GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- The 2023 softball season has arrived for the Good Hope Lady Raiders and even though they will be fielding a young team this year, they have quickly matured and gotten better over the past two seasons. Freshman Campbell Koch talked about last season, what all she learned, and what it's been like playing with this...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The state’s high school bowling coaches conducted a poll amongst themselves to award All-State honors and three local bowlers earned recognition after outstanding seasons. West Point’s Kevin Vance earned first team All-State honors and a spot on the 1A-5A first team. Fairview’s Brandon Brown landed on the 1A-5A first team as well and West Point’s Jake...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Hundreds of people made their way around the indoor track of the Traditions Bank Arena inside Tom Drake Coliseum at Wallace State Community College Tuesday, when dozens of potential employers were set up for the Academic & Technical Career Fair hosted by the WSCC Center for Career and Workforce Development. The career fair was the first...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Since being named Cullman police chief by the Cullman City Council on Dec. 5, 2022, David Nassetta has settled into his new position with ease. Nassetta said he is very thankful for the support of Mayor Woody Jacobs and the members of the city council.
The chief said he is very excited about new hires and the...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- The Good Hope Lady Raiders are ready for another year of softball after making it to Regionals last year and freshman Alexandria Steed talked about all she gained from that experience.
"We came out pretty rough, but we did good for us being so young. We can't use that excuse now, so I think we'll be...
CULLMAN, Ala. - After a three-year hiatus the United Way of Cullman County Crawfish Boil will be held Friday, March 24, from 5-7 p.m. at Goat Island Brewing.
The Crawfish Boil is sponsored by Hank’s Sports Bar in Cullman, which will cook the crawfish for the event. A limited number of tickets will be on sale, and tickets must be...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Hanceville Bulldogs hosted the Oakman Wildcats for a varsity matchup Tuesday night and the Bulldogs jumped out to a quick lead on their way to a 10-3 win over the Wildcats.
Hunter Black got the start for Hanceville and gave up a one-out single, but he was able to induce a double-play ball to the next batter...
VINEMONT, Ala. – Good Hope hit the road Tuesday night for a county battle at Vinemont and the Raiders returned home with a nice win over the Eagles. Good Hope plated four runs in the second to take an early lead and added runs over the next few innings on its way to a 10-6 win.
Eagles starter Ayden Thomason...
CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman County Public Library will host Teen Tech Week: 3Doodlers 3D Printing Pens today, Tuesday, March 7, at 3 p.m. This is a one-hour program for teens in which they can create a 3D design using a special 3D printing filament pen (3D printing on a smaller scale).
Almost every engineering field, even in medicine, uses...
HOLLY POND, Ala. -- The 2023 softball season is underway for the Holly Pond Lady Broncos and they’re looking to make yet another trip to Regionals. They finished with a 14-13 record last season and were the runner-up in the county and area tournaments and they clinched a spot in Regionals as well. Freshman Maggie Nail learned a lot...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Restoring Women Outreach will hold its inaugural St. Patrick Celebration Day at Stone Bridge Farms Friday, March 17, at 5 p.m. The celebration will include a 50/50 raffle, silent auction and dinner.
Tickets are available for $50, or a table of eight for $500. Doors open at 5 p.m. with dinner served at 6. Speakers will begin...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- The Good Hope Lady Raiders started area play against the West Morgan Lady Rebels Monday night. The Lady Raiders fell behind early and looked to mount a comeback, but they fell just short in the end as they dropped their region opener to West Morgan 4-3.
West Morgan hit a leadoff single, then a stolen base...
WEST POINT, Ala. – After splitting a weekend doubleheader with Scottsboro and Boaz, the West Point Warriors returned home Monday night for a matchup with West Morgan. Cade Welborn and Kanaan Sutter combined to allow just one unearned run on the mound and the Warriors plated a pair of runs in the opening frame on their way to a...
WEST POINT, Ala. – The Cullman Lady Bearcats traveled to West Point for a matchup with the Lady Warriors Monday night and returned home with an impressive, 13-2 win. Cullman plated 10 runs in the top of the third to take a commanding lead and kept West Point off the board in the next two innings to wrap up...
Starting March 6th, to ensure compliance with the EPA's Environmental Regulations Concerning Inert Landfills, the Sanitation/Recycling Department will not pick up grass, leaves, or other green waste materials bagged in non-biodegradable plastic bags. Residents who bag their waste materials (grass, leaves, etc.) must use biodegradable bags.
The Sanitation Superintendent Sam Dillender said the reason for the switch is because the city...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- This season was another successful one for the Good Hope Raiders as they finished eclipsed the 20-win mark for the fifth consecutive season and junior K'mal Bell talked about what he learned from the Raiders’ latest run.
"I felt this season went well at times. We looked like one of the best Class 4A teams in...
BREMEN, Ala. -- Vinemont traveled to take on Cold Springs Saturday morning and Vinemont didn't waste any time getting on the scoreboard first. Hayden Robinson hit a leadoff double and moved to third on a wild pitch. An RBI groundout by Jake Hale gave Vinemont the early 1-0 lead. After Chad Reynolds retired Cold Springs in order in their...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After topping Brewbaker Tech in the final moments of Wednesday’s 5A State Semifinals, the Arabian Knights were back on the court at Legacy Arena Saturday morning to face No. 4 Pleasant Grove in the 5A State Championship Game. The score was knotted at 9 after the first quarter but the Spartans outscored the Knights 23-8 in...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The top-ranked Cold Springs Lady Eagles were back at Legacy Arena Friday morning to battle No. 2 Mars Hill and despite getting off to a fast start, Cold Springs was unable to keep pace with the Lady Panthers in the second half and Mars Hill claimed this year’s 2A State Title with a 69-47 win over...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- The Wallace State Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program has implemented new schedules that allow emergency medical technicians who are seeking to become paramedics the convenience of fitting those classes around their work schedule.
In most cases, EMTs are working 24/48 shifts, where they are on duty for 24 hours and off 48 hours. To accommodate their schedules,...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Arab made its way to Legacy Arena at the BJCC Wednesday night for a 5A Girls Semifinal clash with Brewbaker Tech and the Arabian Knights advanced to the state finals in dramatic fashion. The Rams knocked down a three with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 49 but Maggie Chastain buried three...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- Eighth grader Alex Twitty spent the first part of last season on the middle school team before getting moved up to the varsity squad halfway through the season and she learned so much from the experience being on both teams.
"I feel like last season was one of the best basketball seasons I have ever had because...
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. – The Lady Aggies of Fairview traveled to Guntersville for a varsity matchup with the Lady Wildcats and they returned home with a convincing, 17-2 win.
Fairview 17 - Guntersville 2 (Softball)
Fairview's offense exploded in a big way during their game against Guntersville as a huge third inning was key in their win over the Lady Wildcats.
Jaycee Aleman...
ADDISON, Ala. – The Addison Lady Bulldogs hosted their county rival Lynn Lady Bears and it was a fairly even game except for one inning. Lynn sent fourteen girls to the plate and scored ten runs, two of them earned, in the second inning and then coasted to a 15-3 victory.
Both teams went scoreless in the first inning. The floodgates then...
CULLMAN, Ala. – The Bearcats were back home at Bill Shelton Field Tuesday night to host a matchup with Vestavia Hills but unfortunately for the home crowd, Cullman couldn’t get its bats going consistently and the Rebels were able to leave with a 6-3 win, handing the ‘Cats their first loss of the season.
Vestavia Hills led off the top...
ADDISON, Ala. – Addison hosted its archrivals from across the Lake in the Winston County Yellow Jackets Monday night and came away with a 16-0 win after the game was called early due to a power outage.
Addison started Senior Briley Holt on the mound, and he was dominate. Holt started out the visitors first inning by striking out the side. Addison...
WEST POINT, Ala. – Area play began for the West Point Lady Warriors Monday night with the Lawrence County Lady Red Devils and seven innings weren’t enough to decide this one. The game went into extra innings tied at 6 and unfortunately for the home crowd, Lawrence County ended up getting past West Point 10-9.
Starter Kara Jones retired Lawrence...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The top-ranked Cold Springs Lady Eagles were back in familiar territory Monday night, squaring off against Lanett in this year’s 2A State Semifinals at Legacy Arena. Points were hard to come by in this one but the Lady Eagles were able to lock things down on the defensive end and pulled away in the final frame...
BREMEN, Ala. -- This Saturday, March 4, Cold Springs Elementary School will host its first-ever "Life is Art" 5K/1 Mile Run. The event is aimed at raising funds to support the school's art program, which allows all students in grades K-8 to come to art class once a month and try a mix of media, including colored pencils, markers,...
BREMEN, Ala. – Addison hit the road Friday night for a matchup with the Cold Springs Eagles and the Bulldogs plated six runs in the top half of the sixth to pull away from Cold Springs return home with a 10-6 win.
Addison 10 - Cold Springs 6 (Baseball)
Stone Talley got hit by the pitch with one out for Addison...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – The City of Good Hope on Wednesday, Feb. 8, broke ground on a Love’s Travel Stop off Interstate 65 and County Road 222 (Exit 305).On Friday, Feb. 23, Gov. Kay Ivey announced the City was awarded a $250,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to provide necessary infrastructure for the development.
“Cullman County continues to be a...
VINEMONT, Ala. – Vinemont returned home Thursday night to host Brewer and unfortunately for Eagle fans, the Patriots were in control from the start, jumping out to an early lead and pulling away to win it 11-0.
It didn't take long for Brewer to get on the scoreboard first as a leadoff walk and a stolen base turned into an RBI...
FAIRVIEW, Ala. – The Fairview Aggies hosted the Good Hope Raiders for their home opener Thursday night and on top of giving their field a new name, the Aggies collected an 11-0 win over the Raiders. Crimson Wright got the start for Fairview and tossed five scoreless innings to earn the win, allowing just four hits and striking out...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – Good Hope’s softball team gathered for a special occasion Wednesday night, cutting the ribbon on a brand-new indoor training facility, and plenty of people were in attendance to witness the event unfold.
Head coach Tim Tucker is really happy to see an indoor training facility for his team and talked about how this idea first came...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Cold Springs Lady Eagles were back in action at Bill Harris Arena Wednesday night, taking on Francis Marion in the Central Regional 2A Girls Finals. Cold Springs got it done from the free throw line and the three-point line to fend off the Lady Rams 70-60 and will make its return to the 2A Girls...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. -- The 2022-2023 season has come to an end for the Hanceville Lady Bulldogs and they competed and got better as the season went on. The future is definitely looking brighter for Hanceville and a freshman on this year’s team, Aaliyah Twitty, talked about her experience on varsity and what all she learned from playing with her...
UPDATE (6:32 a.m.) Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick has confirmed that a second person has died as a result of the fire.
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HOLLY POND, Ala. - An early morning house fire in the Holly Pond area has claimed the life of at least one individual, according to Jeremy Kilpatrick, Cullman County Coroner.
“I can confirm we do have one fatality,” Coroner...
CULLMAN, Ala. -- The Cullman Lady Bearcats got their season underway against Brewer Tuesday night and Emma Claire Wilson went the distance in her first start of the season to help secure a 5-1 win for the Lady Bearcats.
Wilson gave up a one-out double to start out the game, then quickly battled back to strike out the next two hitters...
BREMEN, Ala. -- Last season was another successful one for the Cold Springs' boys and girls track and field teams. Sophomore Conellie Philbeck talked about last season, what all she learned and what it’s been like to be part of a special team.
"I feel like last season was a successful one. I think we accomplished a lot. Our boys...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The top two teams in Class 4A clashed in a physical Northwest Regional Semifinals matchup Monday afternoon and it was another classic battle between Deshler and the Lady Raiders of Good Hope. The Lady Raiders trailed by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter but rallied to cut the deficit to three late in the...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Holly Pond Lady Broncos continued their postseason run at the Northwest Regional Tournament at Wallace State Monday morning but unfortunately for the home crowd, the Lady Broncos were unable to keep pace with No. 2 Mars Hill and they were eliminated with a 60-34 loss to the Lady Panthers.
Holly Pond Head Coach Mary Lauren Hartline...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – No. 10 Meek tipped off its Northwest Regional Semifinal matchup against Covenant Christian Saturday night and after taking a 28-17 lead in the first half, the top-ranked Eagles outscored the Tigers 21-8 in the second half to pull away and claim a 49-25 win and a spot in the Elite Eight.
The Eagles got off to a...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – After handling Hubbertville in the Sub-Regional, the Addison Lady Bulldogs made their way to Wallace State’s Tom Drake Coliseum Saturday night to face Covenant Christian in the Northwest Regional 1A Girls Semifinals. Unfortunately for the Addison crowd, the Lady Eagles took an early lead in the first quarter and never looked back. The Lady Bulldogs trailed...
WEST POINT, Ala. – The West Point Lady Warriors opened up their season at home Friday night and got the year started with a pair of wins. West Point handled Falkville 11-2 in its first game of the night and capped things off with an 18-3 victory over Hanceville.
West Point 11 - Falkville 2 (Game One)
Kara Jones got the...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Bearcats returned to Wallace State’s Tom Drake Coliseum Friday to face Buckhorn in this year’s Northwest Regional semifinal and the defending 6A State Champions had their hands full with the Bucks. The ‘Cats trailed 26-21 at the half and trimmed the lead to two at one point in the third but couldn’t keep pace with...
HOLLY POND, Ala. – The third-ranked Holly Pond Broncos faced off against the Tanner Rattlers in the Sub-Regional game. Four quarters and an overtime weren’t enough to decide this one, so it ended up going into double overtime and a late run by Tanner helped the Rattlers claim the lead and knock off Holly Pond 65-59.
Tanner got off to...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman returned home after winning the 6A, Area 14 Tournament at Hartselle last week and welcomed Clay-Chalkville into Bearcat Arena for Sub-Regional matchup. The ‘Cats took control early in the first half and pulled away as the second half went on to collect a 64-37 win over the Cougars and punch their ticket back to the...
ADDISON, Ala. – The Addison Lady Bulldogs hosted the Hubbertville Lady Lions in a sub-regional battle Monday night with a spot at the Northwest Regional on the line and Addison cruised to a 57-36 win. The Lady Bulldogs will now advance to play Covenant Christian at Wallace State’s Tom Drake Coliseum Thursday at either 3 p.m. or 6 p.m.
The...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – After winning an area tournament title last week, the Good Hope Lady Raiders returned home Monday night to host a Sub-Regional matchup against Cordova. Good Hope scored early and often in a dominant, 77-9 performance against the Lady Blue Devils, knocking down 11 three-pointers in the process.
The Lady Raiders came out firing the first quarter....
ARLEY, Ala. – Addison traveled to Meek to take on the Area 13 Regular season champs and to see if they could knock them off for the first time in four tries. Addison came up a bit short as the Tigers controlled the second half and won an excellent game 71-64. Meek, as winners of the Area tournament, will now...
HOLLY POND, Ala. – After toppling West End earlier this week, the Holly Pond Broncos were back on the court Friday night to play Decatur Heritage for this year’s 2A, Area 13 Championship. The Broncos trailed by as many as 13 at one point in the third quarter but they rallied as the second half went on and come...
ADDISON, Ala. -- The Addison Lady Bulldogs hosted the Sumiton Christian Lady Eagles for the championship of Area 13 Thursday night and Addison was able to overcome a scrappy Sumiton Christian team and finally come away with a 38-32 victory. Addison will advance to host Hubbertville while Sumiton Christian will travel to Marion County to play a very strong Lady Raider...
BREMEN, Ala. – The Cold Springs Lady Eagles looked to add yet another area championship to their trophy case Thursday night as they faced off against the Locust Fork Hornets in the Class 2A, Area 11 title game. The Lady Eagles got off to a strong start and Locust Fork made a couple of runs to get back in...
HARTSELLE, Ala. — After defeating Decatur in the opening round of 6A, Area 14 Tournament Monday night, the Bearcats returned to Hartselle High School Thursday night to face the Tigers in the area title game and it took all night for these two rivals to battle it out. It took four quarters and additional four overtimes for the Bearcats...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – A crowd of local elected officials and representatives from all over Cullman County gathered near the 305 exit on County Road 222 to celebrate a new business making its way into the community. The City of Good Hope and its council hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Love’s Travel Stop & Country Store and...
CULLMAN, Ala. – West Point made the short trip to St. Bernard for a pair of varsity matchups against the Saints and Lady Saints Tuesday night and both Warrior squads returned home with wins. The Lady Warriors edged St. Bernard 4-3 thanks in large part to three goals from Hope Lee and in the boys’ game, West Point collected...
ARLEY, Ala. – Addison traveled to Meek High School Tuesday night as the Tigers were the host for the Area 13 tournament. Second place Addison would play third place Shoals Christian in the first game while area champ Meek would host fourth place St. Bernard in the nightcap. Addison cruised to a comfortable and much easier than expected 62-34 win.
The Addison men...
WEST POINT, Ala. – The West Point Lady Warriors tipped off the Class 5A, Area 15 tournament against Russellville Tuesday night and after a close first half, West Point got things going in the second half. A big third quarter allowed the Lady Warriors create separation and they ended up knocking off the Lady Golden Tigers 61-45 to advance...
HOLLY POND, Ala. – The Holly Pond Broncos tipped off the 2A, Area 13 Tournament on their home court Tuesday night and after a slow start in the opening period against West End, the Broncos began to heat up in the second and rode that momentum to a 57-31 win over the Patriots. With the win, Holly Pond has...
ADDISON, Ala. – The Addison Lady Bulldogs hosted the state area 13 tournament, being they were the area champs. The first game saw the Saint Bernard Lady Saints put up a game effort but fall short to the Sumiton Christian Lady Eagles 40-33. Addison took care of business in routine fashion as they easily advanced 55-21, over a scrappy...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – The top-ranked Good Hope Lady Raiders hosted this year’s 4A, Area 13 Tournament and tipped off their postseason run with a matchup against East Lawrence. The Lady Raiders smothered East Lawrence on the defensive end of the floor on their way to a 57-12 win and one of the many highlights on the offensive end...
BREMEN, Ala. -- The Cold Springs Lady Eagles tipped off the 2A, Area 11 Tournament at home Monday night and punched their ticket to the area championship game with a 77-30 win over Cleveland. The Lady Eagles have secured a spot in next week’s sub-regional round. Cold Springs led by 13 at the half but outscored Cleveland 41-7 in...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- The Good Hope Raiders baseball team are preparing to hit the diamond once again and the only senior on this year's team, Russell Wooten, is looking forward to building on his experience from last year this spring.
"I felt that last season went well, and I learned a lot. Baseball is an amazing sport. I actually...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – It was Senior Night at Lane Horton Gymnasium and Hanceville’s Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs faced off against Cold Springs in their final regular season games. In the girls' game, the Lady Bulldogs erased a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to take the lead, but the Lady Eagles ended up pulling away late to barely get...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Brackets for next week’s area tournaments have been released and most of our local teams will tip off their postseason campaigns at home Monday night. On the girls’ side, the Good Hope Lady Raiders, the Addison Lady Bulldogs, the Cold Springs Lady Eagles and the West Point Lady Warriors earned top seeds for their area tournaments...
BREMEN, Ala. – It was Senior Night inside Jesse George Gymnasium at Cold Springs High School Tuesday night and the Eagles and Lady Eagles both celebrated with wins over West Point in their final home games of the regular season. A big second half from the Lady Eagles allowed them to get past the Lady Warriors 58-44 and in...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. –The Good Hope Raiders and Lady Raiders returned home to D.E. Ryan Gymnasium Tuesday night after competing in last week’s Cullman County Tournament and they celebrated senior night with a pair of matchups against Susan Moore. The Lady Raiders dropped to 28-1 after suffering their first loss of the season to the second-ranked 3A Lady Bulldogs...
FAIRVIEW, Ala. -- Monday night was Senior Night inside Joe Shults Gymnasium as Fairview took on Priceville and the Aggies ended up splitting their games with the Bulldogs. In the varsity girls' game, Fairview ended up fell Priceville 70-31 and in the boys’ game, the Aggies pulled away in the second half as they knocked off the Bulldogs 66-53.
Fairview 66...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – We capped off Championship Saturday at the Cullman County Tournament with the varsity boys’ finals and it was another good one between Good Hope and Hanceville. The regular season matchup between the Raiders and Bulldogs went down to the wire and their meeting in the county championship game was no different. It took more than four...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Good Hope and Cold Springs, both the top-ranked teams in their respective classifications, clashed in Saturday night’s first varsity championship game and the Lady Raiders left no doubt in a convincing, 65-29 win over the Lady Eagles. With the win, Good Hope captured its second consecutive Cullman County Tournament Championship.
Rudi Derrick put in a layup and...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Our second championship game from the Cullman County Tournament Saturday afternoon was another JV matchup and this one featured the West Point Warriors and the Aggies of Fairview. The Aggies led by 10 at halftime but the Warriors stormed back in the second half to tie the game late in the final frame. However, just before...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – We tipped off the first of our four county championship games at the Cullman County Tournament Saturday with the JV Girls title match between Holly Pond and Fairview and after toppling top-seeded Good Hope on Thursday, the Lady Broncos downed Fairview 38-29 to capture the county title.
The first period was a defensive one as both teams...
ADDISON, Ala. -- It was Senior Night at Addison on Friday, as they hosted the men and women's teams from Saint Bernard, and it turned out very well for the two home teams. St. Bernard's girls' team, populated by mainly underclassman, was handled 61-27 by the Lady Bulldogs. The men's game was even worse as the Saints only had...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Good Hope Raiders secured their place in Saturday’s county championship game with a win over Fairview Friday night and Holly Pond and Hanceville battled it out in our second game of the night to see who would be facing them. It took 16 lead changes to for them to settle things but after four tight...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Both spots in this year’s County Championship Game were up for grabs Friday night and the Good Hope Raiders claimed the first one after fending off Fairview in a back and forth, 70-64 thriller. With the win, the defending champs have earned a trip back to the county title game Saturday.
Good Hope got off to a...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Our nightcap at the Cullman County Tournament Thursday night was another varsity girls semifinal matchup. Cold Springs squared off against Fairview with a spot in the county title game on the line and after a slow start for both teams in the first half, the Lady Aggies rallied from a 10-point deficit at the start of...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Thursday night’s first varsity matchup at the Cullman County Tournament featured the top-seeded Good Hope Lady Raiders and the West Point Lady Warriors. West Point battled for four quarters but was overwhelmed by the Lady Raiders and Good Hope punched its ticket to Saturday’s county championship game with a 72-38 win.
Bailey Tetro knocked down a three...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Thursday night’s first Cullman County Tournament matchup was a JV Girls semifinal battle between the Lady Broncos of Holly Pond and the top-seeded Good Hope Lady Raiders. The Lady Broncos got off to a fast start and the Lady Raiders didn’t get their first points on the board until the four-minute mark of the second quarter....
CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. – Two stops at Cullman County senior centers on Tuesday gave a bird’s eye view of why our community is special – we care for each other. Whether it be at the Colony Senior Center, where First Federal Mortgage Branch Manager Misti Easter and her team called bingo games and provided prizes for the local elders,...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Our second Cullman County Tournament contest Wednesday night was another varsity matchup and this time it was the Holly Pond Broncos squaring off against the Vinemont Eagles. The first quarter featured seven lead changes, but Holly Pond began to take control midway through the second and continued pulling away in the second half to secure a...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The first matchup of our Wednesday night doubleheader was an opening round battle between the West Point Lady Warriors and the Vinemont Lady Eagles. Points were hard to come by in the first half, but the Lady Warriors were able to build a 10-point lead by halftime and maintained that advantage through most of the second...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Hanceville and Cold Springs clashed in Tuesday’s nightcap at the Cullman County Tournament and the Bulldogs led wire to wire on their way to an impressive, 67-28 win over the Eagles. With the win, Hanceville advances to the varsity boys’ semifinals Friday night where the Bulldogs will face either Vinemont or Holly Pond.
Hanceville started out strong...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Our first varsity battle at the Cullman County Tournament Tuesday night featured the Fairview Lady Aggies and the Lady Broncos of Holly Pond. After a tight first half, the Lady Aggies outscored Holly Pond 18-8 in the third quarter to begin pulling away and held off the Lady Broncos in the final eight minutes to wrap...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – We tipped off Tuesday night’s Cullman County Tournament action with a JV Boys semifinal matchup between West Point and Good Hope and it did not disappoint. After 15 lead changes and five ties over the course of four quarters, the Warriors got one more go-ahead basket from Brier Taylor with 20 seconds on the clock and...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The Fairview Aggies squared off against the West Point Warriors in Monday’s nightcap at the Cullman County Tournament and after battling it out for three tight quarters, the Aggies were able to take control of the momentum in the fourth and outscored the Warriors 21-7 in the final eight minutes to pull away and collect a...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Our first varsity matchup of this year’s Cullman County Basketball Tournament was a battle between the Cold Springs Lady Eagles and the Lady Bulldogs of Hanceville Monday night. The Lady Bulldogs took an early lead but the Lady Eagles, led by Ella Dickerson with 26 points, were able to pull away in the second half and...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – This year’s Cullman County Basketball Tournament resumed at Tom Drake Coliseum Monday night and we tipped things off with another JV Boys matchup. This time it was the top-seeded Fairview Aggies facing off against Vinemont. The Eagles advanced with a 54-51 win over Holly Pond Saturday but they couldn’t by the Aggies Monday night. Fairview led...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Deborah Stam recently announced the success of the Hope Food Pantry, located in Hanceville on Bangor Street behind the library and next to the Hanceville storm shelter. That success speaks to the great need for the food pantry in the community and the bigger issue of food insecurity that is felt locally, nationally and globally.
Four local...
CORDOVA, Ala. – Local archery squads were on the road competing this weekend and several of them returned home with some hardware. Vinemont Elementary, Vinemont Middle and Vinemont High School each won their respective team titles at the NASP Winter Warm Up in Cordova Saturday and in Guntersville Friday, East Elementary and Cullman Middle School captured wins at the...
CULLMAN, Ala. – Volunteer Donna Ruttkay of the Cullman County Animal Shelter shares this week’s Cullman Tribune Pet of the Week: Uriah.
Uriah, a 4-year-old German Shepherd, cannot wait to be lying in a heap at your feet, as he loves to be your best buddy hanging out by your side.
A sensitive boy who appreciates personal space and understands leash...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Saturday’s nightcap from the opening day of the Cullman County Basketball Tournament featured a battle between Good Hope and Hanceville’s JV Boys squads and like most of the games on day one, it came down to the final shot. Both teams traded leads throughout the game but in the end, it was the Raiders that were...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – The second of Saturday’s JV Girls matchups featured Fairview and Cold Springs and it was another nailbiter at Tom Drake Coliseum. The Lady Aggies led by 11 at the half but needed a pair of free throws from Peyton Defoor in the final 25 seconds of the game to edge out the Lady Eagles 41-38 and...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Cullman County Tournament action continued with a matchup between Holly Pond and Vinemont’s JV Boys Saturday afternoon and their battle came down to the wire. The Eagles led by as many as 19 at one point but had to withstand a big second half from the Broncos to squeak out a thrilling, 54-51 win and advance...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – This year’s Cullman County Basketball Tournament officially tipped off at Tom Drake Coliseum Saturday afternoon and we got things started with the opening round of the JV Girls Brackets. (4) Holly Pond faced off against (5) West Point and after taking an imposing, 23-1 lead in the first half, the Lady Broncos had to hold off...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – It was a battle of the Bulldogs on homecoming night at Lane Horton Gymnasium as Hanceville faced off against Ashville in their final area games of the season. Hanceville ended up splitting their games against Ashville. Hanceville's varsity girls held the lead after three quarters, but a huge push by Ashville in the final frame allowed...
GOOD HOPE, Ala. -- Thursday night was homecoming at Good Hope High School and the Raiders celebrated on the court with a pair of wins over the Fultondale Wildcats. The top-ranked Lady Raiders improved to 25-0 with a dominant, 91-26 performance against Fultondale and the fourth-ranked Raiders lit up the scoreboard in their own 89-71 win over Fultondale.
Good Hope 91...
CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman Bearcats were back home at Bearcat Arena to host a familiar opponent Thursday night but this time around, the results were a little different. After falling to Paul W. Bryant 48-46 earlier this season, the ‘Cats ramped up the pressure on the defensive end in the rematch and raced past the Stampede on their...
CULLMAN, Ala. -- Cullman City Schools is pleased to announce its elementary and secondary teachers of the year for 2023-2024.
This year’s honored educators are Cullman City Primary School first grade teacher Amanda Stidham, and seventh grade Cullman Middle School English teacher Katie McGee.
The two teachers will now be in consideration for the District 6 Teacher of the Year and...
BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. – Gordon "Country Boy Eddie" Burns’ passing on Friday, Jan. 13, at age 92 left many reminiscing about early mornings spent getting ready for school while he sang to us from the television set. Despite his celebrity, Burns remained down to earth, spending his years at home in Warrior.
As a young man, Burns served in the...
FAIRVIEW, Ala. – The Fairview Aggies hosted the West Blocton Tigers for a Wednesday night hoops matchup and after getting off to a strong start, the Aggies kept things rolling in the second half to pull away and collect a 79-57 win over the Tigers.
Antonio Gambrill hit Fairview's first basket of the game, then Kobe Payne drilled a three from the...
