Tag: Colony

Day 2 of Colony Day celebration brings the meat, heat and fellowship   COLONY, Ala. - Dozens of event tents and RVs lined the perimeter of...

COLONY, Ala. - Colony is hosting its famous Colony Day celebration for the third consecutive year. For lovers of spades, soul food, music and...

COLONY, Ala. - Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday announced she has awarded nearly $19.3 million to provide improvements in 49 Alabama towns, cities and...

COLONY, Ala. - Cullman County Hazmat and multiple fire departments responded to the Colony Exxon around 9:00 p.m. where a gas pump had caught...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Commission welcomed Colony Mayor Curtis Johnson to their meeting Tuesday evening to speak about the Colony Town Cemetery’s...

COLONY, Ala. - Colony Councilwoman and Parks and Recreation Committee chairperson Jasmine Cole announced at Tuesday’s council meeting that, following a successful Fourth of...

COLONY, Ala. - Earlier this year, Colony Cemetery achieved a listing on the Alabama Historical Commission’s Historic Cemetery Register, and a group of local...

COLONY, Ala. – On Monday, Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Transportation announced that County Road 4 and County Road 6 in...

COLONY, Ala. - The Colony Town Council’s Parks and Recreation committee chairperson Jasmine Cole on Tuesday evening unveiled plans for multiple community events planned...

 COLONY, Ala. - Colony Councilwoman Jasmine Cole, the youngest member of the council and in her first term, drew praise from members and attending...

COLONY, Ala. - The town of Colony on Saturday, Feb. 27 concluded Black History Month with a celebration at its educational complex, inviting members...

COLONY, Ala. - The Town of Colony on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 at noon will host a COVID-19 community awareness training event at the...

COLONY, Ala. - Chris Warnick, founder of Carpenter’s Cabinet food pantry ministry, visited the Colony Town Council meeting Tuesday evening with Karla Albertus of...

COLONY, Ala. - Colony Town Councilman Curtis Johnson on Tuesday afternoon announced his candidacy for mayor of Colony, challenging incumbent Donnis Leeth for the...

COLONY, Ala. - Colony’s mayor and town council, the county’s only currently-serving black elected officials, have a distinct perspective on recent events surrounding the...

COLONY, Ala. - Melvin Hammond, Colony town councilman and U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran, was presented a Quilt of Valor during a ceremony Thursday morning...

COLONY, Ala. - On Saturday afternoon, Colony Town Council members held their first planning meeting for what could be the town’s largest community celebration...

COLONY, Ala. - Dollar General quietly opened the doors of its newest Cullman County location Thursday morning, along Alabama Highway 91 just across Interstate...

COLONY, Ala. - The seniors of Colony brought class, style and sass to their second annual Sassy Seniors at 60 Plus Fashion Show Saturday...

COLONY, Ala. - This Saturday evening, Aug. 24, the town of Colony will be celebrating its seniors and helping them out a little with...

COLONY, Ala. – After a special called meeting last Friday, on Monday the Town Council of Colony delivered to North Central Alabama...

COLONY, Ala.  - More than once Colony Mayor Donnis Leeth has strapped a long harvesting sack over his shoulder to show kids how to...

COLONY, Ala. - On Friday morning, members of the Birmingham African American Genealogy Group (BAAGG) visited Wallace State Community College in Hanceville.  There they...

COLONY, Ala. - Councilwoman Ethel Alexander at Tuesday’s Colony Town Council meeting reported that the town will be visited this Friday by members of...

COLONY, Ala. - The Town of Colony held a special Alabama Bicentennial celebration Saturday, unveiling five murals depicting the community’s history, churches and people....

Colony Mayor Donnis Leeth displays the award naming the town of Colony a 2019 Healthcare Champion in the Morehouse School of Medicine Healthy Communities...

COLONY, Ala. – On most mornings, Ophelia Fields, 86, can be found at the Colony Senior Center playing dominoes with her many dear friends....

Former Colony Mayor Earlene Johnson shared the story of Sojourner Truth and talked about why she is a member of the Democratic Party Saturday...

Colony’s week-long Summer Enrichment Program begins on June 3 at the Tom Bevill Library at the Colony Educational Complex. (Tribune file photo) COLONY - The...

Colony’s Carpenter’s Cabinet held its official grand opening last month, then took time to train volunteers before beginning food distribution last week. (Tribune file...

A crew installed the shelter behind Colony Town Hall Thursday morning. (Photo courtesy Patricia Ponder/Colony Town Hall) COLONY - On Thursday morning, Colony’s town government...

Carpenter’s Cabinet President Chris Warnick  and Colony Mayor Donnis Leeth, center, cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the town’s community food...

Colony’s Educational Complex will house the Carpenter’s Cabinet food pantry and will host volunteer training this Saturday. (Tribune file photo) COLONY - On Sunday, the...

Kids in Colony’s summer enrichment program met Smokey Bear on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Patricia Ponder/Colony Town Hall) COLONY - On Wednesday, kids enrolled in Colony’s...

Kids tend a raised garden bed at Colony’s Educational Complex. (Photo courtesy Town of Colony) COLONY - After success in 2017, the Town of Colony...

Colony Councilwoman Ethel Alexander helped plan and put on Colony’s celebration. / W.C. Mann COLONY - On Sunday afternoon, the town of Colony kicked off...

Roger Lawrence McKinnon, left and Rufus Jerome Parker, right / Cullman County Sheriff’s Office COLONY - Two Colony men were arrested on Thursday for elder...

COLONY - On Saturday, Jan. 13, representatives from the Good Samaritan Health Clinic will be at Colony Town Hall from 10 a.m. until noon...

Colony Mayor Donnis Leeth, right, with Colony Councilwoman Ethel Alexander, in July / W.C. Mann COLONY - The town government of Colony has faced some...

The Reverend Kiki Terry and members of the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church are pictured with their Alabama 200 Bicentennial sign. / Photo courtesy...

Colony area veterans gather outside the Colony Educational Complex on Saturday, Nov. 11 to celebrate Veterans Day. / Town of Colony COLONY - On Veterans...

Ms. Barbara Ward will be one of the models for the show/ Ethel Alexander COLONY - The Town of Colony is hosting a fashion show...

Kim Searcy addresses the Colony Town Council COLONY - Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama (GSNCA) is looking for a few good girls...around Colony.  The...

Event Mistress of Ceremonies, Ms. Ethel Alexander COLONY - Citizens of Colony and others gathered in the town’s Educational Complex Friday night, packing its auditorium...

COLONY - On Thursday, March 2, the Town of Colony will host a storm spotter class presented by the Huntsville office of the National...

Colony Town Council members are (front) Julian Fields, (center) Jamelle Dimbo, (back, l-r) Mayor Donnis Leeth, Tam Malcolm, Myra Twitty and Curtis Johnson. COLONY -...

Photo taken Dec. 13: Colony Town Council members are (front) Julian Fields, (center) Jamelle Dimbo, (back, l-r) Mayor Donnis Leeth, Tam Malcolm, Myra Twitty...

The newly upgraded game room in the Colony Educational Complex, seen in this photo from August, will be open for area children over the...

COLONY - Multiple volunteer fire departments are on the scene of a wildfire near the town of Colony near Interstate 65 and Highway 91....

Photo from July 2016 COLONY – The Colony Town Council held a regular council meeting this week.           Mayor Vernon Fields was not in attendance. The council...

COLONY - The Town of Colony will see plenty of changes in its local government this month, but there will be no election.           There are...

COLONY – On Friday afternoon at the Educational Complex in Colony, Gaylon Ponder, owner and president of Words+, gave a presentation on his company...

I’d like for everyone to know about this camp, about the educational complex here in Colony. Since there is no longer a school here...

COLONY – The Colony Town Council held a regularly scheduled meeting tonight, with council members Dorothy Graves, Alex Twitty, Jamelle Dimbo and Mayor Vernon...