Tag: News
Pet of the Week: Edith – your new best friend forever
CULLMAN, Ala. – Volunteer Donna Ruttkay of the Cullman County Animal Shelter shares this week’s Cullman Tribune Pet of the Week: Edith.
Edith is a...
Obituary: Bobby Elam Billings
Bobby Elam Billings, 67, of Cullman passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. He was born February...
Obituary: Manuel Renteria Perez
A Funeral Mass for Manuel Renteria Perez, 58, of Cullman will be Monday, August 15, 2022, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ Catholic Church. ...
Resource event for special needs families Aug. 20
CULLMAN, Ala. - TheraPlay Pediatric Sensory Gym of Cullman will host an event that brings therapeutic service providers together for an informational session for...
ALEA soars into America’s Best-Looking Cruiser Contest featuring legacy of ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Each year the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) joins fellow highway patrol and state police organizations across the nation to vie...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 12
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 12, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
Vinemont sets BBQ cook-off for Oct. 22
VINEMONT, Ala. - The Vinemont Town Council on Tuesday evening set the date for the barbecue cook-off proposed by Richard Neese last month to...
Cullman’s Hayes 1 of 3 finalists in nationwide organic gardening competition
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman’s Kelly Hayes, a second-grade teacher at West Elementary School and owner of Urban Farm and Forage, is one of three...
Obituary: Thomas Edward Greenhaw
Funeral Service for Thomas Edward Greenhaw, age 87, of Vinemont, will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at Cullman Heritage Funeral...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 11
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 11, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
‘There’s no place like home’
COLONY, Ala. - The Town of Colony hosted Colony Day Saturday, Aug. 6. Colony Day is a celebration steeped in the town’s history, with...
Cullman PD holds in-house Rock the South debriefing
CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman Police Department (CPD) on Wednesday held an in-house debriefing, reviewing the good, the bad and the ugly of last...
2nd Fridays’ swan song this Friday: Last event of the season...
CULLMAN, Ala. - After two successful and well-attended 2nd Fridays events in June and July, this Friday brings the summer’s final 2nd Fridays to...
Obituary: Donna Webb Byram
On August 9, 2022, Donna Webb Byram joined friends and family who were waiting for her in Heaven, including her parents: T.M. Webb and...
Obituary: Glenda Madeline Barnes
Funeral Service for Glenda Madeline Barnes, age 74, of Cullman, will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, August 12, 2022, at Cullman Heritage Funeral...
Obituary: Raymond Junior Brown
Raymond Junior Brown, 83, of Cullman passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at his residence. He was born September 13, 1938.
He is survived...
North Alabama Agriplex named Conservation Educator of the Year
CULLMAN, Ala. - The North Alabama Agriplex was honored Friday evening in Prattville by being named 2022 Conservation Educator of the Year by the...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 10
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 10, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
Country superstars, local nonprofits partner to benefit community
CULLMAN, Ala. - Saturday morning saw The Link of Cullman County, Greater Good Music and the United Way of Cullman County team up to...
Obituary: Betty Sue Parker
Betty Sue Parker, age 57, of Hanceville, Alabama passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022. Betty was born March 8, 1965.
Obituary: Randy Keith Bartlett
Randy Keith Bartlett, age 60, of Cullman, Alabama passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022. Randy was born February 27, 1962, in Cullman, Alabama...
Obituary: Ronald Louis Laursen
Ronald Louis “Butch” Laursen, 64, of Eva passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at his residence. He was born August 14, 1957, in...
Obituary: Ronald Clark Pattillo
Ronald Clark Pattillo, 59, of Cullman passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at his residence. He was born in Cullman Alabama May 2,...
OPINION: Rock the South through a 13-year-old’s eyes
Rock the South was my first concert ever and my experience at Rock the South was an amazing experience! It was not only a...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 9
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 9, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
‘We are a huge family’
VINEMONT, Ala. – The Vinemont community enjoyed the second annual Freedom Fest on Friday, put on by Vinemont Schools. Festivities included inflatables, vendors, face...
Traffic fatality update
DECATUR POST — A two-vehicle crash at approximately 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, has claimed the life of a Louisville, Ky., man. Conor J. Nelis, 22,...
Cullman council meets for birthday wishes, round of thanks
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening recognized Council President Jenny Folsom’s birthday with balloons. It also heard from Councilman Brad...
Local veterans attend Rock the South, safe and protected
CULLMAN, Ala. – Rock the South is an exhilarating event for most who attend, an electrifying two days of basking in the best of...
Traffic alert for Hwy 31 and Hwy 278
TRAFFIC ALERT: The traffic light at the intersection of Hwy 31 and Hwy 278 will be inoperable for several hours on Wednesday evening beginning...
Obituary: Jeri Weltha Clark
Jeri Weltha Clark, 77, of Cullman passed away Saturday, August 6th, 2022, at her residence. She was born June 19, 1945, to Edsel &...
Obituary: Judith Anderson Wilson
Mrs. Judith Anderson Wilson, 84, of Connecticut passed from this life Sunday, August 8th, 2022. She was born July 2, 1938, to Henry &...
Obituary: Marilyn Joyce McAnnally-Hays
Funeral services for Marilyn Joyce McAnnally-Hays of Bangor, AL will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 9th at Hanceville Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow...
Obituary: Paul John Glade
Paul John Glade, age 66, of Cullman, passed away on August 6, 2022, at his residence. He was born June 25, 1956, in California...
Obituary: James Danny Harris
Funeral Service for James Danny Harris, age 74, of Crane Hill, will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Antioch Baptist...
Obituary: Brelan Fayette Knighten
Memorial Service for Brelan Fayette Knighten, age 82, of Logan, will be at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at Cullman Heritage Funeral...
Obituary: James Douglas Link
Dr. James Douglas Link, age 88 of Dandridge, Tennessee passed way Friday morning, August 5, 2022, at his home. He was a native of...
Good Hope City Council reports successful Back to School Bash
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – Good Hope’s City Council held its first August meeting at Good Hope City Hall Monday night and reported another successful...
Kentucky man killed in CR 222 wreck
CULLMAN, Ala. - A Kentucky man was killed in a two-vehicle wreck along County Road 222 near Interstate 65 in Cullman County Monday. The...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 8
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 8, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
Cullman’s Imagination Library celebrates 1 year
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Friends of the Public Libraries of Cullman County (TFPLCC) on Friday celebrated its one-year anniversary of encouraging children’s literacy through...
Mark Stephens named systemwide athletic director for Cullman City Schools
CULLMAN, Ala. -- Mark Stephens is adding a few more athletic programs to his purview in Cullman City Schools. Already the athletic director at...
‘The landscape is starting to breathe’
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Wildflower Garden at Sportsman Lake was first started in 1991 by the Cullman Native Plant Society, which had an average...
Obituary: Mary Virginia Seymour
Mary Virginia Seymour, age 80, of Double Springs, Alabama, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Lakeland Community Hospital in Haleyville.
Virginia was born on...
Obituary: Ronald Dale Leipert
Ronald Dale Leipert, age 79 of Cullman, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Princeton Medical Center in Birmingham. He was born in...
Obituary: William Paul Black
William Paul Black, age 52, of Crane Hill, Alabama passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022. Paul was born October 24, 1969, in Alabama.
Paul...
WildWater invites first responders to park on Tuesday
WildWater has extended an invitation to all Cullman first responders to the waterpark on Tuesday. Free admission to the park will be given with...
WSCC launching Robotic Welding Technician degree
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s (WSCC) welding program is preparing for a noteworthy fall 2022 semester. The department is launching a new...
Cullman’s Sybil Tubbs graduates from SUNY Oneonta
ONEONTA, N.Y. - Sybil Tubbs of Cullman, Alabama, is among the students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta following the spring 2022 semester. The college's...
‘A Journey for Love’
VINEMONT, Ala. - The Vinemont Eagle Band finished up two weeks of band camp July 29, preparing a love song-packed halftime show for this...
Obituary: Alvis Ernest Strickland
Alvis Ernest “Bit” Strickland, 93 of Arley, entered into rest on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Strickland...
Obituary: Kevin Dewayne Yates
Kevin Dewayne Yates, 58, a resident of Spanish Fort, Alabama, closed his eyes in sleep and woke up eternally healed on August 2, 2022.
Kevin...
Obituary: Linda Ray Clark
Linda Ray Clark, age 79 of Logan, passed away at her home on Friday, August 5, 2022. She was born February 13, 1943, to...
Obituary: Frederick Dawson Holloway
A highly decorated Vietnam combat veteran died Feb. 22, 2021, from injuries sustained in a single-engine airplane crash in Cullman, AL.
Frederick “Noah” Dawson Holloway...
Registration open for CCSO Citizens’ Academy
CULLMAN, Ala. – Applications are being accepted now for the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Citizens’ Academy fall 2022 session.
The Citizens' Academy is an...
Rock the South: Law enforcement, EMS update
CULLMAN, Ala. - The first day of Rock the South saw more than 60,000 attendees from all over the country, six musical acts, some...
More than 60K turn out to Rock the South
CULLMAN, Ala. – Temperatures were in the low 90s and the heat index was near 100 when the gates opened at this year’s Rock...
The sky’s the limit: Exponential return on investment opportunity for city,...
VINEMONT, Ala. - With both the State of Alabama and federal government investing millions of dollars in the Cullman Regional Airport by way of...
Obituary: Wanda Jean Holcombe Hodge
Funeral Service for Wanda Jean Holcombe Hodge, age 88, of Cullman, will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at First Baptist...
Obituary: Mary Jean Ponder
Graveside Service for Mary Jean Ponder, age 87, of Vinemont, will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at Ebenezer Cemetery with...
Obituary: Charles William “Smitty” Smith
Charles William "Smitty" Smith, age 86, of Cullman passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022. He was born February 21, 1936, in Falkville, AL.
Visitation...
Sacred Heart honors Mother Mary Rose, LIHM
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Cullman recently honored Mother Mary Rose, LIHM Sister, during a covered dish dinner and reception in the Family...
Rock the South: Law enforcement update
CULLMAN, Ala. – With thousands descending on Cullman this weekend for the Rock the South music festival, Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry said his...
ALEA: ABCs of back-to-school safety
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Somewhere between purchasing school supplies, packing lunches and selecting outfits for the first day of a new school year, parents and...
County Commission talks possible litigation in executive session
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Commission on Tuesday morning held a special-called meeting to vote on a short agenda and then meet in...
Obituary: Nathaniel Riley Thomas
Graveside Service for Nathaniel Riley Thomas, age 38, of Cullman, will be at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, August 8, 2022, at Simcoe Methodist Cemetery....
Obituary: Colby Aaron Ford
Colby Aaron Ford, 14, of Holly Pond, Alabama, passed away on August 1, 2022. Colby was born in Cullman, Alabama, on October 17, 2007,...
Obituary: Caden Allen Rodgers
Caden Allen Rodgers, 19, of Holly Pond, Alabama, passed away on August 1, 2022. He was born in Cullman, Alabama, on December 11, 2002,...
Obituary: Kenneth Wayne Smith Sr.
Funeral service for Kenneth Wayne Smith Sr., 82, of Cullman will be at 11 a.m., Monday, August 8th, 2022, at Cullman Funeral Home Chapel...
Obituary: Justin Scott Philyaw
Funeral Service for Justin Scott "Dossey" Philyaw, 39, of Cullman will be 1pm, Friday, August 5, 2022, in the Cullman Funeral Home Chapel. Rev....
Obituary: Henry “Hardie” Cornett
Funeral services for Henry Hardie Cornett, 99, of Cullman, Alabama will be Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Mt. Zion Methodist Church with the Reverend...
Parking and rideshare options for Rock the South
The gate to Rock the South will open in less than 24 hours and now is the time to map out a parking plan...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 4
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 4, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
Local back-to-school events
CULLMAN, Ala. - Each year, area schools and organizations host back-to-school events to celebrate kids returning to school and to ready any supplies families...
History-rich Colony Day celebration coming Aug. 6
COLONY, Ala. - The Town of Colony will host its much anticipated Colony Day celebration this Saturday, Aug. 6, beginning at 9 a.m., with...
Rock the South survival guide
CULLMAN, Ala. - For a decade, Rock the South (RTS) has promised a hot and sweaty, boot-stomping good time. Founder Shane Quick and his...
Obituary: Robert H. Johnson
Robert H. “Bob” Johnson, 83, died July 30, 2022, in Arley, AL. Mr. Johnson retired after 33 years with the U.S. Army Corps of...
Obituary: Roger Bradley Clark
Roger Bradley Clark of Cullman, Alabama, passed away on August 1, 2022, at the age of 62. Roger was born in Tennessee on December...
Obituary: Vernon Lee Alvis
Reverend Vernon Lee Alvis, age 84 of Garden City, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022, at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham. He was...
Obituary: Nava Jean Parker
Funeral Service for Nava Jean Parker, age 85, of Cullman, will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Cullman Heritage Funeral...
Obituary: Randy Loyd Nelson
Randy Loyd Nelson, age 61 of Vinemont, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022, at the Folsom Center. He was born January 16, 1961,...
Obituary: Casen Myles Wasilewski
Casen Myles Wasilewski, of Cullman was born and passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at St. Vincent's Hospital.
Casen is survived by his parents:...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 3
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 3, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
WSCC short-term training programs hosting new boot camps beginning in August
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Center for Career and Workforce Development and Adult Education Department are hosting new rounds of short-term training...
‘A Knight’s Code’
ARAB, Ala. - The Arab High School Band reached the end of two full weeks of band camp last Friday. The entire band was...
‘A really good community that has really stepped up’
BAILEYTON, Ala. - Parkside School held its second annual Back to School Bash Saturday on campus.
Last year, before outgrowing the location, the bash was...
City Planning Commission amends street requirements for new subdivision construction
CULLMAN, Ala. - The City of Cullman Planning Commission met Monday night with five public hearings held, including an amendment to street regulations in...
Obituary: Michael Wayne Shaffer
Michael Wayne Shaffer, 67, of Hanceville passed from this life Monday, August 1st, 2022, at his residence.
Cullman Funeral Home is honored to serve the...
Obituary: Patricia Ann Crumbley
Patricia Ann Crumbley, age 71, of Baileyton, Alabama passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022. Patricia was born December 8, 1950, in Arab, Alabama...
Obituary: James Leon Eidson, Sr.
Funeral services for James (Buddy) Leon Eidson, Sr. will be at 11 a.m. on Friday August 5, 2022, at Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church, Pastor...
Obituary: Oliver D. Haygood
Corporal Oliver D. Haygood, age 59 of the Colony, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022, at Cullman Regional Medical Center. He was born...
Obituary: Tony C. Smothers
Tony C. Smothers, age 62 of Bremen passed away on Monday, August 1, 2022, at Cullman Regional Medical Center. He was born on July...
Obituary: Laura Lynn Haynes
Funeral services for Laura Lynn Haynes of Hanceville will be 2p.m. Saturday, August 6th at Hanceville Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be from 12-2p.m...
Obituary: Dorothy Faye Hunter
Funeral service for Dorothy Faye Hunter, 74, of Cullman will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, August 4th, 2022, at Cullman Funeral Home Chapel with...
8 members of Calhoun County-based methamphetamine trafficking ring arrested
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An indictment charging 12 defendants in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy based in Calhoun County was unsealed Tuesday, announced U.S. Attorney Prim...
Arrests and incidents reported Aug. 2
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported August 2, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA =...
AHSAA mourns the passing of long-time supporter Feltus McGriff
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama High School Athletic Association was saddened to learn of the passing of long-time special fan and AHSAA volunteer Feltus...
CCSO makes multiple arrests
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) made multiple arrests countywide Thursday through Sunday.
Thursday, July 28
Deputies conducted a traffic stop in the...
Ryans Creek Baptist Church hosts inaugural car show
BREMEN, Ala. - In a sign of Christian charity, Ryans Creek Baptist Church accepted no entry fees at its inaugural car show Saturday morning....
Food, school supplies to be given away Aug. 6 at The...
CULLMAN, Ala. – This Saturday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m.-noon, those in need can go by The Link of Cullman County’s drive-through for food...
