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Students in Franklin County schools caught with cell phones or wireless communication devices on their persons will face enhanced discipline after the Franklin County Board of Education approved the...read more

A Russellville man remains in the Franklin County Jail Sunday night on a felony charge of Drug Trafficking after officers found methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana at his residence Thursday night...read more

There’s an old adage that says ‘the camera doesn’t lie.’ If it’s true, that’s bad news for one Russellville man who was arrested last week on criminal littering...read more

Qualifying for the August 26, 2025 Alabama municipal elections concluded Tuesday afternoon, and most local offices will have contested races. Russellville District One  City Councilman David P...read more

Northwest Shoals Community College (NWSCC) hosted a Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) Signing Day last Thursday (6/12) in the Patriot Center (gym) on the Shoals Campus as 23 stu...read more

(Our appreciation to Red Bay News Publisher Jason Collum for allowing us to print this article.) Area residents who have utilized Vina’s Meal Barrel Project food pantry to supplement their food...read more

When Grayson Murray was asked what was most special to him about his father, Michael Murray, the 20 year old answered immediately.  He’ll always remember his father as having a giving ser...read more

Cross Street may be better known to Russellville residents as ‘the street that runs behind Walmart,’ but one thing’s for certain—it’s one of the busiest roads in the en...read more

The Franklin County Community Development Commission met May 23, 2025, and awarded grants to multiple schools and agencies. The commission, which includes Brad Bolton, Jeremy Campbell and Red Bay May...read more

Qualifying for municipal elections began today, June 10th, with candidates having until Tuesday, June 24th to file their paperwork. In 2021, the Alabama Legislature changed municipal elections to o...read more

New-and possibly more serious- charges against the former owner of a Red Bay daycare where a four-month-old infant died in March 2022. Franklin County District Attorney Jeff Barksdale said his offi...read more

 Northwest Shoals Community College’s (NWSCC) Child Development Center will offer the 2025 Kids in College STEAM summer camp July 21-25, 2025.   The summer camp is open to children...read more

High school students in Franklin County will have a new educational option this fall as Franklin County Schools will begin a virtual high school that will be based at Vina High School. The Franklin C...read more

Two Mississippi State undergraduates will study foreign languages abroad and virtually this summer thanks to the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program. Alexis Ellison...read more

Four Franklin County residents have contacted Gov. Kay Ivey’s office seeking to be appointed to the vacant Franklin County Commission District One Commissioner seat, according to a source famili...read more