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Kaylea Milam of Red Bay, earned a(n) Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude in English from University of Maryland Global Campus in fall 2024.Milam was one of nearly 5,900 students worldwide who earned degrees fr...read more

The Franklin County Community Development Commission met January 31, 2025, and awarded grants to multiple schools and agencies.The commission, which includes Brad Bolton, Jeremy Campbell and Red Bay M...read more

A Day Without Immigrants. That was the theme of a nationwide event held on Monday, February 3rd in cities and towns across America. The social media-driven event encouraged immigrants to skip work, ...read more

Northwest Shoals Community College (NWSCC) will host the 2025 Miss Northwest Shoals Scholarship Competition, a preliminary event to Miss Alabama, on the Phil Campbell campus organized by NWSCC...read more

When Tennessee Valley Authority officials asked customers to reduce their power consumption during an anticipated peak usage four-hour period the morning of Wednesday, January 22nd, they were dead on....read more

As the daughter of Russellville Mayor David Grissom, Kate Grissom has accompanied her father and mother Melissa to official functions most of her young life. But when the Grissom family spent last ...read more

The Russellville City Council approved a resolution at its January 21st meeting declaring January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Russellville. The council presented a copy of the resolution ...read more

The Franklin County Commission approved a report documenting all road work done during FY24 using Rebuild Alabama Act funds. Commissioners approved submitting the report to the Alabama Department of ...read more

At a short meeting held January 21st, the Russellville City Schools Board of Education heard a report from Superintendent Tim Guinn regarding the turf replacement at Russellville High School Stadium....read more

Using drugs and alcohol will not take away your problems and fears. In the short run, they might make you feel better, but in the long run these addictions will only make things worse.As a result, her...read more

The Franklin County Commission took time at its January 21st meeting to say a big thank you to the Russellville Electric Board and its tree trimming crew for their assistance in removing several large...read more

Jacqueline Fay Hutcheson, age 79, of Phil Campbell, Alabama, passed away on January 20, 2025.Visitation will be Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 12-2 pm at Pinkard Funeral Home in Russellville. ...read more

Each of the 109 Franklin County establishments that received health ratings during the period of November 1, 2024 through January 15, 2025, had scores that fell into the “satisfactory compliance...read more

Socks for Christmas may not seem like an exciting gift, but for the 70 residents of Generations of Red Bay nursing facility, the gift bags they received, which included multiple pairs of new socks, br...read more

When the Alabama Attorney General's office announced the six schools to be named 2024 Safe Schools Initiative Award winners, Russellville Elementary School was among the ranks. RES Principal Tiffany ...read more