Russellville News

Three different road improvement projects in Franklin County got one step closer to being completed after Governor Robert Bentley announced on Thursday that 105 road and bridge improvement projects across the state would be completed thanks to a new state program.

Two local men accused of breaking into another man's home in December and attacking him have been indicted by the May grand jury, officials said.

A Russellville man who voluntarily confessed to sexually abusing a young boy was indicted by a recent grand jury.

Two people were arrested on Thursday after law enforcement officials connected them to a string of thefts in the area.

A man featured on News Leader 9's weekly segment Areas Most Wanted turned himself in Thursday morning after he saw himself on television.

This was not unexpected when I took the post last November, but there were several major places in Alabama I had been to, but never driven to.

Two women accused of stealing over $20,000 worth of jewelry from people whose houses they cleaned were indicted by the May grand jury, officials said.

A Franklin County man accused of sexually abusing a young girl on Christmas morning was recently indicted by the May grand jury, officials said.

Franklin County officials say they've captured a man who escaped from a work release prison facility in Winston County earlier this week.

Law enforcement officials are searching for man they say has ties to 21 methamphetamine labs that have been discovered in Franklin County since May 7, authorities said.

Communities across the country are celebrating law enforcement officials and the sacrifices they make during National Police Memorial Week and Franklin County is no exception.

A Franklin County man was sentenced to 27 and a half years in prison for the 2009 armed burglary of a Phil Campbell pharmacy and related weapons charges, federal officials announced today.

A Russellville man who allegedly broke into two houses at the end of April is now in custody, officials said.