NEWS

Just over one year ago, Caleb Rea received some good news when his orthopedic surgeon at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital told Rea he was cleared to start lifting weights. That might not sound like a b...read more

If you were to describe Franklin County resident Donald King using only one word, you couldn't go wrong with persistent. King, who's lived on Highway 73 since 1980, has been a regular at Franklin Cou...read more

The Franklin County Commission unanimously approved a two-year contract to make Russellville attorney Evan Hargett the new county attorney. Since former county attorney Roger Bedford, Jr., died in Oc...read more

After Amendment One passed with more than 70% of Alabama voters supporting it, Franklin County Schools Superintendent of Education Greg Hamilton promised transparency as the system considers what to d...read more

Russellville Mayor David Reed Grissom has announced that he will seek an unprecedented fourth consecutive term to the city’s highest office this summer. Grissom, a businessman, was first elect...read more

There are literally thousands of northwest Alabama residents who fondly remember their childhood experiences at the Bear Creek Education Center and Overton Farm in Hodges. Most were part of a school ...read more

The Russellville Electric Board will soon be led by Derrick Moore, who was the board’s selection to fill the vacant general manager position. Moore, a manager for Decatur Utilities and second i...read more

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in eight women who live to be age 70 will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. That's the bad news. The good news, though, is breast...read more

Fraudulent use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are on the rise, and the Alabama Department of Human Resources is cautioning recipients of the program to guard against EBT ...read more

  Each of the 58 Franklin County establishments that received health ratings during the period of November 1, 2024, through December 3, 2024, had scores that fell into the “satisfactory co...read more

Attorneys for Russellville Police Department Chief Chris Hargett have filed a motion asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against Hargett by a Littleville man. Through his attorney, Gr...read more

More than 14,000 visitors ‘flocked’ to Decatur’s Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge last month, and you’re invited to their temporary home during the 2025 Festival of The Cranes,...read more

  In what organizers hope will become a holiday tradition in Russellville, the fourth annual Christmas at City Lake 2024 lighting ceremony will take place Thursday, December 5th after the Russel...read more

Five years and counting. 325 people served and counting. 103 people relocated off the streets or woods of Russellville...and still counting. Those numbers represent the impact of the Russellville Coa...read more

Not a day goes by that Robbi Lindsey Head doesn’t make a Facebook post about her missing nephew Timothy Campbell. And until ‘TO,’ as he’s called by most who know him, is found...read more