NEWS

For the second year in a row, Russellville High School has made the U.S. News & World Report's list of the Top 25 High Schools in Alabama, coming in at #22 on this year’s list out of 718 hig...read more

As he addressed the 100 or so in attendance at the grand opening/ribbon cutting of Timber Creek Housing in Bear Creek, the smile on General Manager Todd Evans' face looked as wide as the Tennessee Riv...read more

Russellville Electric Board Manager Charles Canida, flanked by a police escort, disconnected the United States Post Office's electricity last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Franklin F...read more

Russellville High School graduate Leah Grimes was one of two Northwest-Shoals Community College students to be named to the 2022 All-Alabama Academic Team. Grimes and fellow NW-SCC student Kasandra ...read more

  The Franklin County Board of Education approved a number of personnel moves, most of which were for the Summer Reading Camp and Summer Reading Program, at the board's April 19th meeting. Boar...read more

Silence. One by one, the three Russellville residents who appeared on the agenda at the April 19, 2022, Russellville Electric Board meeting addressed General Manager Charles Canida and the board. Ea...read more

  The Franklin County Commission approved new hours of Saturday operation for the Franklin County Landfill at the commission's April 18th meeting. Commissioners followed the recommendation of F...read more

Last year, it was Russellville and Phil Campbell High Schools both bringing home blue maps in baseball. One small county. Two state champions. And it's happened again. Earlier this month, the Russel...read more

Northwest-Shoals Community College's show choir will hold a '70s World Tour' concert April 29-30 in Phil Campbell. Vocal Point, directed by Jonathon Romero, will hold the concerts on Friday, April 29...read more

The Russellville High School Business Department offers industry recognized Microsoft Office credentials to their students. Through a program with the Alabama State Department of Education RHS is able...read more

The Russellville Electric Board will hold its April 2022 business meeting next Tuesday, April 19th, and the question remains whether board members will consider voting themselves a raise at that meeti...read more

As the 30,000 or so participants gather to start the Boston Marathon next Monday, there will be at least one Franklin County native among them. Scotty Aycock, who was raised in the Bethlehem communit...read more

Alabama's primary elections are set for Tuesday, May 24, and Franklin County Probate Judge Barry Moore wants to make sure voters know which ballot they will receive and which elections should appear o...read more

Candidates running for local offices in Franklin County had the opportunity to address voters at Saturday's candidate supper held at the Spruce Pine Community Center. The event, one of only a few sch...read more

The Russellville City Council approved the hiring of Joshlyn Bowen as the new director of the Russellville Public Library. The council took the action at its April 4th meeting. The Russellville Publi...read more