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Expect closures for U.S. 43 at Walmart
The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists to expect lane closures for improvements on U.S. 43 at Walmart in Russellville beginning Tuesday, May 30. One to ...
June 3, 2023
PROGRESS 2023: What’s In A Name As recounted in an article in the Franklin County Times Sesquicentennial special section, Russellville was incorporated in 1819. It ...
The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists to expect lane closures for improvements on U.S. 43 at Walmart in Russellville beginning Tuesday, May 30. One to ...
Russellville City Schools and Franklin County Schools are providing seamless summer meal programs for children 18 and under. Russellville City Schools is offering a ...
Franklin County inductees into the Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville during the 2022-2023 ...
Around 800 people, including kindergarten through second grade students, faculty and staff at West Elementary participate in a color run May 12, raising right at ...
In Russellville and Franklin County, the juicy watermelon often gets the most attention when it comes to fruits. For Chad and Jerri Ann Oliver, however, ...
The Russellville High School athletics department celebrated a flurry of scholarship signings as the 2022-23 school year came to a close. Six Golden Tigers added ...
PHOTOS BY MARÍA CAMP Russellville High School seniors graduate May 26. To see the 2023 graduation photos for the schools in the Franklin County Schools ...
PROGRESS 2023: What’s In A Name Born and raised in Phil Campbell, Charles Parrish’s rise to the Franklin County superintendent’s office was a relatively quick ...
Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) recently received notification by the National Junior College Athletic Association Foundation it has been selected to receive a $2,000 Sport Opportunity ...
State Rep. Jamie Kiel helped obtain $20,000 in RC&D funds to equip Tharptown Elementary School with new bleachers in its renovated gymnasium. In the early ...
Officials at Itawamba Community College have released the honors list for the 2023 spring semester. Franklin County students named to the president’s list, which includes ...
Russellville native Caleb Sherrill, a graduate of the Russellville High School Class of 2012, has been selected as Franklin County’s new assistant county engineer. His ...
Registration is underway at Red Bay’s Weatherford Library for this year’s summer reading program. The theme is “All Together Now,” and it will include promoting ...
Northwest-Shoals Community College will have seven art students showcase their art May 23-June 30 as part of a new exhibit at the Tennessee Valley Museum ...
Tharptown High School’s rocketry team blasted into second place in the nation, out of 100 teams from across the country, during the American Rocketry Challenge, ...
Vina High School’s Spring Spectacular, held April 15, featured participants from a variety of age groups. 0–24-month winners: Maggie Mitchell – Third Alternate; Jasper Elaine ...
Russellville Elementary School’s 45-member fifth grade chorus presented “RES Goes Country,” directed by Lauren Ritter, May 11 in the Russellville City Schools auditorium. Musical numbers ...
Addie’s Flip Tip and Tap holds its 18th annual dance recital May 20 in the Russellville City Schools auditorium.
PROGRESS 2023: What’s In A Name The Russellville High School Class of 1988 Chucky Mullins Scholarship Committee has remained dedicated to preserving the memory of ...
Vina High School senior Karmin Scott earned a state championship in Class 1A girls’ javelin Saturday morning at the AHSAA 1A-3A Outdoor State Track and ...
The 2023 AHSAA soccer playoffs featured first and second round matchups between talented teams from Class 5A Area 7 and Area 8. The Russellville boys ...
Bo LeMay received the trade school scholarship at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation scholarship banquet May 5 in Wetumpka, Ala. The son of TJ and Michelle ...
Russellville High School senior Shayden Romans has accepted a baseball scholarship offer from Calhoun Community College. Romans was joined by family, friends, teammates and coaches ...
Franklin County Schools will provide a Seamless Summer meal program at the following Franklin County Schools: Belgreen, East Franklin, Phil Campbell, Red Bay, Tharptown and ...
During the Franklin County Commission’s May 15 meeting, they announced the College Avenue precinct voting district (also known as 2-2) voting location is moving, effective ...
The Russellville Public Library summer reading program, fully sponsored by Pilgrim’s for the second year in a row, will kick off June 9 with events ...
Gov. Kay Ivey awarded nearly $96,000 in grants to police departments to improve public safety through equipment purchase in four communities in northwest Alabama, including ...
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a $350,000 grant to enable the Russellville Water and Sewer Board to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant and triple its ...