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Juvenile Arrested in Connection with Good Hope Threat
GOOD HOPE – The Cullman County Sherriff’s Office Chief Deputy Max Bartlett announced Tuesday afternoon that an arrest has been made in connection with...
“Beefed-up security” for Good Hope High School in response to social media threat
GOOD HOPE – The anonymous social media platform Yik Yak has caused concern for officials with Good Hope High School, the Cullman County Board...
Court Referral Officer Arrested on 2 counts Sexual Misconduct, 2 counts Sexual Abuse
CULLMAN - Friday morning at 9:04 a.m. investigators with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Department arrested Winfred Eugene “J.R.” Vance, 61, while he was working at...
School bus collision sends 6 Fairview students, 2 others to hospital for evaluation
FAIRVIEW - At approximately 3:30 p.m. a school bus carrying students from Fairview Elementary, Middle and High School was involved in a traffic collision...
Car chase ends at Cullman Walmart; no injuries reported
CULLMAN - Deputies with the Cullman County Sheriff's Office, along with officers with the Cullman Police Department, worked jointly in an effort to track...
Substation Power Outage Impacts Both City and County Residents
CULLMAN - A power outage is currently affecting residents living in the eastern portion of Cullman city and sporadic locations throughout the county.
Cullman Power...
CPD Investigating Deadly Train Collision with Unidentified Male
CULLMAN – An official with the Cullman Police Department confirmed this morning that an unidentified male was struck and killed on the train tracks,...
American Protein and the Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Foundation Inc. Donate $75,000 to Garden...
GARDEN CITY - Cullman County Superintendent Dr. Craig Ross announced today that American Protein and the Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Foundation Inc. donate $75,000...
DEVELOPING STORY: Fariview High School’s football field has been closed indefinitely due to disrepair...
FAIRVIEW - Dr. Craig Ross, Cullman County superintendent, said a decision was made Thursday evening, following an inspection of the facilities, to close down...
Olive Street Closing Aug. 17
CULLMAN - On Sunday, August 17, 2014, the City of Cullman Sewer Department will have Olive Street SW between Highway 31 and Patriot Way...
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...
Addison man admits to 10 burglaries in Crane Hill, Jones Chapel area
CULLMAN – Investigators with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Department recently announced they had charged Sean Morgan Henley, 21, of Addison, with 10 counts of...
1-year-old’s Drowning Death leads to Aggravated Child Abuse Arrest
CULLMAN – Jeffery Hugh Brown, 37, has been arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse in connection with the drowning death of 1-year-old Hoss...
Hunting accident takes the life of 34-year-old Cullman resident
CRANE HILL – A hunting accident Sunday afternoon on a secluded plot of land near Smith Lake, located on County Road 202, has taken...
Child welfare check leads CCSO deputies to marijuana grow
Four arrests made in marijuana grow
CULLMAN – A child welfare check led to the discovery of a marijuana grow operation and consequently four arrests...
Suspected accidental death possibly linked to huffing
CULLMAN – Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Christmas Day, officers with the Cullman Police Department responded to a call of deceased man in a...
Stabbing sends man to hospital, another to jail
CULLMAN - Officers with the Cullman Police Department are investigating a stabbing incident between two unnamed males, which has sent one man to the hospital...
UPDATED – Possible homicide being investigated
Update from Sheriff Mike Rainey:
Fredrick William Galin 71 years of age. We are investigating it as a homicide. Cause of death unknown at this time.
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CCSO, CNET nab burglary suspects
CULLMAN – On Wednesday, Cullman County Sheriff Mike Rainey announced two arrests had been made in connection with several burglaries to both residential homes...