Russellville City Schools to return to complete in-person learning March 15th
Students in Russellville are heading back to the classroom By DeAndria Turner | March 9, 2021 at 7:33 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 7:35 PM
RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Students in the Russellville City School district will be back in the classrooms next week.
Russellville City Schools Superintendent Heath Grimes says it’s time for everyone to get back to the classroom. He said the decision was made based on the updated, state safer at home order and guidance from the state superintendent.
“We’re being encouraged by the president, the former president, the governor, the Alabama Department of Public Health, and our state superintendent to return to in person learning,” said Grimes.
Fundraiser for family of 9-year-old Alabama girl struck, killed by car passes goal
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
A fundraiser for the family of a 9-year-old Russellville, Ala., girl who was struck and killed in an apparent traffic accident Friday night has already passed its goal, and has since been taken down.
Today has been a tremendously sad day for many of us at RCS as we mourn the tragic loss of 9-year-old Yaritza Ramos.Posted by Russellville City Schools on Saturday, December 19, 2020
Yaritza Nolasco, a fourth grader at Russellville Elementary School, was struck and killed between 5-5:15 p.m. Friday, just after dark, while trying to cross Waterloo Road in Russellville, according to the Franklin County Coroner Charles Adcox. Adcox said the driver didn’t see Nolasco, and the incident is being considered an accident.