Russellville News

A Franklin County man has been arrested on sex abuse charges involving two children under age 5, and a couple is accused of knowing about the abuse and doing nothing about it, authorities said Wednesday.

The city council approved a bid Monday for repairs to Sloss Lake Dam, where two holes were discovered in March that forced crews to drain the 44-acre lake.

A Franklin County man was killed Sunday morning when he apparently lost control of his vehicle and crashed while driving along a county road.

A Russellville Police Officer finds himself on the other side of the law. He's been arrested on a felony drug charge.

Showdown will perform Saturday for the Country Shindig at Muscle Shoals High School auditorium.

The city council Thursday approved $68,000 in engineering work for the new proposed city hall and approved $200,000 in extra school funding.

Emergency personnel remove a ladder from the hole where they rescued six people after the front porch of Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church, south of Red Bay, fell in Sunday afternoon.

When the porch of a Franklin County church collapsed Sunday, injuring six people, the building's construction came into question.

A 23-year-old Russellville man was killed Friday and another man injured in a two-vehicle accident.

FRANKLIN COUNTY 2 men, runaway teen arrested Information received on the location of a possible stolen car resulted in the arrest of two men and the discovery of a 15-year-old girl reported as a runaway from ...

Working with state and federal officials, area law enforcement officers arrested 40 people as a part of a national operation.

There were 194,610 crimes reported in Alabama. The total value of property stolen in the state was $240,057,067; 18 percent of that was recovered.

RUSSELLVILLE Woman dies after accident Authorities said a Franklin County woman died Friday from injuries she sustained in a traffic accident three weeks ago.

Roger Alan Willis is being held in the Franklin County jail. Police say he confessed to sodomizing the little boy in an incident that happened on the 10th.

A Franklin County man is in jail after he was accused of sexually molesting a 5-year-old boy.

School districts in Alabama will receive significantly less state appropriation in the upcoming school year.

Last Updated:June 12. 2008 11:13PM Published: June 13. 2008 3:30AM Two cases were concluded this week in Franklin County Circuit Court.

A Russellville woman is in custody and charged with stealing from a Valley church.

Jonathan Willis jwillis@franklincountytimes.com Eddie Martin's fourth complete album is much different than any other he has worked on, but for the Russellville native, it is a step back to his roots.

Stephanie Monterroso works on a math problem in her third grade class at Russellville Elementary School.