CULLMAN - Jordan Lee Wilson has been missing for almost two weeks. She was last seen on Sunday, May 15.
Wilson was last seen in the Bremen, Bug Tussle, Walker County line area of Cullman County. No phone calls or texts have been returned.
Wilson's dark-colored Kia Sorento, which she was driving around the time of her disappearance, was found near...
Cullman County Cattlemen and CattleWomen RIBEYE STEAK SANDWICH SALE
Saturday, May 28 until 2 p.m. The group is set up in the south shopping center by the Carmike Cinemas - Carmike 10 - Cullman, Al, TJ Maxx and Walmart Cullman. Only $7 for sandwich. $1 for soft drinks. $.50 for chips.
VFW Memorial Day Program
Join Cullman's VFW Post 2214 as they...
I think most of us veterans are just happy that we survived. We all knew guys that didn’t, so it has kind of a special meaning for the veterans who are participating.”
Ken Brown
CULLMAN – On Thursday, members of the Cullman VFW Post 2214 placed small American flags on the graves of veterans buried at the Cullman City Cemetery. Volunteers from...
CULLMAN - Mary Hovater has officially announced her candidacy for Cullman City School Board, Place 1. The seat is being vacated by Kim Addison, who has announced that she will not seek reelection.
Hovater, a life-long resident of Cullman, graduated from Cullman High School in 1991 and Wallace State in 1994. She began working for NASA through the Cooperative Education...
CULLMAN - For the first time, Cullman County has a 24/7, on-demand taxi service. Road Runner Taxi Service was started by Michael Pletinik, a former New Yorker, as a response to what he saw as a need for the service in Cullman.
Pletinik started Road Runner Taxi Service about two months ago. The idea, Pletinik said, has been rattling around...
HANCEVILLE – Tony Franklin, a longtime high school tennis coach in Alabama, has been named Wallace State’s new men’s and women’s tennis coach as the college prepares to field men’s and women’s tennis this fall for the first time since 2004.
Franklin will lead the Wallace State tennis programs after spending 26 seasons as tennis coach at Benjamin Russell High...
GOOD HOPE- Good Hope Mayor Jerry Bartlett yesterday announced his intention to run for the same office in August. After being appointed mayor by the Good Hope City Council in 2014 after then-mayor Corey Harbison was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, Bartlett has served as mayor for the last two years. Now he is seeking his first...
HANCEVILLE - The City of Hanceville held a regular council meeting on Thursday night where many notable new business items were key topics of the evening. A quorum was met with council members Charles Wilson, Greg Baker, Kim Brown, Doug Batemon and Mayor Kenneth Nail present along with City Clerk Tania Wilcox and City Attorney Dan Willingham. Absent from...
The storytelling thing is getting to be pretty big in a few places like Florence and Troy. That’s where I got the name; Troy calls theirs ‘Piddlin.’ I think ‘Pickers and Piddlers’ just sounds good.”
C. Blake West
LOGAN – The Logan Preservation Foundation recently hosted a night of music and storytelling at the Logan Junior High Community Center. The evening...
HANCEVILLE - A 20-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after she led authorities on a search and rescue effort Wednesday night in Hanceville that turned out to be based on a false report.
Miranda Noelle Anthony was arrested and charged with filing a false police report and obstructing a governmental operation.
Anthony placed a call to 911 last night and...
MONTGOMERY – The number of vehicles on Alabama highways during the Memorial Day holiday is expected to be higher than normal as the summer travel season begins. The Alabama Department of Transportation urges motorists to drive safely during the busy holiday period.
As an added precaution during the heavily traveled holiday, ALDOT announced today there would be no temporary lane...
Shania Flanigan, left, of Hanceville wraps up some final details for taking classes this summer at Wallace State Community College with help from Savannah Mann. Flanigan is a rising sophomore at Wallace State and taking courses this summer to stay on track for graduating on time and transferring to Alabama State University.
HANCEVILLE - More than 3,000 students have enrolled...
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Fast Track Academy and Fast Track for Industry dual enrollment students were recently recognized during their 2016 graduation.
Wallace State graduated 36 Fast Track seniors. Thirteen finished the College within a High School Fast Track satellite program at J.B. Pennington. All of these students graduated high school and earned some college credit. Twenty-two of them completed...
CULLMAN – Earlier this week Cullman County Sheriff Office investigators arrested David Eric Evans, 37, of Cullman, and James David Holmes, 51, of Bremen, for eight counts of third-degree burglary. The suspects also have numerous charges pending in Cullman County, Winston County and the City of Hartselle.
Evans and Holmes were first detained on May 18, 2016 when Cullman City Narcotics investigators...
CULLMAN - After 12 years on the job, Cullman Middle School Secretary Wanda Edge is retiring from her position at CMS.
Edge said she knew it was time to call it quits when she looked forward to going home more than she ever had.
“You really have to have a lot of energy to do this job, and when I go...
CULLMAN - Join Cullman's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2214 as they host a Memorial Day program at Veteran's Park at Sportsman Lake this Saturday, May 28.
The program will begin at 10 a.m.
Cullman Mayor Max A. Townson will speak.
The program will honor the Floyd family, whose brother was killed in action in World War II in February 1945. Floyd...
CULLMAN - The local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Cullman's VFW Post 2214, will be placing small American flags in the Cullman City Cemetery TOMORROW, Thursday, May 26 at 8 a.m. in preparation for Memorial Day. Volunteers are needed!
VFW member Ken Brown said that there are approximately 800 flags to be distributed throughout the cemetery. This would...
This month, our nation will observe Memorial Day. This is the one day each year that we pause to mourn those Americans who have given their lives for our country; except, most of us don’t! Most of us don’t pause to mourn. Most of us go to the beach, cook out and celebrate the beginning of summer. Many of...
HOOVER - It was do or die for the Alabama Crimson Tide yesterday when they took the field against the Kentucky Wildcats in the third game of the loser goes home round of the 2016 SEC Baseball Tournament, and it didn’t take long for the Tide to get the sticks going.
Bama’s catcher Will Haynie got the offense going with...
I am very proud of these boys and girls. They competed well this year; learned from their mistakes.”
Coach Jeff Sandlin
GOOD HOPE - A regular Good Hope City Council meeting was held on Monday night, and the stars of the show were the members of the Good Hope High School fishing team.
The council passed a resolution recognizing the team’s accomplishments...
Topre America accepts the plaque at the Japan America Society of Alabama annual dinner May 19 for the $8.5 million expansion at the Cullman facility during 2015. Pictured are, from left, JASA First Vice President Forrest Keith of Daiken America, Topre Director of Manufacturing Brad Pepper, Topre Human Resources Manager Natalie Caudle, Topre Senior Vice President Hiroki Fujiwara, Alabama...
Commission with Culllman Farm City committee
CULLMAN - The Cullman County Commission met on Tuesday morning with a packed agenda which was covered from beginning to end in under twenty minutes. All members of the commission, Kerry Watson, Garry Marchman and Kenneth Walker, were present.
After the obligatory business of approving minutes and establishing a quorum, the commission moved to new...
Father Marcus Voss and Mayor Max A. Townson voicing their continued concerns over the lack of a traffic signal at the entrance to St. Bernard on Highway 278 East.
CULLMAN - The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) held an informal public information meeting on Monday evening at West Elementary School in Cullman to answer any questions from the attendees about...
CULLMAN - From the final meeting of the 2015-16 school year for the Cullman County Board of Education, the big news Tuesday night came when Superintendent Shane Barnette reported Dr. Anita Kilpatrick has stepped down as principal at Good Hope High School.
Effective June 1, Kilpatrick will move to the central office as director of curriculum & instruction.
Kilpatrick will continue...
Hopefully the students will be able to make connections in their lives from this trip and it will be an inspiration to be a good citizen of this great country in which we live.”
Nathan McCluskey
GOOD HOPE – On Sunday, May 1, sixth-grade students from Good Hope Middle School boarded a bus bound for Washington D.C. Even though it was...
Cody Brown, treasurer, Josh Coleman, president and Roger Duke, vice president
CULLMAN - The North-Central Alabama Young Democrats (NCAYD), a new chapter of the statewide Alabama Young Democrats, held their May meeting on Monday, May 9 at Moe’s Original BBQ in Cullman. Lasting a little over an hour, the meeting of the group of young leaders representing Cullman, Walker and...
Alison Norris, center, with her parents Jim and Kathy Huber on the night of the pinning ceremony for Wallace State nursing graduates.
HANCEVILLE - When Alison Norris took the Nightingale Pledge on last week as a member of the 2016 graduating class of the Wallace State Community College School of Nursing, it wasn’t the first time she’d promised to protect...
Shannon Nichols, right, and her sister Desiree Jackson Wiley pose for a photo as they wait for the commencement exercises to begin at Wallace State Community College. Both women went through nursing school together at Wallace State.
HANCEVILLE - Shannon Nichols’ Health Excellence Award trophy is sitting in a place of honor on her bookshelf at home. A pile of...
HUNTSVILLE - The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists that nighttime paving operations will take place on Interstate 65 near Cullman County Road 222 on Wednesday, May 25; Thursday, May 26; Tuesday, May 31; and Wednesday, June 1.
Single-lane closures will be in place. Temporary closures of interchange ramps at Exit 305 may take place during paving of outside lanes.
CULLMAN - Saint Bernard Preparatory School graduated 27 students from the eighth grade of its Middle School in a ceremony celebrated in the Saint Bernard Abbey Church on Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m.
Alison Grace Gongre read the first reading followed by the Liz Medina who read the responsorial psalm. The second reading was read by Macy Whaley followed...
Photo: Mayor Max A. Townson, Councilman Andy Page and Officers Todd Craig, Terry Heaton, Joey Duncan, Tim Nalley and Intae Suh
CULLMAN - The Cullman City Council held its twice monthly meeting on Monday night at City Hall, where four Cullman City Police officers were commended for their swift and lifesaving actions on April 29, 2016. On that day, the...
Quick Facts:
What: CHS Volleyball Clinic
When: June 13-15, 8-11 a.m.
Where: CHS auxiliary gym
Who: Girls entering grades 5-7
Cost: $50
Deadline to register: WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
Email mgreenlee@cullmancats.net for forms or information.
CULLMAN - With the end of the school year just days away, it is time for summer sports clinics and the first on the docket is the Cullman High School Volleyball Clinic.
“I view...
CULLMAN - SmartAsset, a New York-based financial technology company, recently released their second annual study on property taxes. Cullman County ranked ninth among Alabama places getting the most ‘Bang for their Buck’ on property taxes, making their second consecutive appearance in the study's top 10. In addition to property taxes, the study analyzed the quality of local schools and...
CULLMAN - Cullman’s sixth annual radKIDS Summer Safety Camp, presented by the Cullman City Police Department and Cullman City Parks and Recreation, will be held June 27 – July 1 in the Cullman Civic Center auditorium. Registration is being taken on a first come, first served basis and costs a total of $7 for the full 5-day safety camp...
Updated at 4:26 p.m. on May 23, 2016
BREMEN - Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry this afternoon confirmed that an armed robbery occurred last night just before 10 p.m. at the J&D's Four Way gas station located at 4244 County Road 109 in Bremen. The business is near the intersection of County Roads 109 and 222.
An earlier report from a...
I don’t know why you get so worked up. God told me I’m going to be fine; cancer is not going to kill me.”
Lexie York
CULLMAN - Meet Lexie York, a beautiful 14-year-old girl who is in the fight of her life. In October 2015 she was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of...
BAILEYTON - A two-car collision occurring around 5 p.m. at the intersection of Summit Road and Holly Pond Road (County Road 1718), located in Baileyton, has left two hospitalized and one Arab man deceased.
Richard Chambers, 62, was pronounced dead at the scene by Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick said Chambers was an "unrestrained driver" when the incident occurred.
"The...
CULLMAN - With the multitude of addictions running rampant in our community, we, at The Cullman Tribune, feel a series of articles is warranted. Alcohol addiction. Food addiction. Opiate addiction. Methamphetamine addiction. Each, left untreated, has deadly consequences. This week, we begin weekly installments examining addictions and their impact on the lives of people in our community.
Recently, Cullman County...
If you walk out of the house and into the world today, and you are not armed with some sort of protection to protect yourself, you are sheep, because there are wolves out there that are going to come for you.”
Sgt. David Nunn, instructor
CULLMAN – On Saturday, May 21, the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office held two women’s firearms safety...
MONTGOMERY - Will Morrison took the hill for Cullman in the pivotal game two, trying to pitch his team to a win and force a game three. He pitched a gem but two costly errors in the sixth inning allowed Hillcrest to plate the game’s only run as the Patriots defeated Cullman 1-0 to become the 2016 6A State...
CULLMAN - Cullman City Councilman, Place 3, Johnny Cook on Saturday officially announced his intention to seek a third term. Cook was first elected in 2008.
“First and foremost I would like to thank the citizens for allowing me to be a part of what Cullman is today. A lot has happened over the past eight years. Cullman survived a...
CULLMAN - On Friday night the Logan, Alabama-based bluegrass band BoomTown played at Berkeley Bob’s Coffeehouse.
The show was free, and the music started up in a full house. There was a “musician’s tip jar” available for anyone inclined to donate to the performers.
BoomTown played bluegrass standards, covers and even some originals. The band won First Place Bluegrass Band in...
Photo: From left to right: Cullman City Police Chief Kenny Culpepper, Hanceville Police Chief Bob Long, Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry and Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce President Leah Bolin
If it comes to a point where you’re going to use deadly force, DO NOT shoot to wound. DO NOT shoot to wound.”
Sheriff Matt Gentry
CULLMAN – On Friday, May 20,...
CULLMAN - Saturday morning over 60 volunteers showed up to help with the North Alabama Agriplex’s Sweet Potato Drop event. Volunteers bagged potatoes to be distributed to local agencies.
The event was the Agriplex’s second of this nature so far this year, the first being an apple drop on Easter weekend. For both events, the Agriplex partnered with the Society...
HANCEVILLE - An event created by the Hanceville Quarterback Club turned out to be very entertaining in its debut on Friday night at Ray Talley Stadium.
The Hanceville High School alumni flag football game consisted of former Bulldogs, with the purple team being players who graduated in odd years and the white team made up of players who got their...
MONTGOMERY - It was tough sledding for the Cullman Bearcats as they mustered just five hits in a 4-3 loss to Hillcrest Friday night at Paterson Field.
The Cats looked as if they were going to get off to a hot start as shortstop Kolby Robinson earned a lead-off walk to start the game, but he was quickly erased as...
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s men’s golf team finished ninth in the nation at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championship on Friday, shooting a 4-over par 1156 during the four-day event at the Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Fla.
Wallace State, making its 21st national tournament appearance under coach Dan York, wrapped up the tournament Friday by shooting...
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Cullman AYSO In-Store Registration and Shop Day
Saturday, May 21, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Dick's Sporting Goods in Cullman. Ages 4-18 by July 31. Visit www.eayso.org to register first.
Brickyard Meats Customer Appreciation Day
Saturday, May 21, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Brickyard...
CULLMAN - On Wednesday, May 18, Cullman Police Department Narcotics Investigators Chris Thomason and Justin Craft stopped a blue Jeep Cherokee for a traffic violation on County Road 1147. As the Cherokee was coming to a stop, one of the occupants threw what appeared to be a pipe out of the vehicle.
During the stop, investigators gained consent to search...
VINEMONT - On Thursday, May 19, Cullman Police Department investigators, with assistance from the Cullman County Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), made a controlled buy of 2 ounces of methamphetamine from a residence located on County Road 1129 Vinemont.
A search warrant was then executed on the residence by CPD and CNET. During the search of the residence, investigators recovered more...
Photo: Wallace State pitcher Julia Dailey delivers a pitch to a Chipola hitter in their game Thursday afternoon in the NJCAA Division I national championships.
ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Wallace State softball’s quest for a third national title came to an end Thursday night after a pair of losses at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I national...
Photo: Cullman County Schools Superintendent Shane Barnette, Jeremiah Castille and John Riley, president and CEO of Cullman Savings Bank
CULLMAN - An event that has become a favorite among local youth athletes and parents alike will return to the Cullman area for its ninth consecutive year. The Jeremiah Castille Character Camp is happening June 10-11 at the soccer fields of...
MONTGOMERY - It was a tough loss for the Cullman Lady Bearcats as they came up short to Southside, 6-2, in the semifinals of the loser’s bracket in the 2016 6A State Softball Tournament this afternoon.
Emilee Coker of Southside decided to take things in her own hands in the top of the first. She drew a lead-off walk, then...
CULLMAN - A new solar energy system was installed at In-N-Out Self Storage at 106 13th St. in Cullman. The installation was celebrated on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was attended by Cullman Mayor Max A. Townson and Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce President Leah Bolin.
The solar energy system was installed and will be managed by Ace Solar,...
MONTGOMERY- Win or go home was the name of the game when Cullman took the field against Hillcrest Friday morning and the Lady Cats did just that, winning the contest in impressive fashion 9-0.
Olivia Schwaiger was once again in the circle for Cullman and once again, she was dominating. She not only shut out Hillcrest, eliminating them from the...
MONTGOMERY- Cullman fought valiantly Thursday night, hitting two home runs, but fell one run short in a 7-6 loss to Oxford, the team they eliminated from the state tournament just last year.
After giving up three runs in the first, two on a costly error, Claire Jenkins crushed a two-run shot to straight away center field. Oxford came back to...
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Boomtown Live at Berkley Bob’s “Bluegrass at its Finest”
Boomtown, 2015 winners of Loretta Lynn’s Pickin Jamboree, will be performing live at Berkley Bob’s on Friday, May 20 from 7-9 p.m.
2016 May Community Luncheon
Friday, May 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at...
Photo: Winners of the Best Attitude Award at TRIO Day were, from left, Maria Stubbs, of Hayden High, Cameron Heffner, of Hanceville Middle School and Jordan Armstrong, of Hayden High.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State Community College’s Talent Search department celebrated its annual TRIO Day recently, inviting participating students from the sixth-ninth grades to campus.
Talent Search students who attended TRIO Day...
Photo: Matt Dixon breaks free for a 70-yard TD
GOOD HOPE - Addison adjusted on the defensive side of the football after Good Hope's Matt Dixon romped 70 yards on the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter of Thursday's spring jamboree at James Shabel Stadium.
Addison turned a Good Hope fumble following the Dixon TD with a short drive...
HANCEVILLE - The City of Hanceville called a special city council meeting for Thursday, May 19 to discuss the repaving plan for Hopewell Road near Section Line Road. Council members Charles Wilson, Greg Baker, Kim Brown and Jimmy Sawyer, along with Mayor Kenneth Nail, City Attorney Dan Willingham and City Clerk Tania Wilcox were on hand for the 6:30...
CULLMAN - Clad in white tops and black pants, the Lady Bearcats of Cullman had another important addition to their uniform when they took the field against the Hueytown Lady Golden Gophers. A plain white ribbon with a bold number four and the name Shellie, to pay homage to Shellie Tucker Blackwood, the Lady Cats' "team mom," who passed...
HANCEVILLE- After the success of Wallace State Community College’s Fast Track Academy and Fast Track for Industry programs that give area high school students the opportunity to start their collegiate careers early, the college is again partnering with Cullman County Schools to offer high school students another pathway for success, as well as an outlet for their artistic endeavors...
Photo: Jeffrey Johns of Hanceville looks at the Academic Excellence Award trophy he received during the May 13, 2016 commencement ceremony at Tom Drake Coliseum.
HANCEVILLE - Jeffrey Johns, 55, dropped out of school in the 10th grade and didn’t attempt to earn his GED until three years ago when a genetic disease forced him to give up his job...
HANCEVILLE - Life has thrown some roadblocks and challenges in front of Kelly Barnette Lee over the years. And while it's taken her a while to get around them, Lee has finally earned a degree in social work and found a job in a career to which she's felt a calling.
Lee graduated last week from Wallace State Community College...
Photo: Wallace State second baseman Sarah Ellen Battles records an out from her knees during the second inning of the Lady Lions’ game vs. McLennan College on Wednesday night.
HANCEVILLE – Not much had gone right for Wallace State’s softball team over the opening 6 2/3 innings against McLennan (Texas) Community College in their first-round game Wednesday night at the...
CULLMAN - The North Alabama Agriplex is hosting another family-friendly, volunteer opportunity. The Sweet Potato Drop will be held this Saturday, May 21, beginning at 9 a.m.
The event will be a chance for Cullman citizens of all ages to come together to help those in our community who are not as fortunate as others. Partnering with the Society of...
Photo shows the Cold Springs Track & Field team after their championship win earlier this month.
COLD SPRINGS - It was plenty of firsts for the Cold Springs High School track and field program as they held a ceremony Wednesday morning inside Jesse George Gymnasium to recognize the accomplishment from 11 days ago of winning the Alabama High School 2A...
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Cullman Christian School 2016 Commencement
Cullman Christian School Class of 2016 will graduate on Thursday, May 19 at 6 p.m. at Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church.
Cullman County Child Development Center 2016 Commencement
The Cullman County Child Development Center’s Class of 2016 will...
CULLMAN - An early-morning robbery occurred Wednesday at Kensington Station Apartment Homes in Cullman.
According to Cullman Police Lt. Jody Martin, at approximately 3 a.m. this morning, Brooke McMoy, 19, returned home from work to her apartment at 143 Birmingham Street SW to find two African-American males inside.
Martin said, “They (the suspects) held a gun to McMoy’s head and demanded...
BREMEN - Today, May 18, investigators with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office arrested Paul Sandlin, Jr., 60, of Bremen, for possession of obscene material of someone less than 17 years old on his laptop computer.
CCSO investigators were alerted that Sandlin might have images of children on his laptop computer that he keeps at his residence in the Cold Springs...
HANCEVILLE - On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wallace State Community College in Hanceville is one of 44 colleges in the nation—and the only college in Alabama—to be selected as an experimental site for the use of Federal Pell Grants for dual enrollment.
As part of the “Expanding College Access Through the Dual Enrollment Pell Experiment,” for the...
I have found that by giving my time and energy to helping America’s heroes, I have gained a peace and strength that I have never felt before.”
Jeremy Hogan
Photo: Jeremy Hogan watches over his newborn daughter las week, as a nurse tends to the baby.
CULLMAN - From troubled youth to advocate for the health, safety and wellbeing of our...
Photo: Mark Brock holds an infant found in a cardboard box at a dumpsite in Guatemala where he was helping out during a mission trip. The baby was healthy and in the company of its mother, who was searching through the dumpsite.
HANCEVILLE - Mark Brock isn’t your typical college graduate. At 50 years old, he’d already graduated college once...
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Sylas Elliott continues to prove he’s among the elite golfers in the nation.
Elliott was one of five golfers in the nation named a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) PING 1st-team All-American on Tuesday night, hours before Wallace State teed off in the NJCAA Men’s National Championship at the Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Florida.
Elliott...
CULLMAN - Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl is approaching his third season on the Plains and has nowhere to go but up, even with the roster being young in limited game time experience.
Pearl visited the area Tuesday evening as a guest speaker at the Cullman County Auburn Club banquet, held inside the Cullman Civic Center. The veteran coach took...
CULLMAN - The Lufkin Industries plant in Cullman will close its doors on June 17 and all 30 people will lose their jobs. The plant is located at 2401 Seventh Avenue SW in Industrial Park 2.
According to Dale Greer, assistant director of the Cullman Economic Development Agency, GE Oil & Gas, the owner of Lufkin Industries, notified the Lufkin...
Photo: Wallace State lefty Blake Schilleci pitched in relief Monday.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s baseball team had its season end Monday in the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC)/Region 22 quarterfinals in Ozark, losing to Marion Military Institute 10-0 in five innings at Eagle Stadium.
Marion Military Institute grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning, added three runs in the third...
Photo: LaTere Jones from Air Evac answers questions from the town council about insurance policies for West Point residents on Monday night.
WEST POINT - A regular West Point Town Council meeting was held on Monday night at the West Point Town Hall at 6:00 p.m.
After the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, the council jumped right into a lengthy discussion...
GARDEN CITY - It was discussed and voted on Monday night for the Garden City Town Council to consider getting a credit/debit card for town business.
This was part of the regular meeting of the council Monday night at the Garden City Town Hall.
Having a credit card for business purchases is vital, Mayor Tim Eskew and council members Scott Arnold,...
CULLMAN - On Saturday evening the Cullman Parks and Recreation Foundation Board held the inaugural Dinner On First event to kick off fundraising efforts for the newest park project that the CP&R is undertaking.
The dinner took place on First Avenue, which was transformed into a giant dining room for those in attendance. Before the dinner got underway, there were...
Photo: All-Alabama Academic Team for Community and Junior Colleges: (Left to right): Callie Allen, of Cullman and John-Anthony Jimenez, of Hanceville
HANCEVILLE - Students at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville were recognized for their achievements at the college’s recent Awards Night Ceremony. Awards for campus leadership, scholastic achievement, transfer scholarships and division honors were among those presented.
“We celebrate the...
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The speaker of the Alabama House is going on trial on felony ethics charges that could result in his removal from office.
Jury selection is set to begin Monday for state Rep. Mike Hubbard of Auburn. He’s facing 23 counts of using his office and past position as chairman of the Alabama GOP for personal gain.
Hubbard...
Photo: Wallace State shortstop Johnny Sklopan loads up for a throw to first base as Shelton State’s Jordan Lowe (11) attempts to break up a double play.
OZARK, ALA. - Wallace State’s baseball team is following a familiar script from last season at the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC)/Region 22 tournament in Ozark.
The Lions rallied for a four-run eighth inning...
Left to Right: Alex Wood, Alyssa Price, Maddie Whitesell, Will Parker, Ross Wallace, Zakk Waddell, Kohan Lovett, Luke Watson, Tom Parker, Austin Frederick. Not Pictured: Billy Ellis, Nathan Ferster, Derik Arendall, Lily Whitesell, Allison Hukeba and McKenna Sharpton
We celebrate our sports and everything, which is awesome, but this is their sport. They work incredibly hard. They are great kids...
CULLMAN – On Saturday, May 21 from noon- 4 p.m. Warren’s Home Décor, LLC will host an autism awareness fundraiser. All money from the store’s event, Bouncing for Dollars, will go to support the Cullman Autism & Special Needs Family Support Group. The event is simple. There will be two bounce houses set up at the Warren’s Home Décor,...
BREMEN - On Saturday more than 400 people participated in the Second Annual Mud Run at the Stony Lonesome OHV Park.
The event’s second year brought about changes and improvements that Park Manager Tyler Lindsey says made the event much better.
“We learned a lot from last year’s event,” Lindsey said. “Putting up boundaries, caution tape, you know, letting people know...
Left to right, sitting: Nick Martin, Bailey Brand, Chandler West, Noah Tillman
Left to right, standing: Pao Vaughn, Jacob Smith, Coach Hulsey, Madison Lowery
This is a great group of kids to work with. I am very proud of these guys. Go Raiders!”
David Hulsey
GOOD HOPE – The Good Hope Scholar’s Bowl team made a name for itself in the Scholar’s Bowl...
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State baseball’s Garrett Suchey faced a lot of uncertainty about his career a little more than two years ago. Suchey was seven games into his freshman season at Wallace State in 2014, tossing 21 2/3 innings before experiencing elbow troubles.
Suchey, a former honorable mention All-State selection out of Mortimer Jordan, was forced to undergo Tommy John...
Photo: Cierra Barrios speaks at the open house for the new Oneonta campus center in Blount County.
HANCEVILLE - Several times in her life, situations beyond her control have put Cierra Barrios on a different path that what she may have preferred. Growing up near New Orleans, she and her family survived the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, only to move...
I think this is a wonderful thing. It's a great opportunity for seniors to meet and greet in one area with a day of fun and prizes, etc.”
Delitha Marchman
CULLMAN - On Friday, May 13 area senior citizens played the day away at Sportsman Lake Park’s annual Senior Shindig. During the event, hosted by the Cullman County Commission on Aging,...
TRIMBLE - After claiming the inaugural Cullman Alabama High School Bass Fishing Classic title last year, the Good Hope Raiders had a solid game plan to make sure the team trophy remained on campus for another 365 days.
The Raiders did just that on Saturday at Smith Lake, overcoming early morning fog and windy conditions to take command in the...
CULLMAN - With the prerace event area filled with young racers currently involved in the local schools’ track teams, competitors in their early 20s who were teammates of Nicholas Fillinger and who shared his passion for the sport and folks of all ages running to honor the memory of the young man who died unexpectedly in September of 2013,...
HUNTSVILLE - It was a perfect day on the pitch as the Cullman Bearcats took to the Brendan O’Halloran Field Saturday morning to take in the Daphne Trojans in the 6A State Soccer Final.
“I can’t put it into words,” said head soccer coach Casey Harbin immediately after winning the 6A Soccer State Championship. “This is all about them.”
The Bearcats...
GADSDEN - It was smooth sailing Friday afternoon for the Cullman Bearcats as they routed the Southside Panthers 11-2.
After being retired in order in the first inning, Cullman blew the lid off the game by sending eight men to the plate, five of which touched home. Noah Fondren started the offensive onslaught with an infield single. Jacob Heatherly would...
HUNTSVILLE - Winning has become commonplace for the Cullman Bearcats soccer squad as they have dominated teams all year long on the pitch. They added another win to their impressive resume Friday morning, but this one was special because it not only avenged an early season loss but it vaulted the Bearcats into the 6A State Soccer Championship game.
It...
WEST POINT - Spring football ended Friday evening for the West Point Warriors and Vinemont Eagles with a jamboree matchup.
Vinemont gained an 8-7 halftime lead, but West Point adjusted during the second half by pulling away from the Eagles 31-8.
West Point had a slight edge in total offense through halftime, 170 yards to 148 for the visitors. Vinemont was...
Photo: General Studies graduate Karley Edwards, left and Diesel Technologies graduate Jamie Walker celebrate at the end of the commencement exercises Friday at Wallace State Community College.
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College in Hanceville and President Vicki Hawsey Karolewics celebrated the college’s 50th anniversary commencement at Tom Drake Coliseum Friday. Approximately 539 students participated in the ceremony, while 1,107...
CULLMAN COUNTY, AL (WBRC) - Multiple agencies responded to a boating accident on Smith Lake in Cullman County Friday evening.
The sheriff's office says at least two boats were involved. The boaters were successfully pulled from the water with only minor injuries.
The rescues took place near Goat Island.
Lane Maury at The Cotton Gin
Saturday night, May 14, at The Cotton Gin is guaranteed to be an entertaining and maybe even a bit of a rowdy night. Local country sensation, Lane Maury, is slated to begin picking and grinning at 6 p.m., and his music, along with The Cotton Gin’s fine seafood, will have everybody delighted and wanting...
HANCEVILLE – Stop by Wallace State’s Machine Tool Technology Department, and it’s easy to absorb the family atmosphere within the walls.
James Kaple has been one of the shining lights of the family over the past two years and graduates Friday after overcoming a drug addiction that lasted nearly two decades.
“I am proof that’s it’s never too late to change...
