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STAYING SHARP: Firefighters drill on confined space response
Being a firefighter, it is important to always stay fresh and prepared for whenever a disaster occurs. This is why firefighters across Franklin County have ...
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Russellville animal ordinance limits livestock, chickens
Russellville City Council passed an addition to its animal ordinance concerning livestock, fowl and wild animals in its ...
STAYING SHARP: Firefighters drill on confined space response
Being a firefighter, it is important to always stay fresh and prepared for whenever a disaster occurs. This ...
RHS students learn through work-based learning
Not all learning takes place in a classroom, which is the idea behind Russellville High School’s work-based learning ...
RHS soccer boys advance in postseason, girls’ season comes to end
For the first time in program history, the Russellville Golden Tigers are headed to the final four in ...
News
Russellville animal ordinance limits livestock, chickens
Russellville City Council passed an addition to its animal ordinance concerning livestock, fowl and wild animals in its regular meeting May 3. “This is something ...
by Ciera Hughes.
Franklin County
FC approves purchase of two buses
At its most recent meeting, the Franklin County Schools Board of Education approved the purchase of two 2022 Type C buses to replace the two ...
by Ciera Hughes.
Franklin County
Vina stages first large theatre production
What began as a trial run with a ninth-grade English class reading “Romeo and Juliet” has grown into a full theater program set to showcase ...
by Ciera Hughes.
News
RHS cracks U.S. News Top 25
For the first time since the list was established, Russellville High School has made the U.S. News & World Report’s list of the Top 25 ...
by Ciera Hughes.
News
Red Bay hires Heath Childers as football coach
The Red Bay Tigers have hired Heath Childers to replace Michael Jackson as the school’s head football coach. Childers, a Vina native, returns home to ...
by Bart Moss.
High School Sports
County softball area tournaments continue Thursday
Area softball tournaments began Monday and will continue Thursday. Belgreen leads the way in the winner’s bracket of the Class 1A Area 14 tournament. The ...
by Bart Moss.
High School Sports
Bobcats advance in postseason
The Phil Campbell Bobcats advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class 3A baseball state playoffs with a sweep of Geraldine Friday. The Bobcats will be ...
by Bart Moss.
High School Sports
RHS athlete wins state in discus
The Russellville track and field team recently competed at the state competition in Gulf Shores for Class 5A, and the Golden Tigers had success. In ...
by Brannon King.
High School Sports
RHS softball finishes regular season with eyes on area tourney
The Russellville Lady Golden Tigers wrapped up the regular high school softball season with a busy week on the diamond, including five games in the ...
by Brannon King.
Franklin County
Franklin 4-H competes at state
The Franklin County 4-H Junior Team takes first place in trap and third place in overall score at the Alabama 4-H Shotgun Competition. Junior team member ...
by Staff Reports.
News
RHS goes country for Spring Sing show
Russellville High School music students will be “Gone Country” for Spring Sing this year, with the show featuring close to 200 students performing country favorites. ...
by Ciera Hughes.
High School Sports
RHS senior signs to play at UAB
Another Russellville Golden Tiger is advancing in his football career, as senior Caden Watts signed April 21 as a preferred walk-on at the University of ...
by Ciera Hughes.
High School Sports
RHS girls return to win column
The Russellville Lady Golden Tigers varsity softball team used a balanced offensive attack to defeat the Hatton Lady Hornets by a 10-7 score April 26. ...
by Brannon King.
Galleries
PHOTOS: Families converge for T-ball action
Some of Franklin County’s youngest athletes tie on cleats and grab bats and gloves for a night on the T-ball field.
by Ciera Hughes.
High School Sports
Tharptown celebrates baseball seniors
Tharptown’s senior baseball players are (from left) Colton Simmons, Travis Staten, Hunter White and Dominic Baker.
by Bart Moss.
Franklin County
Unemployment rate continues slow decline
As the rate of unemployment continues to slowly decrease, Franklin County has registered a small decline in unemployed people – but coupled with a decline ...
by Staff Reports.
High School Sports
RHS girls’ tennis duo brings home first state championship
For the first time in school history, Russellville High has state champions in girls’ tennis. The RHS No. 2 doubles team of Avary Miller and ...
by Brannon King.
Franklin County
‘It has become a part of us’
The headline in the Franklin County Times was only one word. Unbelievable. It was the worst natural disaster in Franklin County history, as an EF-5 ...
by Ciera Hughes.
High School Sports
RHS sinks Pirates to begin baseball playoffs
The top-ranked Russellville High School varsity baseball team began the quest for a state championship with a first-round series sweep of the Boaz Pirates in ...
by Brannon King.
High School Sports
Phil Campbell, Red Bay advance to substate
The Phil Campbell and Red Bay golf teams advanced to the substate with sectional wins over the weekend. PHIL CAMPBELL The Phil Campbell High School ...
by Bart Moss.
High School Sports
County track, field athletes qualify for state meet
Several student-athletes from across Franklin County competed in sectional track meets over the weekend, with many qualifying for the state meet this week. The following ...
by Bart Moss.
Belgreen Bulldogs
Belgreen softball has strong week
The Belgreen Bulldog softball team had a strong week this past week, taking three of five games. Belgreen beat Belmont 3-1, Colbert County 6-0 and ...
by Bart Moss.
Franklin County
FCS tackles ‘summer slide’ with required reading camps
Some parents have been concerned about their children falling behind in school because of COVID-19, but the Alabama Literacy Act will require school systems to ...
by Ciera Hughes.
High School Sports
RHS track wins section
The Russellville High School boys’ track and field team went to Guntersville April 23-24 and won the AHSAA Class 5A Section 4 meet to qualify ...
by Brannon King.
News
Free class marks World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day
Anna Carol Porter led a free combined session of qi gong and tai chi in downtown Russellville outside the A.W. Todd Centre Saturday for World ...
by María Camp.
High School Sports
Bobcats advance in postseason with 52-0 first-round wins
The Phil Campbell Bobcats put up scores in the first round of the Class 3A baseball playoffs that any football coach would be envious of. ...
by Bart Moss.
Franklin County
4-H enhances STEM with new agent
Jay Townsend has been working in education for 15 years with experience in most subjects, but now he is turning his attention to a different ...
by Ciera Hughes.
Franklin County
USDA reopens signup for coronavirus assistance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency has announced signup has reopened for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, as part of the Pandemic Assistance ...
by Staff Reports.
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