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- Icy Roads Lead to Deadly Accidents in Alabama
Icy roads caused dangerous driving conditions in several Alabama counties. drivers and emergency responders dealt with hazardous roads in Colbert, Lawrence, and Franklin counties on Tuesday morning.
- TC's NeSmith All-America
Tusculum College tight end Jarrell NeSmith has been named to the 2008 Associated Press Little All-America Football Second Team.
- Bracing for bad weather
Readers arising this morning may wake up to a blanket of white and encounter slippery roads on their way into work or school.
- Snow arrives in northwest Alabama
Motorists travel slowly on snow covered roads Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, in Brandon, Miss.
- Snowfall makes roads treacherous in Northwest Alabama
The flakes flew fast and furious over Alabama's northwest counties, changing from rain to sleet to snow.
- Updated Winter weather school closings
The WAFF 48 Newsroom is receiving phone calls concerning school closures. Here's a list of early closures for Thursday, December 11th: Athens State University night classes are cancelled.
- Elmore County Singer Wins State Talent Find Contest
April Glover of Elmore County won first place in the Alabama Farmers Federation Talent Find contest Sunday night when she sang 'Broken Wing' during the opening session of the organization's 87th annual meeting ...
- Rare Flock of Birds Make Stop in the Shoals
A rare flock of birds will be making it's first stop in Alabama in Franklin County over the weekend on their migration from up north to Florida.
- Poultry Company With Russellville Plant Files For Bankruptcy
The economic crisis has many people in the Shoals very worried, after Pilgrim's Pride -- which owns a processing plant in Franklin County - officially filed for bankruptcy Wednesday.
- Pilgrim's Pride Files for Bankruptcy Protection; Has 14 Plants in Alabama
Chicken producer Pilgrim 's Pride is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- North Ala. man indicted for child abuse
RUSSELLVILLE - A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a father for child abuse and first-degree assault.
- Parole Denied for Franklin County Killer Charles O'Kelley
Parole was denied Monday for a Russellville man convicted of killing his wife. In 1999, a jury convicted Charles O'Kelley of murdering his wife, Monica, who was a Russellville police officer.
- Russellville Landowner Named to Afc Board
Johnny McReynolds of Russellville was recently appointed by Gov. Bob Riley to serve a five-year term on the Alabama Forestry Commission's Board of Commissioners, a seven-member board that sets AFC policy.
- Russellville Man Accused of Shooting Into House
A Franklin County man is in jail accused of shooting into a residence and three vehicles.
- Russellville Fire Department Installs Smoke Detectors
Lieutenant Justin Green pulls out of fire station one in Russellville. He's headed to house.
- $3,000 Worth of property recovered after arrest
Law enforcement in Franklin County has recovered about $3,000 worth of stolen property after an arrest.
- Newsbeat Nov. 5
The Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests Tuesday: * Timothy Lynn Clemmons, 25, of 17143 Dusty Road, Athens, driving under the influence and no insurance * Paul Andrew Ideus, 40, ...
- Committee discusses north-south corridor
The Commission on Public/Private Partnerships held a forum at Alabama Southern Community College's Demopolis campus yesterday to discuss a proposed north-south corridor from the Quad Cities area to Mobile.
- Shoals School Systems Cope With Payroll Deficit
The Alabama Board of Education is only paying 75% of the payroll for the month of October, sticking superintendents with a hefty bill.
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City DescriptionRussellville is a city in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 8,971. The city is the county seat of Franklin County.
After the War of 1812, the U.S. government appropriated money to improve a route from Nashville to New Orleans. It was named Jackson's Military Road after Andrew Jackson, and it passed through what was to become Russellville. (Present-day Jackson Avenue and Jackson Highway, U.S. Route 43, follow portions of the original road.)
Russellville is named after Major William Russell, an early settler in the area who helped in the construction of Jackson's Military Road. The town grew at this road's intersection with the Gaines Trace.
Russellville was incorporated on November 27, 1819, the same year that Alabama joined the Union as the twenty-second state.
Russellville is located at 34°30′37″N 87°43′42″W / 34.51028, -87.72833 (34.510344, -87.728248).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.6 km²), of which, 13.2 square miles (34.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.90%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,971 people, 3,556 ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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