Sports, celebrations of history, and music will highlight Saturday’s activities during the 38th Annual 8th of August Emancipation Celebration Festival tomorrow. Sports events and their chairs include the Golf Scramble (Larry Hampton), the Matt Tipton 5K Run/Walk, Softball (TK Hampton...

  The 38th annual 8th of August Emancipation Celebration Festival goes into high gear Friday in Russellville. As African American historian Michael Morrow points out, remembering and honoring the freedom of slaves has been going on since it originally happened in the 1860s, but the multi-day, ...