VINEMONT, Ala. – Coming off a road loss to J.B. Pennington last week, the Vinemont Eagles returned home Friday night to take on one of the toughest teams in Region 7, Madison Academy. Unfortunately, it was a tough night for the Eagles, and they fell to the Mustangs 49-7.
The Mustangs received the opening kickoff and quickly jumped ahead 7-0...
BOAZ, Ala. – The Arabian Knights bounced back with an impressive win at Crossville last week and they stayed on the road Friday night to face Boaz in another regional matchup and the Knights brought some fireworks with them. Arab racked up 49 points in the first half on its way to an impressive, 56-17 road win over the...
ARLEY, Ala. – The seventh-ranked Meek Tigers are coming off a massive win over Addison last week but that didn’t trip them up Friday night when they hit the field to host Shoals Christian. The Tigers scored early and often in this one, hammering Shoals Christian 63-0 to keep their unbeaten streak alive.
Touchdown runs of 52 and 24 yards...
WEST POINT, Ala. – After earning a big win at Lawrence County last week, the West Point Warriors returned home Friday night for another regional matchup against Ardmore. The Warriors put together a stellar defensive performance for their home crowd and collected a 21-0 win over the Tigers.
The Tigers received the opening kickoff and started on their own 30....
ASHVILLE, Ala. – The Raiders edged out Hanceville 26-20 to pick up a big region last week and they hit the road Friday night for another critical region battle at Ashville. Just like last week’s game, Friday night’s against the Bulldogs of Ashville was another tight, physical matchup for Good Hope. However, the Raiders were able to jump out...
CULLMAN, Ala. – After collecting a massive region win over Athens on the road last week, the Cullman Bearcats returned home to Mark Britton Field at Oliver Woodard Stadium Friday night for another regional matchup. This time the opponent was Columbia and the ‘Cats mauled the Eagles at home 35-6 to collect another region win and improve to 6-2...
Updated 10-7-2022 at 6:45 p.m.
CULLMAN, Ala. - A fire injured one person and heavily damaged Just GM Auto & Truck Repair Plus in Cullman Friday morning. Cullman Fire Rescue responded to reports of an explosion at the local business, located at 105 Third Ave. SW at 10:06 a.m. Authorities said the fire was completely extinguished by 10:45 a.m.
Firefighters from Cullman Fire Rescue Stations 1, 2...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- Wallace State women’s golf broke a team scoring record and won the Wallace State Fall Invite held recently at Cross Creek Golf Course.
Recording their lowest ever two-day score of 632, the team finished 24 strokes ahead of the second-place team of Southern Union Community College. Calhoun Community College, Jefferson State Community College and Northeast Community College...
VINEMONT, Ala. - “Nightmare in Vinemont,” the popular haunted house attraction organized by the Vinemont-Providence Volunteer Fire Department is returning for its third year. It will run from 7 p.m.- midnight Oct. 14-15, 21-22 and 28-29 at the Cullman County Agricultural Trade Center at 17645 U.S. Highway 31, Cullman, AL 35058.
Tickets are $20 for those 10 and older and...
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Bosom Buddies Foundation (CCBBF) held its third annual Little Pink Dress Benefit Tuesday night at Loft 212, with proceeds marked for the day-to-day living expenses such as utility bills, transportation costs, food cards and other approved needs, for Cullman County residents in cancer treatment.
“All of our money stays in Cullman County. We help...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Below are the arrests and incidents reported October 6, 2022. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.
GJ = grand jury; FTA = failure to appear
Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
Incidents
October 3
domestic violence; Co. Rd. 793unlawful breaking and entering motor vehicle; Hwy 31domestic violence; Hwy 278 Wattempting to elude law enforcement officer; Co. Rd. 617harassment; Co. Rd. 1291assault; Beech Ave....
CULLMAN, Ala. - The 39th annual Cullman County Band Exhibition took place Saturday at Cullman High School’s Oliver Woodard Stadium. The stands were filled with those excited to see the halftime shows the nine area bands spent the last few months perfecting. Like most years, the bands participated after having marched in the Cullman County Fair Parade earlier in...
BREMEN, Ala. -- Last season was a solid one for the Cold Springs Lady Eagles as they finished 11-10 on the season under first-year head coach Paige Adams. Cold Springs sophomore Hope Speegle talked about last season and what she learned during the year.
"I think it went really well with the varsity having a new head coach. Coach Adams...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Victim Services of Cullman’s second annual Masquerade Ball will take place Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 6-10 p.m. at Brick Haven.
The innaugural Masquerade Ball was held in 2019. Due to COVID-19, the event was canceled the last two years.
VSOC Executive Director Carol Horstman said, “The inspiration for the Masquerade Ball was to bring the community together for...
FAIRVIEW, Ala. -- In this interview, I talked to Fairview basketball player Morgan Lindsay. There was one very special basketball memory that Morgan will always remember during her time at Fairview, and she had some great high school memories as well.
"My favorite basketball memory was our game against Guntersville at home. We were down with one second on the...
ADDISON, Ala. – Addison hosted the 4A Central Florence Lady Wildcats on Senior Night at Allen Stephenson Gym in a closely contested volleyball game. The Lady Bulldogs took the match in four sets, 25-14, 24-26, 25-20 and 25-21.
The first set started out fairly equally, as the teams split the first ten points. "Dynamite" Dacey Baker blasted the poor ball into the...
GOOD HOOPE, Ala. – This year’s Cullman County Volleyball Tournament wrapped up at Good Hope High School Tuesday night and for the second year in a row, the Lady Raiders are county champions. Good Hope knocked off Holly Pond in its first match of the day and swept the Lady Broncos in the finals to secure the county crown.
Lady...
CULLMAN, Ala. - A husband and wife from Hayden, Alabama, known for their kindness and friendship, were killed Friday night, Sept. 30, in a motorcycle crash in Guntersville.
Terrell and Candace Glass, both 31, were members of the Saints Motorcycle Club (MC) in Birmingham.
Cullman Saints MC President Alex “Touché” Jones said he knew the couple for about a year, and...
VINEMONT, Ala. - The Butcher Meat Co. in Vinemont is welcoming competitors to enter its Backyard Grill-Off Saturday, Oct. 22. Competitors are asked to sign up by Oct. 14.
Kadi and Justin Smith opened the shop in July and decided to host the event to give back to their community. It will be a fundraiser for Vinemont parks.
To follow guidelines...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – This year’s Cullman County Volleyball Tournament officially got underway at Good Hope High School Monday night, and we had six matches on day one to get the ball rolling. Fairview, West Point and Holly Pond swept their way through the opening round and the top-seeded Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Aggies in their first match...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism recently announced a new four-part learning and make-and-take series called Healthy Foundations. The organization is teaming up with local herbalist and owner of Griffin Family Farms, Marisa Griffin, who will instruct classes each Tuesday in October to teach ways to make and use natural ingredients in everyday products.
Griffin stated, “Our...
BREMEN, Ala. -- Another cheer season is underway and for Cold Springs senior Madison Perdue, she's had a blast cheering with a great group of girls and has learned so much during her time as a cheerleader so far.
"It's been such a great experience. It has been so much fun, having such a variety of girls on the team....
A lady of great accomplishment and longevity celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 22, 2022. She was born on Sept. 22, 1922, to Samuel Andrew Foust and Jessie Dodson Foust.
She is the oldest of 40 grandchildren. Mrs. Mobley’s Foust family came to America (i.e., Peter) just a few years after the Revolutionary War. Peter was born in Germany in...
CULLMAN, Ala. - The North Alabama Agriplex Board and Foundation hosted its seventh annual Harvest to Home Local Foods Dinner and Silent Auction fundraiser Thursday night at the Wallace State Community College Conference Center. Doors opened at 5:30, allowing guests to peruse the silent auction. The theme this year was “Harvest to Home: “It’s Good to Be Back Home,”...
CULLMAN, Ala. -- There are now only two more weeks left to go in the regular season and the playoff picture is getting more and more clear with each passing week. Saturday was packed with key games going around the local area. The Good Hope Raiders hosted the Holly Pond Broncos, the Cold Springs Eagles traveled to take on...
ARDMORE, Ala. – After enjoying a bye last week, the Fairview Aggies hit the road Friday night for a regional battle at Ardmore and the Aggies were in control for most of their matchup with the Tigers. Fairview built a big lead early and cruised in the second half to collect a 42-12 region win over Ardmore.
The Aggies elected...
GASTON, Ala. – After taking a tough loss at Glencoe last week, the Holly Pond Broncos looked for a bounce back win Friday night when they arrived in Gaston. The Broncos led the Bulldogs early in the second quarter, but Gaston was able to pull away and fend off a late comeback effort from Holly Pond to pick up...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – The Good Hope Raiders clashed with the Hanceville Bulldogs in a classic Cullman County battle at James W. Shabel Stadium Friday night and this contest had both crowds on the edge of their seats the entire 48 minutes. In the end, it was Good Hope that came out on top in the latest edition of...
ARLEY, Ala. – In a huge region matchup, (5-1) Addison rolled into Arley to take on (5-0) Meek to decide who would take a commanding lead in the region. It didn't take long for the Meek Tigers to show that they were not going to be denied on this evening as they demolished the Bulldogs 44-24 in front of a...
MOULTON, Ala. – The West Point Warriors traveled north on Highway 157 to face the Lawrence County Red Devils for a big region matchup. West Point fans filled the visitor side of the stadium, and they had plenty celebrate as the Warriors picked up a 21-7 victory over the Red Devils.
The Warriors won the toss and deferred to the...
BLOUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Vinemont traveled to Blount County to face off against the Tigers of JB Pennington in a regional matchup Friday night but unfortunately for Eagles fans, the Tigers came away victorious, 41-6.
Pennington started quickly, building a 21-0 lead after the opening quarter. Early in the second quarter, Vinemont got on the board when Rush Sandlin punched it...
DOUBLE SPRINGS, Ala. – The Cold Springs Eagles were back on the road Friday night after hammering Shoals Christian last week but unfortunately, they had less success when they arrived in Double Springs to take on Winston County. The Eagles were held out of the end zone for all four quarters and the Yellow Jackets were able to collect...
CROSSVILLE, Ala. – After suffering their first loss of the season to Fort Payne last week, the Arabian Knights looked to bounce back on the road against Crossville Friday night. The Knights took care of business, pummeling the Lions 48-7 to get back in the win column.
The first score of the night came when Knights quarterback Drew Puccio connected...
ATHENS, Ala. – After winning a thriller over Mortimer Jordan at home last week, the Bearcats were back on the road Friday night for a massive Region 7 battle at Athens. With their playoff hopes on the line, the ‘Cats put together an impressive offensive performance and raced past the Golden Eagles 35-23.
Athens picked up big gains on the...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Members of Spring Hill Baptist Church, along with members from several other churches, will be at Depot Park Saturday at 8 a.m. for a peaceful prayer walk. Members will walk along the streets in small groups.
Spring Hill Pastor Terry Blankenship said, “We’re just saturating the place with prayer.”
Blankenship said he was recently notified by Cullman Parks,...
ADDISON, Ala. – Sept. 16, 2022, was a special night in Addison. It was homecoming, and the Bulldogs took on Waterloo, but that wasn’t the highlight of the evening. After the homecoming court was announced, 1-year-old Saige Hall, who is battling stage 3 kidney cancer, was crowned homecoming princess. According to her mom, Sadie Hall, there was not a...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- The Hanceville Lady Bulldogs hosted a tri-match with the Good Hope Lady Raiders and the Cold Springs Lady Eagles and Good Hope ended up sweeping both Hanceville and Cold Springs, while the Lady Eagles collected a sweep of their own over the Lady Bulldogs.
Good Hope 25 - Hanceville 12 (First Set)
A pair of early kills by...
ADDISON, Ala. -- Addison hosted the 3A Lauderdale County Lady Tigers at Allen Stephenson Gym in an end of the week matchup. Addison came away with a tough 25-19, 25-20, 25-20 three set victory.
Addison's Lady Bulldogs had already beaten the Lady Tigers at the Danville Tournament and the Lady Tigers were looking for revenge. The first set was a back-and-forth affair with neither...
HOLLY POND, Ala. -- In this interview, I talked to former Holly Pond football and baseball player, Andy Light. Andy had some great sports memories during his time at Holly Pond and always learned something new at school.
"My favorite baseball memories were when I hit my first home run my junior year and when we made it to state...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman Comes Out, an LGBTQA+ community event that has sparked controversy online since it was announced, will take place at Depot Park on Saturday, Oct 8, from 6-10 p.m.
Organized by resident Rickey H. Foster Jr., who goes by the name “Gilly Shine,” and local band Hassleinone, the event will feature the band and DJ Tony Alabama....
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – A Wallace State Community College history instructor has been placed on administrative leave after posts and messages she created on social media in response to the upcoming Cullman Comes Out event were made public. Screenshots of Leigh Ann Courington’s posts have been shared widely on social media channels.
Birmingham’s CBS 42 reported Tuesday, “On Monday, in a...
VINEMONT, Ala. - Vinemont Middle School eighth grader Johan Rodriguez was diagnosed with brain cancer about two weeks ago, and his school community is collecting donations for him and his family so they can focus on his recovery.
The school posted a list of suggested donations, including get-well cards, restaurant gift cards, gas cards, ramen noodles, microwave Easy Mac, granola...
WEST POINT, Ala. -- West Point’s varsity basketball team finished 10-19 in its first season under head coach Mason Voce. Returning senior guard Kanaan Sutter talked about the experience gained from last season and what he wants to carry into his senior year.
"I feel like last season went pretty well at times. We were very streaky. We were a...
EVA, Ala. - The town of Eva concluded its 33rd annual Eva Frontier Days celebration Saturday. The weeklong festivities began with a beauty pageant last Saturday, the annual hayride Tuesday, a community singing event Thursday and Music on the Square Friday, leading into the main festivities on Saturday.
Saturday’s streets were lined with vendors, car and tractor enthusiasts and spectators.
Guests...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- The JV county championship was on the line when the Good Hope Lady Raiders took on the (2) Vinemont Lady Eagles Tuesday night. Good Hope swept Vinemont in the first match (25-12, 25-9), handing the Lady Eagles their first loss of the tournament and setting up a wild second match for the county title.
Good Hope...
CULLMAN, Ala. - The future of Cullman Memory Gardens is brighter after receiving good news recently. The cemetery is no longer a for-profit investor-owned cemetery. It is now owned and will be operated by a local nonprofit board created by the Alabama Legislature. The owners of Memory Gardens donated the cemetery to the Cullman Memory Gardens Cemetery Foundation on...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- In this interview, I talked to former Hanceville basketball and baseball player, Drew Campbell. Drew made some incredible sports and high school memories during his time at Hanceville.
"My favorite baseball memory has to be my freshman year when we went to Glencoe for the first round of the state playoffs. After losing the first game, we...
Updated 1:51 p.m.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Driver License System (LEADS) is currently functioning for both in-person and online services.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Driver License Division is currently experiencing a statewide network outage. Due to this outage, Driver License Examiners are unable to process any in-person Driver License transactions statewide, however, online services...
CULLMAN, Ala. -- Monday night was Senior Night at Cullman High School and the Lady Bearcats hosted Corner. After dropping the first set, Cullman came roaring back in the next three sets as they ended up winning, 3-1.
Corner 25 - Cullman 17 (1st Set)
Corner jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first set, but a kill by Natalie Freeman...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – Good Hope’s City Council held its final September meeting Monday night and in addition to passing the city’s budget for the upcoming year, they approved a 6% pay raise for all city employees as well as a one-time pay adjustment of $1,500 that will be paid out Nov. 18.
Before addressing the budget, the council held...
BREMEN, Ala. -- There are now three weeks left to go in the regular season, and there were some huge games going on around the local area regarding who will get in the playoffs. The Cold Springs Eagles hosted the Fairview Aggies, the West Point Warriors traveled to take on the Cullman Bearcats, the Hanceville Bulldogs hosted the Good...
CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman County Sheriff’s Office shut down the 7200 block of County Road 222 this morning due to a structure fire in the area.
The fire was in the Trimble VFD coverage area. Trimble, Logan, Bethsadia, Good Hope, Loretto, Crane Hill and Jones Chapel fire departments responded to the large house fire.
Logan Fire Chief Toby Bates confirmed...
BREMEN, Ala. – Cold Springs High School hosted the annual Kudzu Hills Invitational Saturday morning, and the hometown Eagles ran well enough to earn both the boys’ and girls’ titles in the 1A-2A division. Cold Springs’ Reagan Parris and Ethan Edgeworth also claimed individual championships for the Eagles after posting times of 20:20.38 and 16:00.66 respectively.
The Eagles and Lady...
ARAB, Ala. – Friday night was homecoming for the Arabian Knights but before they kicked things off, both crowds were in for a special treat. There was a very special guest who joined the team captains and officials at the coin toss: 99-year-old Army veteran James Carson.
He began his military career in 1943 while being assigned to the Fighting 69th...
F-WORDS ̶̶ there are so FLIPPIN’ many FANTASTICATIOUS ones! Here are a few more fun, FLAVORFUL faves after all of these from the former feast: FOOTLOOSE, FANFARES, FUNFAIR, FLATTER, FABOLICIOUS, FAH SHIZZLE MY NIZZLE, FACE-FANCY, FANDANGO, FORGIVENESS, FATHERLY, FAUNA, FELICITY, FRANKNESS, FRATERNIZE and FABOPHILIA.
F-WORDS are figured to form 7,138 English-ish words of our FABLED, FABRICATED dictionary, all family-friendly enough...
CULLMAN, Ala. – The annual Cullman Electric Cooperative (EC) blood drive is Sept. 28, 2022, at the Cullman EC Main Office from 7a.m.-4 p.m.
The blood drive started in 2019 to honor the life-saving story of former lineman Aaron Quick, who was accidentally shot on Christmas Eve 2018 while removing a personal firearm from his gun safe. Thanks to medical...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman County Schools recently received a donation from Cullman law firm Griffith, Lowry & Meherg. The donation, valued at $3,000, was designated for use by the school system’s special education program to purchase sensory equipment.
"These kits will benefit students who struggle with issues related to anxiety, ADD, ADHD and autism," said CCBOE Special Education Coordinator Lana...
EVA, Ala. - Residents and visitors filled Eva Baptist Church Thursday night for the annual Eva Frontier Days community singing event.
The singing has been a part of Eva Frontier Days since it was started in 1989 by the Eva Art Guild. There is now a Frontier Days Board that organizes the event alongside the Guild.
Board member Cynthia Weaver said...
ADDISON, Ala. – Addison hosted the 4A Good Hope Raiders at lovely A.G. Hicks Stadium and the game didn't disappoint anyone in the packed house. Addison won in overtime 30-28 in a game of two halves.
The first quarter ended with no score as both teams moved the ball, but neither could score as the drives would be stopped on downs...
GLENCOE, Ala. – After falling to Southeastern in a wild, 57-53 shootout at home last week, the Holly Pond Broncos were back on the road Friday night for a non-region matchup at Glencoe. The Broncos led the way 14-13 early in the first half but the Yellow Jackets responded with 27 unanswered points to take commanding lead before pulling...
WEST POINT, Ala. – The Douglas Eagles visited the West Point Warriors Friday evening, and it was an exciting game full of big plays but unfortunately for the home crowd, the Eagles spoiled the Warriors homecoming celebrations with a 49-21 victory.
Douglas won the toss and deferred to the second half. West Point receives the kickoff only to be trapped at their...
ARAB, Ala. – The eighth-ranked, undefeated Arab Knights looked to keep their perfect record intact against the Fort Payne Wildcats on homecoming night. Unfortunately for the Arab faithful, it was the Wildcats that would get the win as they ended up shutting out the Knights 21-0, handing them their first loss of the season.
Arab started out on defense and...
MOULTON, Ala. – Hanceville traveled to Lawrence County for a non-region battle Friday night and four quarters weren’t enough to settle things between these two squads. The game went into overtime locked at 14 but the Red Devils were able to edge out the Bulldogs in the added time to claim a hard-fought, 17-14 win over Hanceville.
The Bulldogs struck...
FLORENCE, Ala. – After falling to Locust Fork at home a week ago, the Cold Springs Eagles hit the road Friday night and came back with a big win. The Eagles traveled to play the Flame of Shoals Christian Friday night and they scored early and often on their way to a 48-20 win.
The Eagles got on the board...
CULLMAN, Ala. – After dominating Lee Huntsville on the road last week, the Cullman Bearcats returned to their home field Friday night to host a homecoming matchup against the Blue Devils of Mortimer Jordan. Most of Cullman’s games have come down to the wire this season and this week’s was no exception. The Blue Devils scored late in the...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – All entrance and parking fees for Alabama State Parks will be waived on National Public Lands Day, which takes place Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.
“The past few years have shown us just how important outdoor recreation is to our health and wellbeing,” said Gov. Kay Ivey. “Spending time outdoors can reset our minds and refresh our spirits....
CULLMAN, Ala. - The West Point Town Council on Monday approved the annexations of two properties into the town limits: the properties of residents Peggy Byrum and Rebecca Davis. It also held the first reading of an annexation request for the property of Terry Parker.
The council heard from Muntingh Hamman with LED Capital, which recently installed stadium lights at...
VINEMONT, Ala. -- The Vinemont Lady Eagles hosted the J.B. Pennington Lady Tigers in Thursday night volleyball action, and the Lady Eagles defended their home court with a 3-0 sweep over Pennington.
Vinemont 25 - Pennington 11 (First Set)
The score was tied at two early on in the first set, but it didn't take long for Vinemont to separate themselves from Pennington....
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- Last season was one for the ages for the Good Hope Lady Raider volleyball team as they not only won county, area, and regionals, they made their first trip to state since 2009. One of five seniors on this year's team, Bailey Keef was glad to be a part of that amazing experience with her...
ADDISON, Ala. - Saige Hall, almost 14 months old, of Addison, has stage 3 kidney cancer. She recently had her fifth chemotherapy treatment at Children's of Alabama, and her mom, Sadie Hall, said that if the tumor in her daughter’s abdomen has shrunk enough, a spot is already reserved for her to have surgery on Sept. 29.
In August, Saige...
CULLMAN, Ala. – On Friday, Sept. 16, 22-year-old Cullman native Zak Stewart, a 2018 graduate of Cullman High School, was killed in a workplace shooting in Slidell, Louisiana. The Cullman community has rallied around Stewart’s family, and a donation account has been set up to support them.
The account was established at Premier Bank of the South by Southern Medical...
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman High School homecoming game is set for Sept. 23 against the Mortimer Jordan Blue Devils. The 2022 CHS Homecoming Queen will be crowned during halftime, and the homecoming court has been confirmed.The Freshman Homecoming Court includes Sadie Robinson and Darcy Hall.The Sophomore Homecoming Court includes Bella Caretti and AliceAnn Kontogeorge.The Junior Homecoming Court includes...
BREMEN, Ala. -- Another school year is well underway and Cold Springs senior Jayden Williams is ready to get started with the new season alongside a great group of cheerleaders. She has taken away so much during her time as a cheerleader and she talked about her new coach, Mrs. Adrian Dickerson, and what all she has learned from...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Superhero Fire, an event organized by Karen Cook of Cook Ministries to bring nonprofits together to support those struggling with mental health issues, took place Saturday at the Hanceville Civic Center.
Cook Ministries is a faith-based organization dedicated to restoring mental health through recovery programs focused on addiction, substance abuse, depression and suicidal ideation. With Superhero Fire,...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- In this interview, I talked to former Good Hope basketball player, Canaan Jones. Cannan made a lot of great memories on and off the court in his time at Good Hope and was blessed to play for a very special team.
"Winning area my junior year is definitely one of my favorite memories. It was the...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Chambers Farm and Garden Supply held its second annual fall festival Saturday, continuing its effort to bring the community and its customers together.
Judy Snead of Snead’s Farmhouse was an organizer of the event, which had a strong turnout for its first year and an even bigger showing this year.
In all, 63 vendors set up booths with...
CULLMAN, Ala. – The annual C.A.S.T. for Kids event was held Saturday at Smith Lake Park, giving children with special needs the opportunity to have a fun day of fishing on the lake.
“When the children get here, they get to have a shirt, a hat, a fishing pole, a tackle box, a day out with a boat captain. All...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman Electric Cooperative members participated in its 86th annual meeting on Saturday at Northbrook Baptist Church, enjoying free entertainment by the Cotton Pickin’ Kids and the Avenue G Band, hot dogs served by the Fairview High School Band Boosters, inflatables, a health fair, presentations, and, most importantly, voting for the only contested position on the board...
BREMEN, Ala. -- Monday was Senior Night at Cold Springs and the Lady Eagles hosted Dora and Cleveland in a tri-match. They got swept by the Lady Bulldogs, but came back to knock off the Lady Panthers, 3-1.
Dora 25 - Cold Springs 13 (First Set)
It was close in the first set early on and Cold Springs held a slim 6-4...
CULLMAN, Ala. – The first sign of Oktoberfest was seen in Cullman Monday, as the hay people made their return to various locations around town including the intersection of U.S. Highways 278 and 31, Goat Island Brewing and Depot Park.
The hay people were brought to life by Cullman’s Philip and Pat Clemmons, beloved community members and former posthumous burgermeisters....
WEST POINT, Ala. -- Last season was one to remember for the West Point Lady Warriors as they not only punched a ticket to regionals, but they also clinched a spot at the state tournament for the very first time in program history. Despite falling a few games short of winning the title, they still had an amazing season...
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman Community Theatre fall children’s production of “Junie B. Jones the Musical Jr.” is set for Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29-30, at the Cullman High School auditorium. Shows will be at 7 p.m. each night.
There are 40 children ages 8-15 in the cast who have been in rehearsals since the beginning of August.
The musical, an...
CULLMAN, Ala. - To help celebrate Oktoberfest and get the community involved in its local history and heritage, the Cullman County Public Library has teamed up with sponsor Nomadic Threads to put on a scavenger hunt Sept. 29-Oct. 6.
The hunt will take place between the Warehouse District, Cullman City Hall, the Cullman County Museum and the library. Each object...
F-WORDS are not used frequently enough. At least that’s true for some F-WORDS. There are so many FABU F-WORDS, I’ve FINAGLED them into two fragments, 25 in this installment and 25 MORE F-WORDS in the next.
To fortify your familiarity with the four basic facets of “The S.U.N.S. (Smile-Making, Uniting, Neighboring, Spellbinding) Joyous Aging System,” I’m FANCYING this as the...
CULLMAN, Ala. -- We are now at the halfway point of the youth football season and some teams are looking to clinch some playoff spots, while others are looking to play their way back into postseason contention. The Cyclones and the Bearcats faced off against each other in the third annual Black and Gold Bowl at Cullman High School,...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Whitney Cheatham, a registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a background in endoscopy, post-surgical and home health services has recently begun an enterprising new business to bring IV therapy to Cullman. Services are currently provided on a concierge basis in residential or commercial settings.
When creating Infusion Wellness & Spa, IV Therapy Lounge, her...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Students from the various city and county schools met at Alabama Farm Credit headquarters in Cullman Wednesday, Sept. 14, for the Cullman County Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Beef Cook-off.
Samantha Rogers from Fairview placed first, Jennesy Lopez from the Cullman Area Technology Academy (CATA) placed second, Lacy Twilley from Cold Springs placed third, Mackenzie Garmon...
HOLLY POND, Ala. - Melody Camp has been the librarian at the Holly Pond Guy Hunt Library and Museum since it was established in 2012. She has been the only employee of the library for several years. She holds kids’ reading programs every Tuesday morning and invents new crafts for the group each week.
“I love helping people and being...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Students at East Elementary School are getting to delve into the more mysterious corners of the science curriculum, thanks to an Operation Round-Up grant that helped fund membership in the Mystery Science curriculum for hands-on lessons and projects.East Elementary School fourth-grade teacher April Dean wrote the grant for the $1,200 membership in the program, which is...
HOLLY POND, Ala. – Holly Pond’s regional battle with Southeastern Friday night was more than worth the price of admission. In addition to this week’s homecoming festivities, the action on the field had heads spinning in both crowds. Both teams combined to score 110 points in one of the best shootout games of the season so far but unfortunately...
ADDISON, Ala. – Addison hosted region foe the Waterloo Cougars for Homecoming and it was a great night to be a Bulldog. Addison came away with a dominant 69-0 victory. Addison had a full slate of activities on pregame. First, they honored one-year old Saige Hall as the 2022 Homecoming Princess. Saige is the daughter of Reggie and Sadie Hall and is...
BREMEN, Ala. – The Locust Fork Hornets visited the Cold Springs Eagles Friday evening, and it was Homecoming for the Eagles. Both teams were coming off losses last week and each entered Friday’s contest with a 2-2 record. However, it was the Hornets who would leave with the win as they defeated the Eagles 27-6.
Cold Springs received the opening kickoff, starting...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Hanceville Bulldogs returned to Ray Talley Stadium to face Cherokee County in another regional matchup Friday night after defeating Ashville on the road 22-13 last week. The Bulldogs led the Warriors 15-13 at one point in the second quarter, but Cherokee County ran off 36 unanswered points throughout the rest of the game to pull...
ETOWAH, Ala. – After falling to Fairview at home last week, the Good Hope Raiders got back into region play this week with a road trip to Etowah. Unfortunately for the Raider faithful in the crowd, the Blue Devils were in control of this one most of the way and Good Hope was forced to return home with a...
BLOUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Vinemont traveled to Blount County to face off against the Bulldogs of Susan Moore in a critical region matchup. However, after a hard-fought four quarters, Susan Moore was able to edge Vinemont 29-22.
Susan Moore started quickly with a 75-yard touchdown pass on the third play of the game gave them a 7-0 lead with 10:24 remaining...
BEAR CREEK, Ala. – After picking up a 24-17 win over Colbert Heights at home last week, Meek was back on the road Friday night for a regional matchup at Phillips. The Tigers’ ground game was dominant once again this week and they rode it all the way to a 40-6 win over the Bears.
Following a scoreless first quarter,...
FAIRVIEW, Ala. – The Fairview Aggies faced off against the West Point Warriors in the sixth annual Brandin Iron Bowl at Dafford Smith Stadium. It was a Class 5A, Region 8 matchup and the Aggies ended up jumping out to a quick lead in the first quarter and never gave it back as they ended up defeating the Warriors...
ARAB, Ala. – After cruising to a 42-0 win at Sardis last week, the Arabian Knights returned home Friday night for a huge regional matchup against Scottsboro. The Wildcats took a 7-0 lead over the Knights to start the game, but Arab responded with 28 unanswered points to earn a big, 28-7 region win over Scottsboro.
The Wildcats received the...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Cullman hit the road Friday night for a non-regional matchup against the Generals of Lee Huntsville and the Bearcats took advantage of several turnovers and a great night on the ground to put together a 53-13 performance and return home with a win.
The Bearcats got things started with a 5-yard touchdown run by Evan Dye that...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- Wallace State Community College’s volleyball team is on a 12-game winning streak and has extended its winning record at home against conference opponents to 121. Ranked No. 1 in the Alabama Community College Conference and 20th in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I, the team defeated Lurleen B. Wallace (LBW) Community College and Enterprise State...
