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June 3, 2026
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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June 3, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The city schools board of education has hired Nate Ayers as the system’s next assistant superintendent. Ayers’ hiring was approved by b...
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June 3, 2026
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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June 3, 2026
TUSCUMBIA — The board overseeing the Alabama Music Hall of Fame has established procedures for selecting a new executive director. The position has be...
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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...
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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...
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María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
June 3, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Becoming Tharptown High’s head baseball coach is the culmination of a goal that was years in the making for Michael Burkett. Burkett jo...
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June 3, 2026
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...
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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...
June 3, 2026
RED BAY — Councilmembers have delayed action on a proposal to update the city’s website while officials gather additional information about hosting, m...
June 3, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The Franklin County Board of Education has agreed to spend $93,607 to purchase new cafeteria ovens for Tharptown schools. The board app...
June 3, 2026
By María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com PHIL CAMPBELL — Councilmembers have agreed to sell a 2021 Dodge Durango police vehicle to the Town of...
June 3, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The city schools board of education has hired Nate Ayers as the system’s next assistant superintendent. Ayers’ hiring was approved by b...
June 3, 2026
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May 14 Jeramie and Megean Scott to Starco Enterprises LLC, warranty Janice Trapp, William Trapp and Janice Trapp Winkler to Loretta Hatton, quit cla...
June 3, 2026
RED BAY — Councilmembers have delayed action on a proposal to update the city’s website while officials gather additional information about hosting, m...
June 3, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The Franklin County Board of Education has agreed to spend $93,607 to purchase new cafeteria ovens for Tharptown schools. The board app...
June 3, 2026
By María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com PHIL CAMPBELL — Councilmembers have agreed to sell a 2021 Dodge Durango police vehicle to the Town of...
June 3, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — Councilmembers have decided to pursue grant funding as an option to address a group of deteriorating buildings in the downtown sector....
June 3, 2026
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RUSSELLVILLE — Becoming Tharptown High’s head baseball coach is the culmination of a goal that was years in the making for Michael Burkett. Burkett jo...
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. RHS began play in the d...
May 20, 2026