April is Financial Literacy Month and IRS Criminal Investigation, Atlanta Field Office is bringing awareness to impostor scams, which according to the Federal Trade Commission was number one in the top fraud category in 2023. “With the end of the 2024 tax season, we want to make taxpayers aware that scammers posing as IRS personnel are increasing their phone calls to potential victims stati...read more

With almost half of your home energy costs consumed by your heating and cooling system, it's important to know about a new rebate program being offered by the Tennessee Valley Authority. To help make sure your HVAC system is operating as efficiently as possible, TVA is offering a $50 rebate to homeowners who have an annual HVAC tune-up for their existing heat pump or central air conditioning syst...read more

A shower. A haircut. A healthy meal. Hygiene products. These are everyday basics for most Northwest Alabama residents, but for the area's growing homeless population, they're from everyday occurrences. Hope Fest, a special event set for Saturday, April 20, is a benefit concert that will also provide each of those 'basics' to any homeless guests at the event. Additionally, there will be resourc...read more

  Quick...What's the fastest-growing sport in America? Cornhole? Nope. Ultimate Frisbee? Fun, but nope again. Lawn Darts? Is that even a sport? It's pickleball, by leaps and bounds. And the Russellville Parks and Recreation Department wants to make it easy for you to learn about the sport. That's why RPRD is hosting a Introduction to Pickleball class on Sunday, May 5th. According to ww...read more

Although he wasn't there to see it, Red Bay resident Kelly Moore was posthumously awarded the Franklin County Hall of Fame Award at last month's Franklin County Partnership Awards Banquet. Moore's family accepted the honor in his behalf. Moore, known as 'Pops' by family and grandchildren and 'JoJo' by his golfing buddies, passed away in January at the age of 71. The Hall of Fame Award is the cen...read more