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The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature, “The 67-County Alabama...

SIMCOE, Ala. - Sunflowers, also known as the “happy” flowers, have a knack for sparking joy and creating smiles. That is what the Haynes...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

CULLMAN, Ala. – The North Alabama Agriplex’s Farm Kids Club cooked up a special treat Saturday morning, preparing a meal for themselves and their...

CULLMAN, Ala. - It’s September, and that means Cullman Parks, Recreation and Sports Tourism has kicked off its annual free Concerts in the Park...

All programs take place the North Alabama Agriplex, 1714 Talley Ho Street, Cullman, AL 35056, 256-297-1044, unless otherwise noted. Unless otherwise noted, to register...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Seniors from around Cullman County came out Thursday morning to the Donald E. Green Senior Center for the 2019 Retiree and...

CULLMAN, Ala.- After many years in Paris, France, Vincent and Brooke Desnoës decided the time had come for a move to her hometown of...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

CULLMAN, Ala. - After a year in the jungles of Burma, World War II was coming to an end and it was time for...

SIMCOE, Ala. - Keith Crumbley has busy hands. He is one of those people who has to be fixing, building, cleaning, doing something all...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

CULLMAN, Ala. - After graduating from Fairview High School in 1943, John Tillman, 94, soon received his draft letter. He was trained as a...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Seniors from across the county come to Cullman’s Donald E. Green Senior Center to participate in fun activities and enjoy a...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

CULLMAN, Ala. – With kids across the county heading back to school Wednesday, many adults recall their first days of school and the many...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South....

‘You can thank me by being a good American’   Christy Perry     CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman resident Gerry Howard is a Vietnam veteran who served with Alpha...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Ten of the loveliest ladies in Cullman County competed lasts week at Westminster Assisted Living for the title of Lady Liberty 2019. This...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

Jefferson County "Happy Together,” a pop hit of the late 1960s, which is when I first got to know Jefferson County, Alabama, is how I...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman area seniors gathered at the Donald E. Green Senior Center gym Tuesday evening for Jammin’ in the Gym. It was...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The 2019 Strawberry Festival Pageant took place this past week. Below are all the winners. Queens Infant Shortcake Queen Charley Smith; Parents Jacob...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

Left to right are Christy Perry, Inez Ruehl, Luiceille Cargo, Mary Ellen Jones, Deannie Geiger and Sarah Mann (seated). (Seth Miller for The Cullman...

Holly Pond High School Fair Queen Representative August Floyd (Photos courtesy of Sullivan Photography) Junior Miss Bronco Winners in the Junior Miss Bronco Pageant were:  2nd...

Left to right: Bryan Benefield, April Benefield and Preston Prewett were winners in the quarterly home brew competition.  First-place winner Jeff Taylor couldn’t attend...

Valerie Cagle, Jeanie McCombs, Becky Hudson and Helen Cary (Christy Perry for The Cullman Tribune) The Golden Dixie Chicks got together recently to welcome a...

Inez Ruehl will turn 100 on March 27, 2019. (Christy Perry for The Cullman Tribune) Inez Eidson Ruehl will be celebrating her 100th birthday on...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide...

Siblings Marcia Tillman, “High Pockets” Drummond and Janet Jean enjoy a laugh Thursday at the Cullman Bowling Center. (Christy Perry for The Cullman Tribune) CULLMAN,...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field...

Models hit the runway at Southern Accents Architectural Antiques in Cullman Saturday night for the Build-A-Bride by Heidi Elnora Runway Show. (Christy Perry for...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide...

Ruth's family, coming from Georgia, 1904 (Contributed) See part one here. In 1938, when Ruth Harris married Hanley Duke, the Great Depression was coming to an...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide...

Tom Cawley and Linda Cullen (Christy Perry for The Cullman Tribune) Updated 2-15-19 at 7:16 a.m. BAILEYTON - The votes have been counted and Tom Cawley...

Wilda and Tommy Kohlenberg were honored Saturday night for being the “longest-married” couple in attendance at the Senior Outreach Organization. The Kohlenbergs have been...

The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide...

Ruth Duke recently celebrated her 101st birthday. (Contributed) Ruth Harris Duke recently celebrated her 101st birthday with family and friends. She was born in Welti...

Roy Clark (Tommy Kohlenberg) and Bonnie Cleghorn (Ramona Jones) perform “Send the Light” Monday at the Donald E. Green Senior Center as part of...

The Alabama honeysuckle border (top left) was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with...

John Frutiger shows off his ice pick he saved from the summer of 1962 when he worked at the Cullman Ice Factory. (Christy Perry...

Quilt block (left): The Alabama honeysuckle border was inspired by an 18th century, Southern applique quilt. This caption will stay the same each week....

Joan Corriher and Candy Wachter from Cullman TOPS (contributed) CULLMAN - The Cullman chapter of Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) is celebrating 50 years of being...

Gene Sumner and his chiweenie, Abby (contributed) Baileyton Town Council member Gene Sumner recently celebrated his 90th birthday. He sat down with The Tribune to...

The Cullman Tribune is celebrating the Alabama Bicentennial (1819-2019) with statewide field reporting by Alabama Master Gardener/Botanical Artist Ben Johnson South. This year-long feature,...

Luiceille Cargo (Christy Perry for The Cullman Tribune) Luiceille Cargo grew up on Sky Ball Mountain and went to Hayden School. She loved her 14...

Tony Willingham, of Tony’s School of Music, poses for a photo on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. This year marks 50 years of teaching for...

Crowds filled Depot Park during 2017’s Strawberry Festival.  (Cullman Tribune file photo) I asked the Tribune TASTEMAKERS for suggestions on “must-do” things in Cullman to...

Talmadge and Virginia Drake (contributed) Find parts one, two and three at www.cullmantribune.com/keyword/cloyce-talmadge-drake Cloyce Talmadge Drake and the other members of the 35th Infantry had fought...

New Year’s Day is here, and people from all over the world are celebrating its arrival by doing some pretty strange things. While people...

2018 Tribune Tastemakers: top row, left to right: Jock Leonard, Christine Chamblee Nishimura, Jenna Nelson Culpepper and Will Justice Drake; middle row, left to...

A prayer card given to Cloyce Talmadge Drake by Gen. George S. Patton; Drake at the Brandin’ Iron Thanksgiving lunch with Josh Speakman; Drake’s...

CULLMAN - Peinhardt Farm’s heritage and traditional skills group, Peinhardt Homesteaders, will start the new year on a new day.  From Sunday afternoons, the...

Cloyce Talmadge Drake in Belgium (contributed) Read part one at https://bit.ly/2LqcHl8 or in the Saturday, Dec. 15 print issue of The Cullman Tribune. Company I, 320th...

2018 Tribune Tastemakers (contributed) In his creative weekly series, “10 Things from a Tribune Tastemaker,” local author, artist and all-around entertaining and eccentric (not to...

Cullman County’s Cloyce Talmadge Drake; the Indian motorcycle Drake drove to Ft. Rucker (contributed) It was Jan. 7, 1943 when 19-year-old Cloyce Talmadge Drake was...

Pat Sharpton, 2019 president of the Cullman County Master Gardeners, encourages everyone to consider joining the program.  (contributed) In this creative weekly series, local author,...

Kathryn Callaway Jones (contributed) In this creative weekly series, local author, artist and all-around entertaining and eccentric (not to mention classy!) Southern gentleman Ben Johnson...

For 43 years, Don and Lynelle Wilbanks have created a beautiful Christmas light display as a gift for the community. The display features a...

Laci Dellaccio Schuman;  Laci Dellaccio Schuman in her store, Southern Eats - Meals to Go (contributed) In this creative weekly series, local author, artist and...

Cindy Phillips; Phillips does a handstand on a polished stone surface at the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament at Our Lady of the Angels...

Auggie, at Book & Barrel Outfitters, is the Warehouse District’s official cat herder. CULLMAN - You may have a noticed a wonderful trend happening throughout...

Adrian Scott; a graphic design created by Adrian Scott (contributed) In this creative weekly series, local author, artist and all-around entertaining and eccentric (not to...

Lew and Hilda Paden; Lew Paden during his military service (contributed by family) World War II veteran Lew Paden recently celebrated his 105th birthday. He...

On Jan. 22, 2017, an EF3 tornado ripped through Albany, Georgia toppling a large tree onto attorney Jimmie Davis’ home. Davis had a tough...

Maria Richter Shultz (contributed) In this creative weekly series, local author, artist and all-around entertaining and eccentric (not to mention classy!) Southern gentleman Ben Johnson...

This butterfly photo by Cullman County Master Gardener Ellen Hall was selected for the popular, national magazine, Birds and Blooms, for publication in September...

Left: Jarrod Smitherman in his woodworking shop (contributed); right: Smitherman's turned wood artistry on razor and shaving brush (contributed) In this creative weekly series, local...

Dr. Alan Brown, member of the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau for the Alabama Humanities Foundation, presented “Ghost Stories from Alabama College Campuses” at the...

Left: Concetta Lovoy Kreps, at the Cullman County Museum, holds a "crazy quilt" coverlet owned by the J.P. Young family in 1866 in the...

When The Tribune stopped by to wish her a happy birthday Tuesday, Wynell was proudly wearing a hot pink T-shirt that read “Look Who’s...

Poet Will Justice Drake (Photo by Mayce Hodges) In this creative new weekly series, local author, artist and all-around entertaining and eccentric (not to mention...

2018 Alabama Gourd Show: October 19 & 20, 2018 (Friday and Saturday) Theme: “Gourds Under The Sea” Location: Cullman Civic Center, 510 Fifth Ave. SW, Cullman,...

Clockwise from left: Jenna Nelson Culpepper and her husband, Will Culpepper (courtesy photo); Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (Howell Conant/Paramount); Neil deGrasse Tyson...

Mrs. Wynell Ray Lee (Christy Perry for The Cullman Tribune) On Oct. 24, Mrs. Wynell Ray Lee will celebrate her 100th birthday! She still lives...

Daniel White, of Battleground, poses with "Don," his 288-lb., state-record-setting watermelon.  (Photo courtesy of Daniel White) Battleground resident Daniel White’s melons are breaking records- again....