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COVID-19 case, vaccine update: March 5
Friday, March 5, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 391,369...
Ivey extends mask mandate until April 9
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday extended the state’s Safer at Home Order, including the mask mandate, until Friday, April 9...
Lt. Gov. Ainsworth calls on Ivey to lift mask mandate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Safer at Home Order, including the controversial mask mandate, is set to expire this Friday, March 5 at 5 p.m....
Man charged with murder in shooting death of wife in Cullman County
ARKADELPHIA, Ala. – A Bremen man has been charged with murder in the death of his wife. The charge stems from a shooting that...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: March 1
Monday, March 1, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 386,933...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 28
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 386,525...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 27
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 386,036...
South Cullman Wal-Mart begins administering COVID-19 vaccines
CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman Wal-Mart on Olive Street began administering COVID-19 vaccines Friday. Vaccinations are given by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, go...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 25
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 384,640...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 24
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 383,882...
(Update) Holly Pond woman killed in 3-vehicle wreck at Hwy. 278/Hwy. 69
Updated 2-25-21 7:54 a.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. – One person was killed and four injured in a three-vehicle crash at U.S. Highway 278 and Alabama Highway...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 23
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
Case details
Total confirmed cases in AL: 382,906...
2nd person in Saturday plane crash succumbs to injuries
Editor's note: Holloway was originally identified as the pilot of the aircraft; however, authorities now say they are not certain yet which man was...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 21
Sunday, Feb. 20, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 381,846...
(Update) Victim, injured pilot named in Cullman County plane crash
LATEST: https://www.cullmantribune.com/2021/02/23/2nd-person-in-saturday-plane-crash-succumbs-to-injuries/
SOUTH VINEMONT, Ala. - One person was killed and another critically injured in a plane crash a half mile west of Cullman Regional...
Plane crashes near Cullman Regional Airport
LATEST: https://www.cullmantribune.com/2021/02/23/2nd-person-in-saturday-plane-crash-succumbs-to-injuries/
LATEST: https://www.cullmantribune.com/2021/02/21/update-victim-injured-pilot-named-in-cullman-county-plane-crash/
Updated 2-20-21 at 8:47 p.m.
The FAA has identified the aircraft as a Piper PA-32.
Updated 2-20-21 at 8:11 p.m.
Updated 2-20-21 7:56 p.m.
A preliminary...
Hanceville man charged with trafficking meth
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – A Hanceville man has been charged with trafficking methamphetamine, according the to the Cullman Police Department (CPD).
CPD Sgt. Trey Higginbotham initiated...
(Update) 2 suspects charged after high-speed chase through Morgan, Cullman counties
LACON, Ala. – A high-speed chase originating in Morgan County after an attempted stop for a traffic violation Friday evening led authorities into Cullman...
(New Update) 1 dead in wreck at Hwy. 278/Hwy. 157
Updated 2-20-21 6:28 p.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. - One person was killed and two injured in a two-vehicle crash at Alabama Highway 157 and U.S. Highway...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 19; statewide hospitalizations dip below 1,000
Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub (https://bit.ly/3iVJwXK)
Case details
Total confirmed cases in AL: 380,594...
High-speed chase ends at Exit 318 off I-65
LATEST: https://www.cullmantribune.com/2021/02/20/update-2-suspects-charged-after-high-speed-chase-through-morgan-cullman-counties/
Updated 2-19-21 at 11:25 p.m.
LACON, Ala. - A high-speed chase originating in Morgan County after an attempted stop for a traffic violation led...
Cullman County man charged with trafficking meth
DODGE CITY, Ala. - The Cullman Police Department’s (CPD’s) TACT Team, along with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Special Response Team (SRT) and...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 17
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 378,785 (+416...
Conservative leaders react to death of Rush Limbaugh
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Conservative radio host, author, political commentator and giant in American media, Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, died Wednesday at the age...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 16
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 378,369 (+566...
COVID-19 case update: Feb. 15
Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 377,803 (+505...
(Updated) CCSO: 1 dead, 1 injured in Holly Pond ‘altercation’
Updated 2-13-21 10 a.m.
Cullman County Coroner Jeremy L. Kilpatrick has identified the deceased as Ollie Earl Justice, Jr., 74, of Mobile.
HOLLY POND, Ala. -...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 11
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
Case details
Total confirmed cases in AL: 374,746 (+1,145...
B&E, pursuit ends in arrests of 5 in Hanceville
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - An early morning pursuit in Hanceville ended with the arrests of five individuals Thursday.
According to the Hanceville Police Department (HPD), the...
(Updated) 1 killed, 1 injured in Bremen wreck
Updated 2-11-21 1:17 p.m.
BREMEN, Ala. – One person was killed and one injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Alabama Highway 69...
‘You’ve got to be thankful’
CULLMAN, Ala. – It has been almost a full year since former three-term (1987-2005) Cullman County District Attorney Len Brooks and his wife, June...
Who can get a COVID-19 vaccine in Cullman County? And where?
Updated 2-10-21 2:21 p.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. – Alabama’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, and many readers have asked who is eligible and where vaccines are available...
Word whiz!
CULLMAN, Ala. - Saint Bernard Preparatory School eighth-grader Carter Daily won the Cullman County Spelling Bee Monday night.
The winning word? “Sibilant”
Daily is something of...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 8
Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
Case details
Total confirmed cases in AL: 371,771 (+715...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 7
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 371,056 (+846...
Retired Cullman Police officer injured in head-on crash
Updated 2-6-21 at 8:26 p.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. – A retired Cullman Police officer was injured in a head-on crash Saturday afternoon. Jimmie Johnson, 72, of...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 6
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 370,210 (+1,357...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 5
Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
Case details
Total confirmed cases in AL: 368,853 (+1,080...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 4
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 367,773 (+1,955...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 3
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 365,818 (+1,420...
Lions cancel 2021 Fish & Ham Dinner
CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman Lions Club on Tuesday announced the cancellation of its annual Fish & Ham Dinner. The popular event, which began...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 2
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
Case details
Total confirmed cases in AL: 364,398 (+1,170...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Feb. 1
Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 363,228 (+909...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Jan. 31
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 362,319 (+2,964...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Jan. 29
Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard Hub
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Total confirmed cases in AL: 359,355 (+1,884...
COVID-19 case, vaccine update: Jan. 28
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 37 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
(Updated) 1 dead, 1 injured in shooting near Arkadelphia
Update 1-28-21 3:48 p.m.
ARKADELPHIA, Ala. - One person was killed and one injured in a shooting late Wednesday night in southern Cullman County. The...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 27
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 25 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 26
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 25
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 18 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 24
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 23; statewide hospitalizations declining
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 22
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 22 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 21
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 22 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Ivey extends mask mandate to March 5; Harris gives vaccine rollout update
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday extended the state’s Safer at Home Order, including the statewide mask mandate, through March 5 at...
Hanceville man charged with murder in DUI death
Updated 1-22-21 1:33 p.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. - A Hanceville man was arrested Jan. 15 after being indicted on six counts by a Cullman County grand...
Biden takes office
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States Wednesday, inheriting what the Associated Press referred to...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 19
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 40 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Welcome back, Deputy Clark!
Updated 1-19-21 4 p.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. – Eleven months ago, Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Deputy Adam Clark and his K9 partner Figo were seriously...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 18
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 17
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
(Update) Cullman Co. man wanted in Missouri homicide located in West Point, takes own...
Updated 1-30-21 6:40 p.m.
The Cullman man wanted in connection with a homicide investigation in Sarcoxie, Missouri was located in West Point in Cullman County...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 16
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 15
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 23 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
(Updated) Cullman man killed in I-65 crash Thursday night
Updated 1-15-21 at 4:52 p.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. - One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash along Interstate 65 in Cullman County Thursday night. Cullman...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 13
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 29 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal to be permanent HQ of United States Space Command
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal has been named the preferred location of the permanent headquarters for the United States Space Command. The Secretary...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 12
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 11
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Shooting reported in NE Cullman County
Updated 1-11-21 2:58 p.m.
JOPPA, Ala. - Authorities responded to a reported shooting along the 400 block of County Road 1769 near the Joppa community...
CCSO seeking multi-county semi truck breaking and entering suspects
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) is trying to identify suspects who allegedly broke into semi trucks and stole debit cards...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 10
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 28 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 9
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 32 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 8
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 49 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
(Updated) Cullman man killed in crash in Good Hope
Updated 1-9-21 1:44 p.m.
GOOD HOPE, Ala. - A Cullman was killed in a two-vehicle crash along County Road 437 on the Interstate 65 overpass...
Lawmakers, political leaders respond to U.S. Capitol chaos
Protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday while the U.S. Congress was in the process of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election....
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 5
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 26 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
COVID-19 hospitalizations soaring statewide; Jan. 4 update
CULLMAN, Ala. - Alabama hit a record-high number of COVID-19 hospitalizations Monday, with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reporting 3,064 patients currently...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 3
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
HPD: Johnson’s Crossing incident ends peacefully
JOHNSON’S CROSSING, Ala. – Hanceville Assistant Police Chief Adam Hadder said an incident Sunday morning ended peacefully with no injuries.
Hadder said a 911 call...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 2
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 44 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Jan. 1
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 76 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 31
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 61 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
CPD asking for public’s assistance in westside precinct shooting investigation
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman Police Chief Kenny Culpepper said his department is investigating a shooting that occurred in the southwest part of the city...
‘We need prayers and we need our community to help slow the spread’
CULLMAN, Ala. - In its weekly COVID-19 update for the community, Cullman Regional reported Wednesday 83 positive patients, with 21 currently on ventilators. The...
Cullman Regional at 175% ICU capacity due to COVID-19; Dec. 29 daily update
Updated 12-31-20 12:01 a.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman Regional on Tuesday reported it is currently treating 75 COVID-19 positive patients, with 20 of those...
County’s volunteer EMS providers to begin receiving Moderna vaccine today
CULLMAN, Ala. – Licensed emergency medical services (EMS) providers within Cullman County’s volunteer fire departments will begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna today....
Alabama nursing homes beginning COVID-19 vaccinations
CULLMAN, Ala. – Alabama nursing homes were set to begin vaccine clinics Monday as part of the federal government’s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 25
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 46 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
‘We are there for them and will continue to be there during this pandemic’
CULLMAN, Ala. – Some of the perhaps most unsung heroes in the COVID-19 pandemic are the paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who make...
‘We continue to see families struggling and patients fighting for their lives’
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman Regional is still seeing record numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations, with the Christmas holiday almost here and fears that people gathering...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 21; record statewide hospitalizations
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman Police, CCSO recover Chevrolet Colorado from Duck River
CULLMAN, Ala. – A white Chevrolet Colorado was pulled from Duck River in Cullman County Monday. Divers with the Cullman Police Department (CPD) and...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 20
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
(Updated) Woman killed in Saturday morning wreck on Hwy. 157
Updated 12-20-20 at 3:15 p.m.
WEST POINT, Ala. - One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash along the 12000 block of Alabama Highway 157...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 19
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 54 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 18
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 74 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Judson College needs $500K by Dec. 31 to avoid closing
MARION, Ala. - Citing financial difficulties resulting from declining enrollment, the recession of 2008 and this year’s COVID-19 pandemic, Judson College President W. Mark...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 17
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 87 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
Cullman County COVID-19 update: Dec. 15
CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 55 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last...
