMBIA — The board overseeing the Alabama Music Hall of Fame has established procedures for selecting a new executive director.
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The Alabama Department of Education got a mixed bag of news recently when the annual reading and math reports came in.
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HERE AND NOW
Cultura Garden Club members gathered in red, white and blue for their May meeting at the scenic home of Ann Marie Bucholtz in Phil Campbell, and welco...
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Far out in Colbert County in an area near Cherokee called Freedom Hills, my parents, Dewey and Lillie Mae Denton, scratched out a life from a small cr...
High School Sports
RUSSELLVILLE — Becoming Tharptown High’s head baseball coach is the culmination of a goal that was years in the making for Michael Burkett.
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RUSSELLVILLE — Long before he was helping build video walls for stadium tours, and filming performances for thousands of fans, Colt Hester was a kid i...
Land Transactions
May 7 Pansy M Hall to Debra F Wheeler, power of attorney Pansy M Hall, Brenda F Keeton and Debra F Wheeler to Cynthia Gail Fowler, warranty Paul...
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RED BAY — The Red Bay Waterpark has opened for the season with city officials approving fee increases and planning for upgrades following a record att...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Members of the Russellville High School band program will soon begin using a new turf practice field behind the band room.
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RUSSELLVILLE — Incumbent Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver will remain in office for at least four more years after he overwhelmingly won re-elec...
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RUSSELLVILLE — The woman accused of fatally shooting her husband because she felt “threatened” by him will remain behind bars after she waived her rig...
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PHIL CAMPBELL — Councilmembers have approved up to $2,500 in repairs for a malfunctioning water tank gauge on Engine 2.
RUSSELLVILLE — New Main Street Director Erica Childers said she hopes to build momentum downtown through community events, business cooperation and in...
June 10, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Tourism spending in Franklin County reached $30.7 million in 2025, a 16.3% increase from the previous year, according to the 2025 Alaba...
June 10, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — As Flag Day (June 14) approaches, officials are encouraging residents with dilapidated U.S. flags to dispose of them safely and properl...
June 10, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Councilmembers approved the city’s fiscal year 2024-25 financial statement last week after an audit presentation showed revenues exceed...
June 10, 2026
RED BAY — Town Square Group will redesign the city’s website, a move officials said would improve communication with residents and visitors while help...
June 10, 2026
Public education is powered by dedicated educators who believe in Alabama’s children — from the classroom teacher helping a student discover a love of...
June 10, 2026
The Alabama Department of Education got a mixed bag of news recently when the annual reading and math reports came in.
June 3, 2026
Cultura Garden Club members gathered in red, white and blue for their May meeting at the scenic home of Ann Marie Bucholtz in Phil Campbell, and welco...
June 3, 2026
Far out in Colbert County in an area near Cherokee called Freedom Hills, my parents, Dewey and Lillie Mae Denton, scratched out a life from a small cr...
June 3, 2026
Monday’s observance of Memorial Day provides the perfect opportunity for all of us to give some thought this week to how we can honor those who contin...
May 27, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Becoming Tharptown High’s head baseball coach is the culmination of a goal that was years in the making for Michael Burkett.
June 3, 2026
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
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June 10, 2026