NEWS

Russellville Mayor David Reed Grissom has announced that he will seek an unprecedented fourth consecutive term to the city’s highest office this summer. Grissom, a businessman, was first elect...read more

There are literally thousands of northwest Alabama residents who fondly remember their childhood experiences at the Bear Creek Education Center and Overton Farm in Hodges. Most were part of a school ...read more

The Russellville Electric Board will soon be led by Derrick Moore, who was the board’s selection to fill the vacant general manager position. Moore, a manager for Decatur Utilities and second i...read more

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in eight women who live to be age 70 will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. That's the bad news. The good news, though, is breast...read more

Fraudulent use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are on the rise, and the Alabama Department of Human Resources is cautioning recipients of the program to guard against EBT ...read more

  Each of the 58 Franklin County establishments that received health ratings during the period of November 1, 2024, through December 3, 2024, had scores that fell into the “satisfactory co...read more

Attorneys for Russellville Police Department Chief Chris Hargett have filed a motion asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against Hargett by a Littleville man. Through his attorney, Gr...read more

More than 14,000 visitors ‘flocked’ to Decatur’s Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge last month, and you’re invited to their temporary home during the 2025 Festival of The Cranes,...read more

  In what organizers hope will become a holiday tradition in Russellville, the fourth annual Christmas at City Lake 2024 lighting ceremony will take place Thursday, December 5th after the Russel...read more

Five years and counting. 325 people served and counting. 103 people relocated off the streets or woods of Russellville...and still counting. Those numbers represent the impact of the Russellville Coa...read more

Not a day goes by that Robbi Lindsey Head doesn’t make a Facebook post about her missing nephew Timothy Campbell. And until ‘TO,’ as he’s called by most who know him, is found...read more

Once again, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC), arguably the state's most inept governmental board, has taken it on the chin from an Alabama court, this time the Alabama Court of Civil App...read more

Although the reasons were different, each of the three featured speakers at the November 21st 'State of the Schools' event projected optimism and excitement about their school systems moving forward....read more

The Cultura Garden Club has planned an outstanding Every Light a Prayer for Peace and Christmas Tree Lighting program scheduled for Thursday, December 5th.   This annual event starts at 4:15 at...read more

For the third consecutive year, Russellville City Schools earned an 'A' on the Alabama State Department of Education State Report Card. 2023-24 scores were released November 22nd. Scores are calculat...read more