Morning music: “Put Your Records On”
One of the best singers Britain has produced in decades, Corinne Bailey Rae is a breath of fresh air. She's gonna guide you right...
Morning music: “Here Comes the Sun”
I was in the ninth grade when this song hit the airwaves, It was such a happy song that you'd have a hard time...
Attention all nerds: Happy Pi Day!
Welcome to March 14, or 3.14, commonly known in math geek circles as “Pi Day.”
“Pi” or π is the Greek letter that represents the...
Morning music: “Oh Happy Day”
"Oh Happy Day" is a spiritual song that will move you for many reasons...the beat is astounding, the heart and soul of the song...
Morning music: “Young Hearts Run Free” by Cullman County’s Candi Staton
We have a very special edition of Morning Music today! A native of Hanceville/ Colony, Candi Staton is a hometown girl who made good,...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: A little thought with eyes
I have a friend who was revived after being coded, and later on her sister, who is a nurse, looked up the hospital records to...
Morning music: “Happy”
"Happy" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer and record producer Pharrell Williams, from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack album. It...
Morning music: “I Will Survive”
Ready for the number one dance song ever?
Lauded as the no.1 song of the 100 Greatest Dance Songs in 2000, "I Will Survive"...
Morning Music: “Don’t Leave Me This Way”
This song was one of the biggest hits of the disco era. With a driving, rhythmic beat that will have you longing for those...
Morning music: “Everybody Plays the Fool”
Morning listeners! This morning's selection also has a trivia question...Anyone know whose father was the lead singer of this 1973 hit song by the...
Morning music: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
This morning's feel good song makes it almost impossible to be sad..."Don't Worry, Be Happy" is one of those tunes that just plain makes...
Part 5: There but for fortune: a mother’s story
This is the true story of heartache, physical, sexual and alcohol abuse, love, hate, financial burdens and finally, finding joy, happiness and hope.
We trust...
Morning music: “I Can See Clearly Now”
Good morning! What more perfect song for today than this 1972 chart buster by the guy who discovered Bob Marley! Open your sunroof, put...
Morning music: “Good Morning”
Good morning ! We got ‘cha rolling this morning with Mandisa’s “Good Morning” requested by reader Becky Lee. Thanks for listening and spreading the...
Morning music: “If You’re Ready, Come Go with Me”
This is the fourth installment of a new weekday morning post called "Morning music." From The Tribune's Loretta Gillespie: "We are about to make...
Part 4: There but for fortune: a mother’s story
This is the true story of heartache, physical, sexual and alcohol abuse, love, hate, financial burdens and finally, finding joy, happiness and hope.
We trust...
Morning music: “You Make Me Feel Like Dancin’”
This is the third installment of a new weekday morning post called "Morning music." From The Tribune's Loretta Gillespie: "We are about to make...
Morning music: “Love Train”
As Thursdays, yesterday was one of the best. Mainly, I think, because before daylight yesterday I heard “Love Train” on the soundtrack of a...
Part 3: There but for fortune: a mother’s story
This is the true story of heartache, physical, sexual and alcohol abuse, love, hate, financial burdens and finally, finding joy, happiness and hope.
We trust...
Part 2: There but for fortune: a mother’s story
This is the true story of heartache, physical, sexual and alcohol abuse, love, hate, financial burdens and finally, finding joy, happiness and hope.
We trust...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: life in the South
I was asked recently what I love about life in a small town. It caught me off guard, but after thinking about it, I...
EDITORIAL: ATRIP2 and how it will affect Cullman County
The following editorial was submitted by Association of County Commissions of Alabama Executive Director, Sonny Brasfield:
Tomorrow morning millions of folks in Alabama will turn...
A tribute to my friend, Tom Drake
Tom Drake and his best buddy, Miss Minnie
Did you ever wonder if people dance in Heaven? What about pets, do you ever wonder if...
Part 1: There but for fortune: a mother’s story
This is the true story of heartache, physical, sexual and alcohol abuse, love, hate, financial burdens and finally, finding joy, happiness and hope.
We trust...
Why I’m pro-life
The following is an opinion piece submitted to The Tribune by U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama. The opinions expressed are Aderholt's.
Our beliefs, our ideals...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Teachers
In writing an article for another paper I recently came across the story of a fourth-grader who initiated a fundraiser for a new animal...
News from the Pond: Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens named
The Dripping Springs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented Good Citizens Awards to Owen Griffith Lovell, of Cullman High School, Jefferson...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Love is all you need
Adel and E.H. Mize, who were from Cullman, on their wedding day - Feb. 1, 1942 (photo contributed by family)
The Bible mentions the word...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Cooking with holiday leftovers
Cooking with leftovers can be as easy as popping something into the microwave or it can be a new adventure in creating with what...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Clever clutter cover-ups
Now that the holidays are almost over, some of us are already dismantling our decorations. It feels kinda good to see the normal room...
Countdown to Christmas: Decorating with food
Decorating with food is fun and although some vegetables can become very complicated, others like the ones I’m about to show you, are relatively...
Countdown to Christmas: Homemade ornaments and gift tags
If you love making Christmas memories with your kids, here is a great way to have fun with them while making ornaments to put...
Countdown to Christmas: Gift wrapping ideas
I love plain brown wrapping paper, or plain white, because you can dress them up so cleverly that they look like artwork or arrangements...
Countdown to Christmas: Make-ahead appetizers
Here is a list of recipes that are tried and true, they’ve stood the test of time and people never seem to tire of...
Countdown to Christmas: American-made stocking stuffers
If you are looking for American-made products this year, here are some ideas that might help you fill those stockings!
The New York Times dubbed zkano founder...
Letter to the Editor: For official use only
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY -
The Department of the Army issued orders today to COL S. Claus, recalling him to active duty, with a report...
Countdown to Christmas: making your home smell festive
Over the next few days leading up to Christmas, Tribune columnist Loretta Gillespie will be sharing Christmas tips with our readers. They will include...
Countdown to Christmas: Fresh greenery wreaths with spending a dime
Over the next several days leading up to Christmas, Tribune columnist Loretta Gillespie will be sharing Christmas tips with our readers. They will include...
Countdown to Christmas: Great gifts for not a lot of money: salt candles
Over the next several days leading up to Christmas, Tribune columnist Loretta Gillespie will be sharing Christmas tips with our readers. They will include...
Countdown to Christmas: How to make awesome Brussels sprouts
Over the next several days leading up to Christmas, Tribune columnist Loretta Gillespie will be sharing Christmas tips with our readers. They will include...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Savers of strings and other things
I spent all day yesterday in my attic. Hunching over to avoid the gabled beams, I labored for hours packing away Halloween and Thanksgiving/fall...
Health & Wellness: Hiking
Aristotle once said, “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
Residents in Cullman County and the surrounding areas are lucky to...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Turkey platter obsession
I’m not sure just what started it, but more than likely it was just like any other collection, you just find something that speaks...
ALGOP statement on Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination for U.S. attorney general
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama
MONTGOMERY - On Friday morning, President-elect Donald Trump announced that U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama will serve in his cabinet as...
Shedd: We need to implement a hay transportation program now
CULLMAN - The current drought is really hurting the cattle industry in my legislative district and relief is no where in sight. This week,...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: How to grow healthy, happy succulents
Succulents require little care, and they reward you with beautiful foliage and occasional blooms.
The popularity of succulents has exploded over the past couple of...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Winter care and feeding of houseplants
This time of year is transitional for people and plants. When it’s time for us to get out warm sweaters and scarves, it’s also...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Why didn’t someone tell me?
Why didn’t someone tell me that it was going to be like this? Getting old, I mean. When I was younger I thought my...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Red-eye gravy
There are two things that I had to struggle to learn how to make. For one thing, my grandmother never used recipes, just a...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Propagating garden and house plants
It’s been a long time a’ comin’ but fall is finally beginning to show up in the early mornings, the leaves have changed to...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: rumor has it
Remember the game we all played in elementary school called, “Telephone?” I’m not sure why, since it had nothing to do with a telephone...
Hunting season 2016
Crisp autumn mornings. Guns and ammo on sale in the sporting goods stores. This can only mean one thing- hunting season is upon us. ...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: Things Southern women say
If you are one of Facebook’s gazillion users, you’ve probably seen the videos that start out with some pretty, well-dressed women walking across a...
September 11- have you forgotten?
New York City Firefighter Tony James cries during a funeral service for New York Fire Department Chaplain Rev. Mychal Judge, Sept. 15, 2001. Judge...
Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: To catch a mockingbird
Those silly dogs of mine will chase anything that moves and a few things that don’t. They rarely catch the things they chase except...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: People are complicated…
Does it break your heart that Khloe Kardashian sold her house for a mere $5.49 million? Or that her net worth of $20 million...
Billy Bob’s Stories and Stuff: I’ve had that surgery
Occasionally, someone will ask me how many times I’ve been in the hospital. For a little fun, I often reply, “Oh, I’ve lost count,...
Foxgloves & Fireflies: if granny had a leaf blower
The leaves are just starting to turn orange on my sugar maples, and some are already falling. It makes me think of my Granny....
Foxgloves & Fireflies: grandmothers
Photo: "This is my daughter, Eva "Sassy." She was about 5-6 years old in this photo. She loves to play in the mud!” LeeAnn...
NASA, so what? The hometown connection
Photo shows James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments.
“Yeah, sure, NASA launches rockets and sends probes into outer space. It’s neat I guess. But, so...
Chocolate milk
If you have ever seen a movie or a documentary about people shooting heroin into their arms, you’ve seen that dazed look come over...
Thank goodness for farmers
Perhaps you had milk with your cereal this morning; if so, you can thank a farmer. Or maybe, if you buttered your whole wheat...
First day of school
They say that one of the strongest memory triggers is the sense of smell. That must be true because whenever I smell chalk or...
Thank you, Deputy Nunn
Last week, my husband and I were going south on Interstate 65 when we hit a piece of steel in the road. One tire...
To the young girl thinking of becoming a nurse…
To the young girl thinking of becoming a nurse...
The world will speak at you in many ways. You will read how the medical world...
Suicide: an open letter from Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick
An open letter from Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick
There are dark times and then there are great times. Sometimes the dark outweighs the great....
A poem written with love to my mother, Carolyn Vandiver
A poem written with love to my Mother, Carolyn Vandiver
"Mama"
Mama, so many times I've called your name and every time there came an...
She Was Always There
When I was growing up the one person who was always there for me was my mother. I was born in the old DeKalb...
My Story: Leanne H. West
From The Cullman Tribune, April 28, 2016 edition:
April 27, 2011 – My Story
Leanne H. West
I will always remember April 27, 2011, along with everyone...
OPINION: An Open Letter to the Citizens of Cullman, regarding the dismissal of Tourism Director Cecelia Smith by the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce
The following is an opinion piece submitted by a member of the community. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author....
OPINION: A Letter to My Fellow Republicans
My Fellow Republicans,
My name is David Andrews. I am a loyal supporter. Tomorrow is primary day. We will go to the polls and select...
OPINION: Why I Am Voting for Donald Trump
Why I am voting for Donald Trump:
Trump’s company of $10 billion has a larger budget than 15 other U.S. states’ budgets that are managed...
OPINION: Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma Reminds Us to Keep Moving Forward
CULLMAN – Fifty years ago, people of color were subjected to abhorrent treatment in our state, and while it is still not something many...
Making Cullman’s Tail Wag: Can Our Community Be More Pet Friendly?
CULLMAN – Our town is growing in a number of ways, but what if we can make it even better? Let’s grow downtown Cullman...
What’s the Best Time to Workout?
Some of us are definitely morning people. We feel a burst of energy when we wake up and we can’t wait to seize the...
OPINION: No(ah)-It All: Mystery leak at crypt not so mysterious
Following wild reports of a mystery fluid leaking from crypts at Cullman Memory Gardens, I decided to go out to investigate this peculiar claim.
Upon...
The Dash Diet: A Review
There are a great many diets floating around these days, each with some extreme weight-loss claims and an eating regime that involves either cutting...
OPINION – News Stories that Left an Impact
News becomes old very quickly these days. Headlines that could last for weeks now disappear in days in the digital world. News stays new....
Cinderella Leaves a Lasting Impression at St. Bernard Prep School
CULLMAN - St. Bernard Preparatory School’s production of “Cinderella” was held recently and their talented students and staff presented the story like no other....
OPINION: The Heartbleed Bug: How Secure Are We?
It’s become known as the greatest mistake on the Internet of all time. It is the largest security breach online ever . . ....
OPINION: April 27th: A Hard Lesson Learned
It’s a date most of us in Alabama know by heart now. Three years ago, a generational super storm ripped through the heart of...
Opinion: A Reminder of the Blessings of Being American
A Follow-Up on Fort Hood
Last week a horrible event repeated itself. A lone gunman attacked the army base of Fort Hood, killing three and...
OPINION: End of March, Good News for Troops
March marked the 150th month of the war in Afghanistan. Since October 7, 2001, U.S. troops have been deployed there. Their primary task had...
Vinegar…The Eighth Wonder of the World!
The Cleaning Agent That Has Superpowers
With the many uses and capabilities of vinegar, it’s astonishing that there hasn’t been an infomercial about this amazing...
OPINION: How to Fix a Broken Congress
Almost 90 percent of Americans agree the 113th Congress has failed miserably at their jobs. Some blame Republicans. Others blame Democrats. Still others blame...
OPINION: Obamacare’s Assault on the Lower-Middle Class; Affordable Care Act Isn’t What You Think
Obamacare or the “Affordable Care Act” continues to be highly debated four years after being signed into law. Conservatives present it as the poster...
2013 – A Retrospective Look
Just as we are sweeping up the leftover tinsel and bits of wrapping paper that have gone astray from our Christmas celebration, we are...
Pay Attention to Teachers Who Bully
While bullying between school children has rightly received much attention in recent years, other types of school-based bullying are rarely discussed. Bullying of students...
The Missing Choice
There is a glaring hole in the choices being considered by the United States and the international community in response to the Syrian chemical...
Eliminating Nuclear Weapons is Just as Important as Eliminating Chemical Weapons
The apparent employment of chemical weapons in Syria should remind us that, while weapons of mass destruction exist, there is a serious danger that...
Letter to President Obama from a Loyal Supporter
Dear President Obama,
I supported you in both elections, with my vote and financial giving. When you were elected, I was overjoyed that the US...
Congress, Beware of Secret Briefings
Our Congressional Representatives and Senators were called back last week and briefed before the fall session starts. They will have to decide whether to...
Taking the Profit Out of War
We now have a huge war machine that dwarfs President Eisenhower’s warning about the undue influence of the military-industrial complex. In an Aug. 29,...
