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CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 26. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   GJ = grand jury; FTA = failure to...

"Keeping it Real" class at Holly Pond High School / Cullman Economic Development Agency CULLMAN - Around Cullman, recent business growth and the increasing number...

Members of the Cullman County Commission at Tuesday's meeting, where Stony Lonesome OHV Park was the main topic of discussion / Nick Griffin CULLMAN -...

The Good Hope City Council passed a resolution Monday night to allow Mayor Jerry Bartlett, right, to enter into an agreement with AGCOR Steel....

Cullman City Council President and 2018 Alabama Senate candidate Garlan Gudger, left, took part in a meeting on Monday with Hanceville business leaders, Hanceville...

Hannah Bates was killed in an OHV wreck at Stony Lonesome OHV Park in Bremen on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 / Photo courtesy of...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 23-25. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   GJ = grand jury; FTA = failure to...

Curt’s Closet was packed with visitors during its open house Sunday afternoon. It will open to the public on Thursday, March 1. / W.C....

United Way of Cullman County Executive Director Sammie Danford, Publix Manager Eric McCord and United Way of Cullman County Assistant Director Becky Goff /...

Kelsey Marie Treadaway, daughter of Alabama Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris and head volleyball coach at Mortimer Jordan High School, was killed early Sunday morning....

LATEST: http://www.cullmantribune.com/articles/2018/02/25/update-mortimer-jordan-volleyball-coach-killed-i-65-crash-cullman-county CULLMAN COUNTY - A two-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 in Cullman County claimed the life of a Kimberly woman early Sunday morning. The...

Hannah Bates / Courtesy Facebook BREMEN - A Cullman woman was killed in an incident at Stony Lonesome OHV Park early Saturday evening. Cullman County...

Josh Campbell, Coach Mike Cupp and Charles Jennings sit in the dugout at Saturday’s Vinemont Baseball alumni game. / Nick Griffin VINEMONT - Vinemont High...

On Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs, along with area students, members of the city’s tree commission and the Alabama Forestry Commission,...

Mark Scott, Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Resource Development for Training Director, said the company finds it vital to place its footprint in Alabama. HANCEVILLE -  Wallace State’s...

LATEST: http://www.cullmantribune.com/articles/2018/02/25/update-cullman-woman-killed-wreck-stony-lonesome-ohv-park Updated 2-24-18 10:09 p.m. BREMEN - One person has been killed in an incident at Stony Lonesome OHV Park, confirmed Cullman County Coroner Jeremy...

HANCEVILLE - The Wallace State Community College Fine and Performing Arts program will host its first audition workshop for all students who are interested...

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, left, and Cullman County Schools Superintendent Shane Barnette, right, speak to reporters at a Friday morning press conference. /...

Front row, (left to right): Father Linus Kluscarits, Riley Holmes, Piper Watson, Elizabeth Hazard, Chloe Lambert, Natalie Garcia, Allison Stidham, Nicholas Ruse and Cole...

Gary Wayne Goodwin / Cullman Police Department CULLMAN - A Cullman man was arrested this week, charged with selling methamphetamine. According to the Cullman Police Department,...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 22. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   GJ = grand jury; FTA = failure to...

CULLMAN - The Jones Chapel man who allegedly shot and killed his son on Christmas Even has been indicted for manslaughter. Donald Wayne Trammell,...

Emily Nicole Wilson, left, was arrested Thursday night and charged with making a terrorist threat. On the right is the text message she allegedly...

VINEMONT - A Vinemont High School senior has been arrested in connection with a threat that she allegedly texted to students late Wednesday night....

Suspect Seth Burney was captured after a foot chase by Hanceville Police Officer Nathan Trimble. / Hanceville Police Department HANCEVILLE - During a fairly uneventful...

Cullman High School Assistant Principal Jake Johnson, right, introduces Will Tidwell, left, who will be a special education teacher and assistant football coach at...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 21. All persons are innocent until proven guilty. Cullman County Sheriff’s Office GJ = grand jury Aaron, Amos...

Image shows online threat made to Good Hope High School Wednesday night. / Courtesy of Cullman County Schools CULLMAN - The source of an anonymous...

CULLMAN - Cullman County Animal Shelter’s Donna Ruttkay introduces us to our Pet of the Week: “Task is a female Weimaraner/Lab mix who is approximately...

Signing a letter of intent to enroll in the Agricultural Production/Horticulture Department and with instructor Anthony Hilliard was Andrea Shockley. HANCEVILLE – Noah Henderson can’t...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 20. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Bennett, Jenna Brooke, 29 probation denied-...

The Cullman Electric Cooperative will host a free screening of the IMAX movie “Dream Big: Engineering Our World” on Thursday evening. / Dream Big CULLMAN...

Korean War veteran/POW Norman Hale addressed the opening session of the Cullman County Sheriff's Office Citizens' Academy Tuesday evening. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - The...

The Wallace State Community College Quiz Bowl team earned a spot in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ Community College Championship in Chicago, Ill., March...

13-year-old Tripp Taylor speaks at Daystar Church. / Courtesy of Taylor family GOOD HOPE - When Robert Taylor lost his sister Ashley Taylor to a...

Tina Marie Turney / Cullman County Sheriff’s Office TRIMBLE - A Trimble woman was arrested Friday, charged with second-degree elder abuse and neglect, third-degree domestic...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 16-19. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Adkins, Jamie Rae, 33 failure to...

MONTGOMERY - Alabama is observing its seventh annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday this weekend. It will run from Friday, Feb. 23 through Sunday,...

The West Point Town council met Monday, Feb. 19. / W.C. Mann WEST POINT - After confusion over the wording of an online report about...

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, standing, addresses members of the Hanceville Police Department, Cullman County Sheriff's Office, Hanceville Fire and Rescue and others, including...

For $10, guests received hot, homemade chili, a grilled cheese sandwich and a drink. Guests also got to take home an original handmade bowl....

Guests get to take home an original, handmade bowl. / Tribune file photo CULLMAN - It’s time again for one of the most popular annual...

CULLMAN - Ready your sweet tooth: Big Spoon Creamery is coming to Mae's Food Hall. Mae's made the announcement on its Facebook page early...

Lindley, Guy and Colton, three of Saturday's Toddler Olympics winners / Nick Griffin CULLMAN - The 2018 Winter Olympics are happening now in Pyeongchang, South...

MONTGOMERY - the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) encourages all Alabamians to join in this year’s observance of Arbor Week, which runs from Monday, Feb.19...

The Cullman Lions Club will host its annual Fish and Ham dinner on Saturday, March 3 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. in the Cullman Middle...

Alabama State Trooper G.W. Parker was honored Friday with a resolution from the Alabama House of Representatives, commending him for saving Cullman resident Donny...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 15. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Chapman, Colby Michael, 20 second-degree rape Copeland,...

Wallace State’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has welcomed one of its largest groups this semester. / WSCC HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Phi Theta Kappa...

Updated 2-16-18 9:30 a.m. FAIRVIEW - Fairview High School is currently on a "soft lockdown" following online threats according to Ed Roberson, chief financial officer...

CULLMAN COUNTY - One person died following a single-vehicle wreck on County Road 437 Thursday night. Cullman County Coroner Jeremy L. Kilpatrick said that...

Students from CATA's heating and air conditioning program were on hand to speak to visitors at Thursday night's Open House. / Nick Griffin CULLMAN -...

See updated story here: http://www.cullmantribune.com/articles/2018/02/16/1-dead-after-wreck-cr-437-and-smith-lake Updated 2-15-18 9:30 p.m. CULLMAN COUNTY - Multiple emergency personnel responded Thursday night when a car ended up in Smith Lake...

Cullman Police Chief Kenny Culpepper, right, received a custom-made 40-year pin, presented by Councilman and Public Safety Committee Chairman Andy Page, and a standing...

Crews were onsite on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 taking down the signs from the Bojangles’ building on Cherokee Avenue. The restaurant closed unexpectedly late...

Pictured are the contestants for the 2018 Holly Pond Fair Queen Representative Pageant. Seated: Kirsten Campbell, Leah Tarvin and Molly Gambrill; standing: Abrey Norman...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 14. All persons are innocent until proven guilty. Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Barnett, Santanna Marie, 27 failure to...

Ben Harrison / Photo courtesy of the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce, www.cullmanchamber.org VINEMONT - Cullman Regional Airport General Manger Ben Harrison has been selected...

CULLMAN COUNTY - Cullman County Schools Superintendent Shane Barnette reported on Wednesday that attendance numbers are up system-wide for both students and staff after...

Cullman native Anthony Blackmon is challenging incumbent US Rep. Robert Aderholt for his seat in the US House of Representatives. / Photo Courtesy Anthony...

United States Air Force Airman Jordan Lowery graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive,...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 13. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Bartlett, Michael Shawn, 40 third-degree domestic...

Gubernatorial candidate Scott Dawson stopped at Johnny’s Bar-B-Q for lunch on Tuesday. / Nick Griffin CULLMAN - Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Dawson made several stops...

William Sturgeon, Jr., left, and Jennifer Guthery, right / Cullman Police Department CULLMAN -  Cullman Police this week arrested two people on drug distribution charges....

When the community center reopened after the vote count, Patrick Bates, who has led the two-year effort to incorporate Berlin, spoke briefly to reporters....

Left to right: Andrew Sweeney, Ben Swalley, Eva Barck and Irena Biedenstein CULLMAN - Fat Tuesday was in full swing at Saint Bernard Prep School...

BERLIN - Two years of planning came to fruition today, with the residents of Berlin voting to incorporate their community to become the town...

Council President Pro Tem Jenny Folsom, Councilman Clint Hollingsworth and Mayor Woody Jacobs at Monday night's Cullman City Council meeting / W.C. Mann CULLMAN -...

CULLMAN - The Cullman County Commission on Tuesday morning authorized County Attorney Chad Floyd to dismiss two parties from the County’s pending litigation against...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 12. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Coots, Tyler Steve, 23 third-degree domestic...

Southern Accents owner and Cullman City Council President Garlan Gudger, Jr. is challenging incumbent Alabama Sen. Paul Bussman, R- Cullman for the Alabama District...

Members of Cullman Fire Rescue were among those honored at Monday night’s Cullman City Council meeting. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - At its regular meeting...

Left to right: Christopher Allen Haynes, Chad Thomas Wallace, Gregory Wade Wallace and Galon Wesley Parker / Cullman Police Department CULLMAN - The Cullman Police...

CULLMAN - The Cullman County Animal Shelter’s Donna Ruttkay introduces us to this week’s Pet of the Week, Lewis. He’s a mixed-breed dog whom Ruttkay...

Good Hope High School Principal John Hood, in white, accepts $14,000 for his school from Good Hope Mayor Jerry Bartlett. / Nick Griffin GOOD HOPE...

Pictured from left to right, Gary Mitchell, representing the estate of Vervil Lovene Mitchell; Nell Dunlap, chair of Hospice of Cullman County Inc. Board;...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 9-11. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Bailey, Jon Austin Hilton, 34 failure...

Candidate for Alabama attorney general, Chess Bedsole, headlined the latest meeting of the Cullman County Republican Party. / Nick Griffin CULLMAN - The Cullman County...

Samantha Galloway of Fyffe, second from left, was crowned 2018 Miss Wallace State by the most recent title holder, Jordan Johnson, left, during the...

Patrick Bates talks to a visitor about the advantages of an incorporated Berlin. Berlin residents head to the polls on Tuesday. / W.C. Mann BERLIN...

L-R: Colony Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Johnson, Mayor Donnis Leeth and new council members Mary Parker and Samuel Ashford.  / Photo courtesy...

Cullman Regional’s Cullman EMS hosted its third annual Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, Feb. 10. / Nick Griffin CULLMAN - Cullman Regional’s Cullman EMS hosted its...

Kathy Wilson displays tattoos commonly used to “brand” victims of trafficking. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - This week, employees of Cullman’s Hampton Inn met at...

A guest and his date arrive at the Night to Shine Prom Friday night at Fairview: the Grace Place. / W.C. Mann FALKVILLE - On...

Gov. Kay Ivey and Topre America President Hideo Shimizu cut the ribbon on Topre’s new building, and celebrated the company’s newly-announced $80 million expansion...

From left are Federation President Jimmy Parnell, Cullman County’s Jeremy Calvert and Federation Horticulture Division Director Mac Higginbotham. MONTGOMERY - More than 600 farmers representing...

Southern Accents Architectural Antiques owner and Cullman City Council President Garlan Gudger, left, is challenging incumbent Alabama Sen. Paul Bussman in the upcoming primary...

CULLMAN - Here are four fun events coming up tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 10. Cullman EMS 3rd Annual 911 Chili Cook-Off Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Cullman Regional’s Cullman...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 8. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Bailey, Jon Austin Hilton, 34 failure...

The Holly Pond Lions Club is hosting its second annual Beans & Greens Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 10. The event will take place in the...

Dale Greer, director of the Cullman Economic Development Agency, asked County Economic Development Director Cherrie Haney to join him as he talked about their...

HANCEVILLE - The Hanceville City Council met Thursday night, and the planned closing of the city pool was discussed in greater detail. Hanceville Parks...

Berlin residents at one of the first meetings held about the possibility of incorporation, back in April 2016. / Tribune file photo BERLIN -  In...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Feb. 7. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Brown, Cody Weston, 26 probation violation-...

Left to right: Angel Johnson, Matthew Childers, John Goings and Brandon Laney / Cullman Police Department CULLMAN -  The Cullman Police Department (CPD) reported multiple...

HANCEVILLE - The orchestra, choir and jazz ensemble from the Alabama School of Fine Arts will be in concert tonight, Thursday, Feb. 8, in...

FLORENCE - Seven Cullman-area students received degrees from the University of North Alabama recently. Holly Lynn Hutto, B.A., cum laude Samuel Avery Dotson, B.S. Kimberly Townson Hall,...

TUSCALOOSA - Twenty-four Cullman-area students received degrees from The University of Alabama during its winter commencement on Dec. 16. Those students were: Grace Louise Alexander, of...

Signing letters of intent with the Machine Tool Technology last February were Austin Dibble, Bailey White, Baylon Lesley, Cameron Flippo, Christopher Widner, Colton Terry,...

Andres Forero, M.D., head of the UAB breast cancer research program, left, Carol Myers, president of the BCRFA Board of Directors, and Michael Birrer, M.D.,...