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Amy Smith, Cullman County DHR director, said, “It is our position at Cullman County DHR that NO child should be deemed unadoptable, and that...

West Elementary second-grader Emma Potter, with her family, after winning tickets to this year’s Iron Bowl / Nick Griffin CULLMAN - A second-grade Auburn fan...

Stan and Suzanne Wood receive the Farm Family of the Year award. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - At its annual banquet Thursday evening, the Cullman...

MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey’s office Friday morning released the state’s latest unemployment numbers. According to the Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL), Alabama’s preliminary,...

CULLMAN - The holiday season is ramping up, and that means more weekend events around town. Find full event listings at www.CullmanTribune.com/Calendar. Below are...

Members of the Cullman High School FCCLA with sponsor Carin Rains, left and Cullman City Schools Superintendent Dr. Susan Patterson, right / Nick Griffin CULLMAN...

Mayor Woody Jacobs and City Building Director Rick Fulmer chat with architect Frank Fagg and Rumors owner Annette Harris before the planning commission meeting....

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 15. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Bartlett, Robin, 53 second-degree unlawful possession...

Producer/Director Susanne Goldstein, left, facing camera, discusses details with Line Producer Rachel Trobman, as Team LC member Kacey Hall, right, looks on. / Loretta...

Pictured L-R: Champ Crocker, Cullman Regional Foundation president, Sarah Hicks and Dr. Bill Peinhardt / Courtesy of Cullman Regional Foundation CULLMAN - The Cullman Regional...

Guests are welcomed to the inaugural Frances and Doug Reese Memorial Community Thanksgiving Meal Wednesday evening at Hopewell Baptist Church in Hanceville. / Nick...

MONTGOMERY – Wednesday night, the Judge Roy Moore Campaign for U.S. Senate released the statements of 12 women who it claims are coming forward...

Chief Deputy Brett Holmes, left, speaks to an attendee after Tuesday night's Cullman County Sheriff's Office church safety class at Temple Baptist Church. /...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 14. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Caldwell, Elizabeth Cay, 53 possession of...

CULLMAN - In honor of Diabetes Awareness Month, Cullman Regional is hosting a “Straight Talk About Your Diabetes” seminar on Thursday, Nov. 16. With...

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

HANCEVILLE -  Hopewell Baptist Church, as part of its 175th anniversary celebration, is hosting the inaugural Frances & Doug Reese Memorial Community Thanksgiving Meal...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 13. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Black, April Dawn, 46 fourth-degree theft...

Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs and project volunteers prepare to cut the ribbon. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - On Monday morning, representatives of three area churches,...

CULLMAN - At its regular meeting Monday evening, the Cullman City Council continued its recent trend of multiple property annexations.  After annexing more than...

Mourners participate in a candlelight vigil held for the victims of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Sunday, Nov....

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

Roy Moore addresses the media Monday evening. Photo credit: ABC 33/40 CULLMAN - A fifth accuser came forward on Monday, alleging that Judge Roy Moore,...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 9-12. All persons are innocent until proven guilty. Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Alexander, Joshua Wayne, 36 failure to...

CULLMAN COUNTY - Cullman County residents are invited to join Sheriff Matt Gentry and deputies from the Cullman County Sheriff's Office for coffee over...

The home where the incident occurred, seen here Monday morning, Nov. 13, 2017,  is located in the Carrol Acres subdivision on the southeast side...

Story updated 11-13-17 at 8:44 a.m. http://www.cullmantribune.com/articles/2017/11/13/update-latest-sunday-nights-double-shooting-cullman Story updated 11-12-17 at 9:06 p.m. Cullman County Coroner Jeremy L. Kilpatrick has identified the deceased as Perry Shoemake, 56,...

FAIRVIEW - The Fairview High School Band put on its third annual car, truck and tractor show Saturday at Randall Shedd Community Park, and...

CULLMAN - As part of an ongoing series on the national drug crisis and how it affects the Cullman area, The Tribune is asking...

CULLMAN - The 31st annual Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas Show was held at Depot Park on Saturday and featured a huge selection of vehicles...

Cullman County Schools Superintendent and Cornerstone Church of the Nazarene Executive Board Chairman Shane Barnette hung out with the choir, and even housed several...

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, Roy Drinkard and Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs at Friday evening’s event where Drinkard received a key to the city...

A drama team put on a shadow play honoring the veterans./ W.C. Mann HOLLY POND - On Thursday morning, Holly Pond’s elementary, middle and high...

GOOD HOPE - Good Hope High School held its annual Veterans Day ceremony Thursday afternoon and the outside of the gym was covered in...

(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) MONTGOMERY - Judge Roy Moore responded again today to allegations that surfaced Thursday morning in a report from The Washington Post...

Veterans recognized by Cold Springs High School on Thursday. / Nick Griffin BREMEN - Cold Springs High School held its annual Veterans Day program Thursday...

Kids play in “snow” from one of two machines Shane Quick hopes will turn the Warehouse District into a winter wonderland for shoppers. /...

United States Air Force Airman James D. Kreps graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.  The airman...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 8. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Butts, Christopher Trey, 22 grand jury-...

Zackery Allen Sparks / Cullman Police Department GOOD HOPE - A Vinemont man was arrested on Monday, Nov. 6 in Good Hope and charged with...

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks to guests at a Republican dinner in Cullman on July 28,...

Kiah Lake of Cullman County was named reserve supreme champion in the Breeding Division of the Alabama National Fair Youth Sheep Show in Montgomery...

Both Cullman City and Cullman County offices will be closed Friday, Nov. 10 in observance of Veterans Day. Sanitation schedules will not be affected.

David Grissom, right, of Cullman recently received a Wounded Warrior Coin and certificate from local Sons of the American Revolution President Ken Brown. Grissom served...

The Heartland Quilt Guild will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9 at Christ Covenant Church, 1310 Saint Joseph Dr. NW, Cullman. Program: Kathy...

Honored WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran and keynote speaker Julian Campbell with his wife of 69 years, Marie Campbell / W.C. Mann CULLMAN...

Local nonprofit representatives, who were not told the amounts they were receiving beforehand, react when their checks are revealed. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - On...

CULLMAN - In recognition of National Diabetes Month, Cullman Regional is offering a free diabetes prevention screening to the community on Nov. 9. Visits...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 7. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Kelley, Shane Wesley, 31 parole violation/revocation-...

Pictured, left to right, are Ashton Lindsey, Ryan Hancock, Evan Franks and Brodie Henry. / Lee Henry HANCEVILLE - West Point Middle School's sixth-grade scholar's...

BALTIMORE - At “America’s Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact,” a national summit conference at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health...

A Welti Elementary student speaks in part of Tuesday night’s Veterans Day program at the school. / Nick Griffin WELTI - Welti Elementary School held...

From left, North-Central Alabama Young Democrats President Roger Duke; Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Madison; Alabama Democratic Party Voter File Manager Josh Robinson;...

Nosey the Elephant carries kids on rides in a pen on Main Avenue last weekend. / CAAWA CULLMAN - This past weekend, a strange sight...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 6. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Barnett, Jeremy Wayne, 36 negotiating a...

Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday Nov. 5, 2017. A man...

Frank Fagg, of F & O Architects, and Rumors Deli’s Annette Harris address the Cullman City Planning Commission Monday evening. / W.C. Mann Updated 11-8-17...

CULLMAN COUNTY - This year’s Scholar’s Bowl League season kicked off on Oct. 12. The league is made up of teams from high schools...

Wallace State Community College unveiled the new name of the School of Nursing and Center for Science Conference Center as the Dr. William F....

Siblings Terry Guthrie, left, and Lesia Guthrie Van Gundy, right, are hosting a friendly competition to see whose business can collect more food for...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 3-5. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Brown, Dayron Daniel, 43 first-degree theft...

Dorothy Frady, right, is embraced by one of the many people who came out to celebrate her on Sunday at Northbrook Baptist Church. /...

The Cullman Pilot Club in last year's Christmas parade in downtown Cullman / Tribune file photo CULLMAN - Cullman Parks and Recreation (CP&R) is taking...

MONTGOMERY - Three Cullman County youths won awards at the Alabama National Fair Youth Beef Cattle Show on Oct. 29 at the 2017 Alabama...

One of the two newest additions to the Welti Elementary School Outdoor Classroom / W.C. Mann WELTI - Welti Elementary School recently expanded its outdoor...

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, candidate for Alabama governor, speaks at the Cullman County Republicans meeting Saturday morning. / Nick Griffin CULLMAN - The Cullman County...

Local U.S. Army veteran Gregg DeBoer and his son, center and left, with Col. Robert Nay, command chaplain of the Army Security Assistance Command...

CULLMAN - Daylight saving time ends this weekend. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, clocks will ‘fall back’ one hour to standard time....

CULLMAN COUNTY - It’s a bad time to be a chicken in east Cullman County this weekend, as the Holly Pond High School Bronco...

CULLMAN - Applications are available now online for Elks Club scholarships.  To access them, visit www.elks.org/scholars. There are two different applications: 2018 Most Valuable Student Contest Three...

Carol Berry, executive director of Restoring Women Outreach, and Dorothy Frady / Courtesy of Carol Berry CULLMAN - Restoring Women Outreach and Northbrook Baptist Church...

Guest of honor, U.S. Army Capt. Gary Michael “Mike” Rose, right, shares a moment with another veteran at Friday night's Heroes Dinner in Cullman....

The photo Eric Gilbreath took of himself and 3-year-old Serenity Dawn Sanders after he found the missing toddler in the woods early Friday morning...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 2. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Boone, Bobby Wayne Jr., 35 failure...

Alabama Sec. of State John Merrill calls the numbers at Thursday’s bingo game at the Brushy Pond Senior Center. / Nick Griffin BRUSHY POND -...

MONTGOMERY - Gov. Kay Ivey this week awarded $3.8 million to 49 nonprofits statewide which offer a variety of assistance at no cost to...

Colony Mayor Donnis Leeth, left, seen here with Colony Town Councilman Curtis Johnson, right, in a Tribune file photo from March 2017 COLONY - Colony...

Alina Adams, head of the Physical Therapy Assistant program at Wallace State, congratulates the winning bidder of the Reese’s peanut butter cheesecake she made...

Flights will be available Saturday on a Bell UH-1 “Huey” helicopter. / Photo courtesy vietnamhelicopters.org CULLMAN - This Saturday, Nov. 4, Cullman will honor its...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Nov. 1. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Ayers, Ashley Lorraine, 25 failure to...

CULLMAN - A Cullman man is behind bars on multiple charges following a short pursuit Wednesday. According to a media release from the Cullman Police...

Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs, left, and Dr. Eric Fillinger, right, speak at the opening of the Fillinger Foot Clinic, which moved to a new...

Faye Jones Swindoll, in a photo dated 2013 / Facebook Editor's note: The coroner's office on Thursday made an amendment to Mrs. Swindoll's age. She...

HANCEVILLE – Achieving the Dream (ATD) on Wednesday announced that Wallace State Community College is one of eight community colleges in the ATD Network...

HANCEVILLE - A Hanceville man was found deceased in a vehicle Wednesday at Mud Creek Bridge on County Road 538 in Hanceville. Cullman County Coroner...

Alabama Sec. of State John Merrill  / Tribune File Photo Alabama Sec. of State John Merrill will be at the Brushy Pond Senior Center on...

UPDATE: http://www.cullmantribune.com/articles/2017/11/01/update-hanceville-man-dies-wreck-mud-creek-bridge HANCEVILLE - Authorities are on the scene of a fatal car wreck at Mud Creek Bridge on County Road 538 in Hanceville. According to...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Oct. 31. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Cales, Cristy Ann, 39 grand jury-...

CULLMAN - Thanks to Houston Astro Cameron Maybin, Taco Bell is giving away free tacos today, Nov. 1, 2017, from 2-6 p.m. Cullman locations...

Map shows the Catalina Point area of Smith Lake / Google Maps CULLMAN COUNTY - A Cullman woman died on Tuesday, Oct. 31, after she...

For their Halloween afternoon group therapy meeting, Lisa Burgess, Grace Potter and Angela Shadden of The Bridge youth addiction recovery center traveled to Oz...

CULLMAN - The Cullman County Animal Shelter’s Ryan Whisenhunt introduces us to our Pet of the Week, Buddy. “Hello, I am Buddy and I am...

Mayor Kenneth Nail, accompanied by daughter Haana, delivered a proclamation from the City of Hanceville for Hopewell Baptist Church’s 175th anniversary. / W.C. Mann HANCEVILLE...

CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for Oct. 30. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.   Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Albright, Charles William, 62 DUI- any...

Anthony Allen Garner, Jr. / Cullman County Sheriff's Office CULLMAN COUNTY -  A Hanceville man was arrested and charged on Monday with attempted murder after...

CULLMAN - It’s Halloween; time for trick or treating! It’s important to have fun, but it’s just as important to stay safe, especially kids....

CULLMAN COUNTY - The Cullman County Scholar’s Bowl League is made up of teams from high schools all over Cullman County who meet each...

Sabrina and Kenneth Nail, center, cut the ribbon to officially open Hanceville Primary Healthcare on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 / W.C. Mann HANCEVILLE - On...

The Cullman Area Technology Academy Cosmetology Department is giving back to the community by donating to help cancer patients.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness...

Lillie McCluskey of Good Hope Middle School communicates with her teammate during the BEST Robotics competition at Tom Drake Coliseum. HANCEVILLE – Spain Park High...