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Former Russellville mayor and retired U.S. Army National Guard Major General Troy Oliver, 82, a 1961 graduate of Belgreen High School, died Saturday.
Main, News, Russellville
R U S S E L L V I L L E — Lottie Coan, who has served as secretary- treasurer for the Tharptown Volunteer Fire Department since 2015, was sitting in h...
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CROOKED OAK — Miller Family Dairy unveiled its new milk processing facility June 30, bringing the business one step closer to bottling its own milk, p...
Main, News, Russellville
RUSSELLVILLE — Customers have walked through the doors of Stidham Feed & Seed for more than half a century looking for everything from garden seed and...
Main, News, Russellville
RUSSELLVILLE — In the event you find yourself on a trip to the Franklin County Archives, one of the first things you’ll see upon arrival is the name C...
Land Transactions
June 25 William N Newell Jr and Yolanda Newell to S&N Investments LLC, warranty Steve Ledbetter and Rena Raper to Hilda Ledbetter, Rolanda Ledbett...
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RUSSELLVILLE — A Georgia woman facing 106 counts ranging from possession of child pornography to first-degree sodomy has pleaded not guilty to the cha...
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CROOKED OAK — Craig and Jenilee Miller moved to the Russellville area in 2020 after finding a farm that fit what they were looking for.
Columnists
Two hundred fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia.
Columnists
HERE AND NOW
E ach summer, the W.C. Handy Music Festival brings outstanding music and entertainment to communities across the Shoals. For more than four decades, t...
Franklin County
In a forgotten patch of woods on a farm near Cloverdale, history had lain hidden for generations. It took a determined group of local historians, gene...
News
Patricia Hartley has always felt a strong sense of patriotism and duty to community and family. It was only recently that she discovered those were fa...
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Working outdoors is part of the job for many city and county employees, but summer heat has prompted local governments and businesses to adjust routin...
News
RUSSELLVILLE — A more than 20-year-old playground at City Lake Park will soon be replaced after the city received a $43,318 grant through T-Mobile’s H...
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RUSSELLVILLE — The Kelley Dickinson VFW Post 5184 honored three local Fourth of July displays with patriotism certificate awards.
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RUSSELLVILLE — When firefighter Alejandro Wallace’s now three-year-old daughter, Aurora, began asking questions about fire safety, he wanted a way to ...
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RED BAY — Telford and Alice Hamm can still remember the moments that changed the course of their lives. One happened in a high school hallway in Zion,...
Franklin Living
EAST FRANKLIN – Just off County Road 81 sits a small graveyard with around a dozen or so people who have been laid to rest over the past 200 or so yea...
Franklin Living
It’s no secret that I love a good thrift store! When I was in college in 1992 at the University of Montevallo, some of my home economic friends and I ...
Franklin Living
One of the greatest blessings many people enjoy is the privilege of living in a land of freedom. Patriotism, when understood properly, is not worship ...
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RUSSELLVILLE — A woman who admitted to shooting and killing her husband last month pleaded not guilty during her arraignment on June 24. Sherri Mitche...
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MONTGOMERY — A former Red Bay day care worker convicted of manslaughter in the death of 4-month-old Autumn Wells will have to face her original senten...
News
Hundreds of items abandoned at local schools are finding a second life through clothing closets and community donations.
Editorials
This week, Franklin County residents are preparing for Saturday’s Independence Day celebration. It should be more than time to gather with family and ...
Editorials
If readers haven’t been keeping up with the FIFA World Cup, I’m sure they have seen a flood across their algorithm of Europeans and other tourists vis...
Columnists
HERE AND NOW
Summer tends to make it easier to say “yes” to socializing with friends. That’s what members of the Book Lovers Study Club did for their June meeting ...
Columnists
By the time Thomas Jefferson dipped his quill in ink in the summer of 1776, he was drawing from a wealth of ideas more than five centuries old.
Couples
For Janet and Max Todd, history isn’t something confined to books or preserved behind glass. It’s something meant to be lived in, and when possible, b...
FLORENCE — A United Kingdom multinetwork satellite communications company with U.S. defense industry clients has announced plans to make the Shoals “a...
RUSSELLVILLE — A Georgia woman facing 106 counts ranging from possession of child pornography to first-degree sodomy has pleaded not guilty to the cha...
July 8, 2026
Former Russellville mayor and retired U.S. Army National Guard Major General Troy Oliver, 82, a 1961 graduate of Belgreen High School, died Saturday.
July 8, 2026
R U S S E L L V I L L E — Lottie Coan, who has served as secretary- treasurer for the Tharptown Volunteer Fire Department since 2015, was sitting in h...
July 8, 2026
CROOKED OAK — Miller Family Dairy unveiled its new milk processing facility June 30, bringing the business one step closer to bottling its own milk, p...
July 8, 2026
CROOKED OAK — Craig and Jenilee Miller moved to the Russellville area in 2020 after finding a farm that fit what they were looking for.
July 8, 2026
Two hundred fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia.
July 8, 2026
E ach summer, the W.C. Handy Music Festival brings outstanding music and entertainment to communities across the Shoals. For more than four decades, t...
July 8, 2026
This week, Franklin County residents are preparing for Saturday’s Independence Day celebration. It should be more than time to gather with family and ...
July 1, 2026
If readers haven’t been keeping up with the FIFA World Cup, I’m sure they have seen a flood across their algorithm of Europeans and other tourists vis...
July 1, 2026
Summer tends to make it easier to say “yes” to socializing with friends. That’s what members of the Book Lovers Study Club did for their June meeting ...
July 1, 2026
They’re no longer stalking opposite sides of the gridiron, but former college football coaches Nick Saban and Tommy Tuberville are currently on opposi...
June 17, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Rising seniors Tristan Ray and Tripp Cleveland recently competed in the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Underclassmen All-Star Eve...
June 17, 2026
FLORENCE — James “Buddy” Moore, a 2012 University of North Alabama Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, has died. He was 93.
June 10, 2026
FLORENCE — Officials said Thursday they expect a city project to reduce a section of Pine Street from four lanes to three to be completed before the U...
June 10, 2026
For Janet and Max Todd, history isn’t something confined to books or preserved behind glass. It’s something meant to be lived in, and when possible, b...
July 1, 2026
Mike Adams has built a reputation across the Shoals for bringing audiences face to face with “The King.” But don’t call him an Elvis impersonator....
June 17, 2026