Russellville Police do not anticipate any incidents at the ‘Keep Families Together’ protest this evening in front of the Franklin County Courthouse, but the department will close one block of North ...

In accord with a recent change in Alabama’s open records law, the Franklin County Commission approved a revised procedure for public records requests by limiting them only to individuals who are ...

The 2026 varsity volleyball season came to an end for four Franklin County teams after they all suffered defeats in their respective sub-region matches on Monday night. Belgreen, which won the Class ...

The Russellville High School varsity football team went on the road for the final time in the regular season Friday night and routed region rival Decatur High School 42-0 to improve 8-1 and 5-1 in ...

The Phil Campbell High School and Russellville High School varsity cross country teams were among the over 60 programs to compete at the 2026 Dew It On The Trails meet at Point Mallard in Decatur on ...

October 6th was a pretty good day for Phil Campbell resident  Chree Boyd after a Franklin County jury acquitted her of a felony drug charge. And for Evan Hargett, Boyd’s attorney who was trying his ...

It was a busy night of varsity volleyball around the state Tuesday as some seasons came to an end and others were extended into the AHSAA postseason following area tournament play. In Franklin County, ...

The Russellville High School varsity football team (7-1, 4-1) clinched a berth in the Class 5A playoffs with its 17-7 road victory at Region 7 foe Athens High School (3-4, 2-3) on Friday night. The Go ...

Northwest Shoals Community College (NWSCC) has been selected as a 2026-27 Regional Work-Based Learning (WBL) Best Practice and a contender for the Alabama Seal of Excellence in Work-Based Learning for ...

The Franklin County Commission approved a $20.926 million budget for FY2026-27 at a special called meeting Wednesday morning. Commissioners unanimously approved the budget that includes a 3% raise to ...

(Michael Champion is a retired state employee and mathematics educator who taught at the middle school, high school, college, and university levels in Alabama. A native of Russellville (Class of 1979) ...

Following the recommendation of the Russellville Public Library Board, the Russellville City Council approved a change for library employee Sara Davis from part-time to full-time, at the council’s ...