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7/24/2025 2:52:44 PM
Franklin County varsity football coaches and players were the focus Tuesday morning at day two of the annual Football in the South Media Days, held July 21-22 at the Clarion Inn in Sheffield.Coaches and selected players from Phil Campbell, Red Bay, Vina, Tharptown and Russellville High Schools (Belgreen is not eligible to participate until it plays a region schedule beginning next year) answered q
LOCAL NEWS
7/23/2025 2:18:04 PM
(Reprinted with permission of Jason Collum, Publisher, Red Bay News)
Less than 24 hours after the Red Bay City Council approved Mayor Charlene Fancher’s request to solicit for bids for milling and paving several streets in the city, Gov. Kay Ivey and Rep. Jamie Kiel announced Red Bay had been awarded $350,000 to repave two of the streets discussed Wednesday afternoon – 9th Street, k...read more
7/23/2025 1:34:55 PM
I am Kathryn Cantrell Wilkins and I announce my candidacy for Place 3 of the Red Bay City Council. I am a Red Bay High School graduate and an Honor Graduate of the University of North Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Business Administration
I am married to Dave Wilkins from Mobile, AL. After moving to SouthAlabama for several years, we retired and moved ba...read more
7/16/2025 10:58:07 AM
A Spruce Pine man remains in custody after he was arrested last week for failing to appear in court on an attempted murder charge, felony assault charge and three misdemeanor charges arising out of a child custody exchange.
Jonathan Tyler Garrett, Highway 52 in Spruce Pine, was booked into the Franklin County Jail on July 9th. His jail status remains ‘in custody’ with no bond amount...read more
7/15/2025 7:34:47 PM
Each of the 50 Franklin County establishments that received health ratings during the period of June 1, 2025 through July 8, 2025, had scores that fell into the “satisfactory compliance” range.
Health ratings are required to be prominently posted in all food/lodging establishments. Scores are graded by the Alabama Department of Public Health inspectors on a 100-point scale.
Establi...read more
7/13/2025 10:02:55 PM
A meeting is set for Tuesday, July 15th for the Tennessee Valley Authority to provide environmental assessment information to the public on a proposed Colbert County solar project to be located along Highway 43.
The meeting will be held at Colbert Heights High School, 6825 Woodmont Drive, from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday.
Additionally, the public is invited to submit written comment on the proposed proj...read more
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