The Franklin County Times

02/14/2025

RED BAY — Three people are facing drug trafficking charges and chemical endangerment of a child charges after investigators executed a search warrant on Jan. 24 at Village Green Apartments in Red Bay.

02/14/2025

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and we hope you will enjoy spending time with your friends, family or significant other. There are lots of ways to enjoy spending time together while making memories to last, and plenty of those possibilities are right here in Franklin County.

02/13/2025

Not feeling my best this week. The flu has run rampant in the community, and it has gone through my house leaving me the last person standing. However, I think I have dodged it as long as I can. This column may suffer too …

Not feeling my best this week. The flu has run rampant in the community, and it has gone through my house leaving me the last person standing. However, I think I have dodged it as long as I can. This column may suffer too … Congratulations to the following teams on their area championships -- Belg...

02/13/2025

For those of us who’ve lived in Franklin County a long time, there are surely many memories we love and enjoy recalling from our experiences across the years. For me, some of my earliest involve going to early morning yard sales with my parents, especially with my mom. It was hit and miss, of course, but you never knew when you might find a treasure. We mostly did this in Russellville but ventured outside the city at times.

For those of us who’ve lived in Franklin County a long time, there are surely many memories we love and enjoy recalling from our experiences across the years. For me, some of my earliest involve going to early morning yard sales with my parents, especially with my mom. It was hit and miss, of cour...

02/13/2025

The Belgreen Bulldogs upset the Covenant Christian Eagles 32-31 to win the Class 2A Area 14 tournament championship.

02/13/2025

PHIL CAMPBELL - After Andrea Mills lost her daughter, Lexi, to su***de in 2019, she started the Love Like Lexi project to raise su***de awareness. Recently, she visited Phil Campbell High School to talk to students in grades seven through 12 to share her family’s story.

PHIL CAMPBELL After Andrea Mills lost her daughter, Lexi, to su***de in 2019, she started the Love Like Lexi project to raise su***de awareness. Recently, she visited Phil Campbell High School to talk to students in grades seven through 12 to share her family’s story.

02/12/2025

Soccer is underway for players at Tharptown High School. THS soccer coach Darrel Baker said last weekend kept the boys soccer team busy playing in a tournament against Decatur, Mars Hill and Athens.

02/12/2025

The Russellville High School varsity basketball teams finished the season with losses in the Class 5A subregion after the squads took second place during the area tournament.

02/12/2025

RED BAY — Three people are facing drug trafficking charges after a pound of powder co***ne with a street value between $10,000 and $15,000 was seized from within a vehicle in Red Bay.

02/12/2025

RED BAY -- Mark Richardson estimates he has directed around 30 plays produced by the Bay Tree Council of the Performing Arts. He has acted in a few of them, but his involvement has been mostly on the directing side, as well as with other backstage and behind-the-scenes tasks.

02/12/2025

RUSSELLVILLE — Eady Contracting has submitted the low bid for the next sidewalk project for Muscle Shoals.

02/12/2025

PHIL CAMPBELL — A dual-enrolled freshman, Lara Gunderman of Phil Campbell, was crowned 2025 Miss Northwest Shoals on Saturday inside the Lou B. Bevill Center.

02/12/2025

RUSSELLVILLE — Natalia Gaspar said the voices of those who chanted “no human’s illegal” during a demonstration last weekend represent many more who are afraid to speak out.

02/12/2025

RUSSELLVILLE – Derrick Moore believes he can make a difference as the new general manager of the Russellville Electric Board.

02/12/2025

RUSSELLVILLE -- Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall lauded Russellville Elementary’s “exceptional” dedication to the safety of its students and staff as the prime reason the school was awarded a 2024 Safe School Initiative Award.

02/12/2025

Check out this year's edition of Progress! Available in the Franklin County Times that's available today. Our theme this year is education.

Opinion, We Say Walk toward a healthier future We Say Staff Reports  February 6, 2025 We aren’t all athletes, but that doesn’t mean we can’t work to improve our health, and for many of us, developing a regular routine of walking may jus...

02/07/2025

The Belgreen Bulldogs roared back from an early deficit to defeat the Hackleburg Panthers 47-44 in a thrilling contest.

02/07/2025

The Belgreen Bulldogs roared back from a halftime deficit to defeat the Hackleburg Panthers 62-52 in a hard-fought battle.