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RUSSELLVILLE — Incumbent Mayor David Reed Grissom will serve another term after defeating challenger Guadalupe Martinez in Tuesday’s municipal electio...
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PHIL CAMPBELL — Voters in Phil Campbell elected Greg Williams as mayor in Tuesday night’s municipal election. Williams defeated Mayor Eddie Marbutt,...
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RED BAY — Freshman Kayeden Palmer will take her baton to Indianapolis, Indiana, this fall after being selected for the National Future Farmers of Amer...
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RUSSELLVILLE--The 44th annual Franklin County Watermelon Festival is in the books. There’s no official record of how many attended this year’s festiva...
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RUSSELLVILLE Middle school sixth graders took part in the kickoff event of this semester’s Liberty Learning Foundation’s American Character Program. S...
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RED BAY — Challenger Mike Shewbart defeated incumbent Mayor Charlene Fancher in Tuesday’s municipal election, while the city council Place 3 seat is h...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Police Chief Chris Hargett wasn’t necessarily ready to purchase more than a dozen new computers for his department, but a decision by t...
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RUSSELLVILLE — Six Franklin County schools, the Franklin County Emergency Management Agency, five volunteer fire departments, and other organizations ...
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RUSSELLVILLE — A new downtown event launched by Russellville Main Street has already earned statewide recognition.
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RED BAY — A new $3.3 million bridge being built over Little Bear Creek northeast of Red Bay on Alabama 247 continues to take shape.
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RUSSELLVILLE Katherine Terry-Warner still remembers her first field class in the Adirondack Mountains.
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THE ISSUE: Kudos to education leaders in Franklin, Lauderdale and Colbert counties for their support and belief in career technology as a viable optio...
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HERE AND NOW
RUSSELLVILLE – For seven decades, education retirees in Alabama have stayed connected through fellowship and a shared commitment to service and advoca...
Franklin County
Franklin County volleyball teams started off the year competing in a tournament at Colbert Heights.
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FLORENCE — Jimmy Roberts said the reason he served in the U.S. Army was because of his father, Herman Leon Roberts, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who se...
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FLORENCE — A committee created to look into whether the University of North Alabama should have another live lion mascot has suggested doing so, but o...
High School Sports
PHIL CAMPBELL — The Bobcats are gearing up for the 2025 volleyball season with high hopes and a new coach at the helm. After finishing last season wit...
High School Sports
RUSSELLVILLE -- The Golden Tigers have opened the volleyball season with head coach Madison Lamon entering her second year at the helm.
Belgreen Bulldogs
BELGREEN — Belgreen’s volleyball team is ready to build on last year’s 16-19 overall record as they enter their second season under head coach Alison ...
High School Sports
RED BAY — The Tigers volleyball team is entering a new era with Trey Wiygul taking over as head coach. Wiygul is also the school’s new assistant princ...
High School Sports
THARPTOWN — The Wildcats are heading into the new volleyball season with a fresh perspective and a new coach, Lori Huffaker, who is in her second year...
High School Sports
VINA — Volleyball may be the newest sport at Vina High School, but the Lady Red Devils are already charging into their second season with excitement a...
High School Sports
The football rivalry between Russellville and Deshler added another chapter to open the 2025 season on Friday night in Tuscumbia. Deshler earned a har...
High School Sports
The Russellville High Lady Golden Tigers, led by head coach Madison Lamon, won the Lauderdale County Serve Off Tournament on Aug. 23.
Belgreen Bulldogs
Belgreen dominated from start to finish in its game against Shoals Christian, beating the Flame 54-8.
Records
Gas Mart North – 17060 Hwy 43, Russellville – Score 96, 7/29/2025 Hilltop Diner, LLC – 808 Ronnie McDowell Ave., Russellville – Score 97, 7/15/2025 ...
Birthdays
Aug. 27 Angela Malone Kristen James Roger Long Spencer Peters Kristi Wilbanks Aug. 28 Sherye Price John James Haley Watkins Cindy ...
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RED BAY -- Pam and George Liedl are donating the bulk of their Beanie Baby collection, having already given away about 300 so far and setting aside an...
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After being caught with multiple empty liquor bottles in the parking lot of Danville High School, two people from Phil Campbell were arrested Aug. 10 ...
RED BAY — Challenger Mike Shewbart defeated incumbent Mayor Charlene Fancher in Tuesday’s municipal election, while the city council Place 3 seat is h...
August 27, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL — Voters in Phil Campbell elected Greg Williams as mayor in Tuesday night’s municipal election. Williams defeated Mayor Eddie Marbutt, ...
August 27, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — Incumbent Mayor David Reed Grissom will serve another term after defeating challenger Guadalupe Martinez in Tuesday’s municipal electio...
August 27, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — Police Chief Chris Hargett wasn’t necessarily ready to purchase more than a dozen new computers for his department, but a decision by t...
August 27, 2025
RED BAY — Freshman Kayeden Palmer will take her baton to Indianapolis, Indiana, this fall after being selected for the National Future Farmers of Amer...
August 27, 2025
High school football returns to the Shoals this week with games slated for both Thursday and Friday nights.
August 20, 2025
Russellville First Baptist Church (RFBC) celebrated 158 years of existence on Aug. 10. From its beginning, it has sought to glorify Christ and live ou...
August 20, 2025
The vital lifeline for tens of millions of Americans everywhere – including almost 1.2 million Alabamians – used for housing, groceries, gas, and the ...
August 20, 2025
After months of negotiations, Congress passed President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill — or “OBBB” as we like to call it. This bill will be remembered...
August 13, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL — The Bobcats are gearing up for the 2025 volleyball season with high hopes and a new coach at the helm. After finishing last season wit...
August 27, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE -- The Golden Tigers have opened the volleyball season with head coach Madison Lamon entering her second year at the helm.
August 27, 2025
BELGREEN — Belgreen’s volleyball team is ready to build on last year’s 16-19 overall record as they enter their second season under head coach Alison ...
August 27, 2025
RED BAY — The Tigers volleyball team is entering a new era with Trey Wiygul taking over as head coach. Wiygul is also the school’s new assistant princ...
August 27, 2025
THARPTOWN — The Wildcats are heading into the new volleyball season with a fresh perspective and a new coach, Lori Huffaker, who is in her second year...
August 27, 2025
Aug. 27 Angela Malone Kristen James Roger Long Spencer Peters Kristi Wilbanks Aug. 28 Sherye Price John James Haley Watkins Cindy Coan A...
August 27, 2025
When Kim Bevis was earning her master’s in social work, she stood up in class one day and made a bold declaration. “I don’t think I ever really want t...
August 20, 2025
HODGES -- Senior center participants kept busy playing rook, dominoes and bingo. They also crafted a suncatcher garden, played island Olympics and did...
August 20, 2025
FLORENCE -- Aidyn Kate Marshall, a Russellville High School senior, was named Franklin County’s Distinguished Young Woman on Saturday at the Universit...
August 13, 2025