FLORENCE — The Lauderdale County School District is seeking information from its employees, parents of students, students and members of the community regarding the condition of the schools within the district and what improvements could be made.
SHEFFIELD — Korean War veteran Junior Johns said he used to have to go to the Veterans Administration Clinic in Huntsville for services not available at the Shoals clinic.
FLORENCE — Authorities are unsure of the motive which led to a man opening fire in the rear parking lot of the Florence Police Department that led to his death.
SHEFFIELD — A Muscle Shoals woman claims in a civil lawsuit she is permanently scarred after a metal cot being propped up by a piece of wood broke when she sat on it.
TUSCUMBIA — A Colbert County judge Thursday denied a request from a former police officer to serve a 20-year manslaughter sentence in the Cullman County Jail rather than prison.
SHEFFIELD — Peanutt Montgomery said Thursday he will remember his older sister, Melba, for her many contributions to country music, which included performing on the Grand Ole Opry, and duets with country superstar George Jones.
RUSSELLVILLE — A Phil Campbell man is facing attempted murder charges after getting into an argument with a neighbor over loud music on Echo Ridge Road.
TUSCUMBIA — Colbert County's emergency management agency has renewed an agreement with the Alabama Department of Public Health to continue serving as a district distribution center.
FLORENCE — Firefighters battled a blaze late Tuesday night that resulted in the loss of a home in east Florence.
TUSCUMBIA — A 72-year-old Tuscumbia man charged with murder is awaiting a ruling on whether his case can be dismissed on the basis of the state's stand-your-ground law.
MUSCLE SHOALS — Players arriving for baseball in the spring at Gattman Park will see new fencing around all four of its baseball fields.
FLORENCE — Officers shot and killed a man who opened fire outside the police department Wednesday afternoon after he called 911 saying he was going to "shoot the place up."
TUSCUMBIA — A Muscle Shoals man has been arrested and is believed to be connected to the disappearance of Courtney Staggs in 2020.
SHEFFIELD — Country music star and former Florence resident Melba Montgomery died Wednesday at an assisted living facility in Nashville, Tennessee, her sister-in-law Charlene Montgomery said.
FLORENCE — Lauderdale County Sheriff Joe Hamilton identified the man who was involved in an officer-involved shooting in the back parking lot of the Florence Police Department Wednesday afternoon.
MUSCLE SHOALS — A former city council member and superintendent of Colbert County Schools has announced his intentions to run for mayor.
FLORENCE — A Lauderdale County Detention Center inmate is charged with biting another in the face, and another is charged with attacking an inmate with a shank in unrelated incidents that occurred at the jail, authorities said.
FLORENCE — The Lauderdale County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to prosecute a case involving a 465-count indictment charging a Florence man with child pornography and sex abuse of a child under 12 years old.
MUSCLE SHOALS — For those who knew John Randall “Bullet†Berryhill, he had three loves.
FLORENCE — The term "perfect storm" often is associated with a devastating event, but in the case of last week's winter storm, it has an opposite meaning.
SHEFFIELD — A new awning is not in the plans for the Sheffield Senior Center, but Colbert County Commissioner Tommy Barnes expects other improvements to be approved.
FLORENCE — Access from Pine Street to Alabama 20 could be restored this week as contractors continue to relocate utilities ahead of the replacement of the Mitchell Boulevard overpass.
LEIGHTON — Shoals residents have an opportunity to learn new skills that could help them land a job or re-enter the workforce.
TUSCUMBIA — When Jody Hitt moved into the director's position of the Colbert County Emergency Management Agency, it left a vacancy in the deputy director's position.
FLORENCE — Officials working on the city's redistricting map were met with some glaring disparities in population redistribution.
FLORENCE — James Irby, whose background in education ranged from being a band director to a superintendent, and later became a local attorney, died Sunday.
FLORENCE — Lucy Strickland stood in the midst of the University of North Alabama Founders' Day crowd Monday and hugged her new lion stuffed animal.
FLORENCE — An inmate within the Lauderdale County Detention Facility is accused of using a tablet inside the jail to contact a 14-year-old and asking her to take her clothes off for him and to engage in solo sexual acts, according to court records.
FLORENCE — The U.S. Corps of Engineers has revised its timeline to complete the project and now estimates it will be June until the main lock at Wilson Dam can reopen.
FLORENCE — More than $30,000 of illegal drugs were seized last week when members of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a residence located at 302 N. Cherokee St.
FLORENCE — The Cramer Children’s Center in Florence is receiving a portion of $1.27 million in federal funds that will help the agency provide professional care and assistance to victims of child abuse.
SHEFFIELD — The Farm Toy Show is returning to the Clarion Inn Feb. 7-8 with an assortment of farm toys to buy, sell or trade.
TUSCUMBIA — Colbert County Sheriff Eric Balentine said he could probably make some money on the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe the county commission declared surplus recently, but he'd rather donate it.
MUSCLE SHOALS — Two John Deere 1550 mowers that were declared surplus property by the Muscle Shoals City Council will be disposed of on GovDeals.com.
Wilson and Kristi Mitchell are advocates for animals of all kinds, but it was a shared love of horses and a series of experiences in the early 2000s that led the couple to co-found Singing River E quine Rescue in 2010.
FLORENCE — Six businesses opened in the city in December, according to Mayor Andy Betterton's office.
FLORENCE — More than $30,000 of illegal drugs were seized last week when members of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a residence located at 302 N. Cherokee St.
When James Mosser wrote “Call Me Bean,†a collection of stories inspired by his daughter, he had little notion of actually publishing the book, let alone seeing it turned into a script for a play.
With famous lines like, “I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a very bad mood for 40 years,†Gail Brooks Allen said she had parts of her script memorized before she even auditioned for the role of Ouiser Boudreaux in “Steel Magnolias.â€
FLORENCE — An inmate within the Lauderdale County Detention Facility is accused of using a tablet inside the jail to contact a 14-year-old and asking her to take her clothes off for him and to engage in solo sexual acts, according to court records.
FLORENCE — The Florence Senior Center/The Club has now offers transportation on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for those ages 60 and older who no longer drive and live within a 5-mile radius of The Club.
FLORENCE — The wintry precipitation is behind us, but its impact will remain at least through the weekend.
FLORENCE — The city council's Finance Committee next week is expected consider whether to recommend an approximately $4.46 million bid for a new Florence Fire Rescue Station 4.
Emergency rooms are feeling the effects of a rise in respiratory illness across the Shoals.Â
MUSCLE SHOALS — Police Chief Clint Reck said he will use a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to purchase virtual reality training equipment for his officers.
TUSCUMBIA — The Colbert County Road Department paved almost 80 miles of county-maintained roads in 2024.
FLORENCE — Approximately 2,500 fentanyl pills were seized by members of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force Thursday morning after executing a search warrant at a residence located at 512 Trade St.
MUSCLE SHOALS — City councilmembers have begun discussions that could lead to an increase in the pay for the mayor and five council members.
BIRMINGHAM — A cybersecurity breach targeting K-12 information giant PowerSchool has raised concerns about the security of student and teacher data, Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey told Alabama Daily News on Wednesday.
FLORENCE — Authorities ask the public to stay off the roads if possible until they thaw from beneath the snow and ice, which is an unknown timetable controlled by Mother Nature.
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