Tag: Local
Hanceville council discusses jurisdiction, city planning
Rick Cason addresses the council
HANCEVILLE - Questions of city jurisdiction outside the city limits were on the front burner at Thursday night’s Hanceville City...
Fairview gearing up for Spring Fling April 1
FAIRVIEW - Last year, representatives of the Lions Club of Fairview told the Tribune that they hoped to increase the number of family-friendly community...
Workshop tomorrow in Cullman for huge job fair in Huntsville March...
HUNTSVILLE – The Alabama Career Center System will host a series of job readiness workshops beginning Friday, March 10 and continuing through Thursday, March...
Leadership Wallace State group meets with acting Chancellor Jimmy Baker; enjoys...
The 2016-17 Leadership Wallace State group visited Montgomery, where they met with acting system Chancellor Jimmy Baker and sat in on a board meeting....
Holly Pond High School’s Zackery Reynolds wins state geometry tournament
I like English and science, but math more than anything. Numbers speak to me better than words.”
Zackery Reynolds
HOLLY POND - Zackery Reynolds enjoys running. ...
Tip leads to arrest of tri-county burglary suspect; property recovered
DANVILLE - A Danville man is being held at the Cullman County Detention Center without bond after authorities arrested him for a string of...
Holly Pond Town Council talks infrastructure
Holly Pond Mayor Bill Oliver and Town Attorney Dan Willingham
HOLLY POND - The Holly Pond Town Council met Monday evening, with infrastructure on the...
Baileyton mourns loss of Councilman Walker Mead
Image shows full Baileyton Town Council from late 2016: Wendell Peterson, Greg Griffin, Mayor Johnny Dyar, Windell Calloway, Myra Martin and the late Walker...
Stars and Stripes Rodeo goes off without a hitch
CULLMAN - On Friday and Saturday evenings, the West Point Band Boosters presented the 34th Annual Ford IPRA Stars and Stripes Rodeo. Friday night...
Cullman Planning Commission reviews and approves proposed site plan for Academy...
Academy Sports + Outdoors representative Tim Hodes addresses the commission
CULLMAN - On Monday afternoon, the City of Cullman Planning Commission met at Cullman City...
Fairview council weighs costs of park maintenance, talks new senior center
FAIRVIEW - With the weather warming up and spring sports starting back, the Fairview Town Council is planning ahead for future maintenance of the...
Don’t miss Coffee with the Sheriff
CULLMAN - Cullman County residents are invited to join Sheriff Matt Gentry and deputies from the Cullman County Sheriff's Office during the month of...
2 men charged, 1 with attempted murder, after hitting, dragging CCSO...
Caleb Alexander, left; Phillip Pope, right
CULLMAN - Two men are facing charges today after an incident Saturday in which Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO)...
Aderholt: Bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will...
U.S. Rep Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama
CULLMAN - Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer may have been the featured guest speaker at Saturday’s Cullman County Republican meeting,...
Cullman County Republicans host AL State Treasurer, Young Boozer
Alabama State Treasurer, Young Boozer
CULLMAN - The Cullman County Republicans held their monthly meeting Saturday morning, with guest speaker, Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer....
Hanceville man killed in motorcycle crash Sunday
Updated 3/5/17 7:16 p.m.
LOGAN - A Hanceville man was killed late Sunday morning after the 1991 Kawasaki motorcycle he was driving collided head on...
Sacred Heart UN-Gala: different clothes, same good cause
Sacred Heart School Principal Greg Hughes
CULLMAN - On Saturday evening, Sacred Heart School (SHS) held its eighth annual Legacy Gala at Stone Bridge Farms’...
Wallace State Theatre putting modern spin on “Our Town”
Haley Johnson, left, of Birmingham, and Trey Moody of Hartselle, rehearse a scene from “Our Town” for an upcoming production of the Thornton Wilder...
Kids are the winners: Childhaven yard sale declared a success
Childhaven Executive Director, Dr. Jim Wright
CULLMAN - Childhaven's efforts to help its kids got a shot in the arm from its yard sale Friday...
CCSO sergeant treated and released after suspect hits, drags him under...
GOOD HOPE - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) Sgt. Daniel Cummings was treated and released from Cullman Regional today, following a scary incident in...
4th annual MHM Expo draws huge crowds
CULLMAN - For the fourth year in a row, the online Mothers Helping Mothers (MHM) community put on their annual expo in Cullman, this...
Fun, learning and support for diabetic kids at Hope Horses, Inc.
Hope Horses, Inc. receives a donation from the Cullman Community Lions Club
CULLMAN - For the past few years, Camp Seale Harris has partnered with...
Director Doug Davenport talks county parks
Why did the duck cross the railroad tracks? To get to the lake, of course. Sportsman Lake, that is.
CULLMAN - For Cullman County Parks...
The Link of Cullman celebrates five years of service, new facility
The Link of Cullman County Founder and Executive Director, Dawn Owens
CULLMAN - Seven years ago, Dawn Owens felt a calling to serve the needy...
Cullman kicks off Alabama bicentennial celebration
CULLMAN - Choirs sang and bands played as the city of Cullman officially kicked off its observance of the 200th anniversary of Alabama statehood,...
Colony hosts National Weather Service Skywarn storm spotter class
NWS Huntsville's Dan Dixon and Cullman County EMA Director Phyllis Little talk before the program
COLONY - When the news or your weather radio warns...
Jacobs proclaims March MS Awareness Month in city of Cullman
L-R: Lynn Harris, Ron Seybold, Sheila M. Edwards, Dr. Christopher Laganke, Mayor Woody Jacobs, Ann Nuss, Summer Breakow and Rachel Bryant
CULLMAN - Cullman Mayor...
Springtime at the Agriplex
Seedlings waiting to be planted in the upgraded garden beds
CULLMAN - Springtime is almost upon us. That’s planting season in the agricultural world, and...
Special day for diabetic children this Saturday
CULLMAN - The Cullman Community Lions Club will hold their annual Family Fun Day for Diabetic Children this Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This...
Wallace State’s Quiz Bowl team finishes 9th at NAQT Community College...
Wallace State Quiz Bowl members are, from left, Paul Knetter, Caleb Still, Zakk Waddell, Derik Arendall and Ross Wallace.
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Quiz Bowl...
Cullman County Animal Shelter: hopeful but realistic
Animal Control Capt. Tim McKoy, Sgt. Chris Westmoreland and Officer Cameron Berryhill
CULLMAN - The Cullman County Animal Shelter takes in a wide variety of...
Childhaven’s annual yard sale Friday, Saturday
CULLMAN - After a three-year absence from the calendar, Childhaven will be once again be hosting its annual yard sale. The event, which will...
Giddyup! West Point band’s 34th annual Stars and Stripes Rodeo this...
CULLMAN - Strap on your spurs and head out to the Cullman County Agricultural Trade Center this Friday and Saturday for the 34th Annual...
Girl Scout troop forming in Colony, looking for members
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...
First Source for Women visits Good Hope council
First Source for Women Executive Director Catherine Bethell
GOOD HOPE - The Good Hope City Council closed the month of February on a high note...
Colony council signs off on Smith Lake evacuation plan, prepares for...
COLONY - Colony welcomed Director Phyllis Little of the Cullman County Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), and officially signed off on the agency's emergency evacuation...
Cullman ranked no. 2 micropolitan in U.S. for the 2nd consecutive...
CULLMAN - Site Selection magazine has named Cullman as the no. 2 micropolitan in the country for 2016. It’s the second consecutive year Cullman...
Meet Cheryl Parker, Cullman Christian School’s new principal
CCS Interim Principal Cheryl Parker
CULLMAN - Cheryl Parker retired a few years ago, after working as a teacher and counselor in the Morgan County...
Cullman City Council awards $407,812 contract to rebuild Larkwood Road, to...
Tribune file photo/Dec. 2015
CULLMAN - Reconstruction of Larkwood Road should begin in mid-April, according to the Cullman City Council, who met for a regularly-scheduled...
Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday: what are they?
CULLMAN - This week, you may see and hear some things that are a little out of the ordinary around town: people wearing more...
Extension office: $2 hardwood tree sale tomorrow at Agriplex
CULLMAN - The Cullman County Alabama Extension Office announced today that it will hold another tree sale; the office held the popular Arbor Day...
WSCC Nursing, Dental Health students teach elementary students health and personal...
Hanceville Elementary School students give each other high fives during a demonstration on how germs are spread. Each student started with one spot of...
Registration for Wallace State’s spring Mini Term II is March 2-3,...
HANCEVILLE – Registration for Wallace State Community College’s spring semester Mini Term II classes takes place Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3. Classes...
The Link hosting 5-year celebration
CULLMAN - The Link of Cullman County will host its 2017 annual event and fundraiser on March 2 at The Link of Cullman County...
Etha Baptist hosts BBQ to raise mission funds
Back (L-R): Shane Rusk, Danny Baker, Wess Glispie, Shay Brown and MiKayla Hadley
Front (L-R): Jo Anna Brown and Jasmine Rusk
Other volunteers not pictured: Johnathan...
BREAKING NEWS: Cullman County Detention Center inmate dies; no foul play...
CULLMAN - An inmate at the Cullman County Detention Center has died. According to a media release from the Cullman County Sheriff's Office, inmate...
Sawdust and Thread Gifts opens in Holly Pond
Marty and Karen Martinez on the porch of their shop
HOLLY POND - We normally think of folks retiring to Florida, but where do folks...
Cullman Animal Control searching for missing horse
CRANE HILL - Capt. Tim McKoy and the Cullman County Animal Control Office (CCAC) are looking for a horse that is missing and presumed...
Crowds enjoy this year’s Lions Club Fish & Ham Dinner
CULLMAN - On Saturday, the Cullman Lions Club and Lioness Club put on their annual fundraising fish and ham dinner at Cullman Middle School's...
First Source for Women to take services on the road with...
The Stork Bus
HANCEVILLE - First Source for Women (FSW), a pro-life pregnancy and parenting resource center in Hanceville, sees around 90 visitors a month. ...
Choosing life: First Source for Women offers help for women facing...
First Source for Women Director Catherine Bethell
HANCEVILLE - When a woman finds herself in the sometimes frightening circumstance of an unplanned pregnancy, she may...
Fired up for a cause: Cullman EMS 2017 Chili Cook-off
Director's Choice winner Jared Johnson with Cullman EMS Director James Curtis
CULLMAN - It was a busy day at Cullman Emergency Medical Services on Second...
Colony gathers to celebrate Black History Month, town
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...
8 arrested for drug offenses in separate incidents Friday
CULLMAN COUNTY - Agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) and investigators with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) on Friday arrested eight...
Annual Lions Club Fish & Ham Dinner set for Saturday
CULLMAN - The annual Cullman Lions Club Fish & Ham Dinner will be held tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 25 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. in the...
Grass fire threatening structure on Hwy 69 N
UPDATE: 2:40 p.m. Cullman Fire Rescue is reporting that the fire has been brought under control. Multiple vehicles, between 7-8, were burned, according to...
CPD investigating reported groping of a 9-year-old girl at north Cullman...
CULLMAN - The Cullman City Police Department is investigating a report of a man allegedly inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl at the north Wal-Mart...
Hanceville man arrested with meth, hydrocodone
CULLMAN - Cullman City Police officers conducting a traffic stop on a Ford Ranger pickup with a switched tag found that the passenger in...
City of Hanceville moves forward with ACE accreditation
HANCEVILLE - The City of Hanceville is moving forward with its plan to pursue accreditation as an Alabama Community of Excellence (ACE). Last night,...
6th annual severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday starts today
CULLMAN - Alabama will hold its sixth annual severe weather preparedness tax holiday, starting today, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at 12:01 a.m. and ending...
Wallace State partners with Kids to Love to create a brighter...
Wallace State Mechatronics instructor Keith Tolbert and Dean of Applied Technologies Jimmy Hodges
HANCEVILLE - At any given time, more than 6,000 children are in...
Cullman County EMA issues new emergency plan for Smith Lake Dam
CULLMAN COUNTY - The Cullman County Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) has issued an updated evacuation plan for areas of the county that could be...
Cullman honored as “Tree City” for 29th straight year
Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs with St. Paul's Lutheran School's Gracie Moody, who won first place in her school's Arbor Day poster contest
CULLMAN - On...
FFA Week with Ethan Lake
Freshmen FFA group after receiving their green hand degrees
WEST POINT - At the ripe old age of 27, Ethan Lake has come full circle,...
Fire department hot topic for Garden City council
GARDEN CITY - A large portion of the Garden City Town Council meeting this week focused on the town’s volunteer fire department and services....
Holly Pond’s Kirsten Campbell to compete in Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen...
SYLACAUGA – Forty-six young ladies from across the state, including one from Cullman County, will compete for the title of Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen...
West Point Council discusses Hwy 157 turn lane, imposes fine for...
Plans for a new convenience store on the south side of AL 157 in West Point.
WEST POINT - On Monday evening, the West Point...
44th annual Cullman Rotary Club Auction to be held March 10
CULLMAN - The 44th annual Cullman Rotary Club Auction will be held on Friday, March 10 at the Cullman Civic Center. Proceeds will benefit...
Registration for outdoor programs now open at CP&R
CULLMAN – Cullman City Parks and Recreation has several outdoor programs registering now for adults and children. Youth Outdoor Adventure, Kayaking Classes for beginner...
I-65 N at Exit 318 will be down to 1 lane...
CULLMAN - Interstate 65 northbound at Exit 318/Lacon will be down to one lane from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday of...
Wallace State’s Applied Technologies Division hosts 2nd annual Signing Day
Signing letters of intent with the Machine Tool Technology were Austin Dibble, Bailey White, Baylon Lesley, Cameron Flippo, Christopher Widner, Colton Terry, Dylan Jones,...
Profiles in Faith: Hearts for missions at Etha Baptist Church
2016 mission trip to Nicaragua
CULLMAN - Etha Baptist Church can be a little hard to find: it has a Cullman address, but is located...
Wallace State welding instructor Jim Thompson to judge 2017 US Invitational...
Wallace State welding instructor Jim Thompson
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State welding instructor Jim Thompson has been selected to judge the 2017 US Invitational Weld Trials...
“A short-term solution to a long-term problem”: Sheriff Gentry weighs in...
CULLMAN - In our continuing series on suicide and mental health, the Tribune sat down with Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry to get his...
Bicentennial kickoff set for March 3
CULLMAN - Plans for the upcoming Alabama 200, three-year bicentennial celebration are taking shape.
The statewide kickoff for the event is March 3, 2017, when...
Rep. Randall Shedd talks current legislative session
MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Legislative Session began on Feb. 7. Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview (Alabama House District 11, which includes portions of Blount, Cullman,...
City of Cullman presents VFW with 50 U.S. flags
Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs and VFW member Sam Bates
CULLMAN - Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs today donated 50 U.S. flags, on behalf of the City...
Sheriff’s office K-9 Deputy AJ tracks down suspect attempting to flee
K-9 Deputy AJ and K-9 Lt. Joey Cone
CULLMAN - A Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) K-9 deputy today tracked down a suspect who was...
Northbrook Baptist Church hosting trip to Creation Museum
CULLMAN - May 1-5 a group led by Northbrook Baptist Church Director of Senior Adults Wade Maynard will head out to the Creation Museum...
CATA showcases career programs at open house event
VINEMONT - On Thursday evening the Cullman Area Technology Academy (CATA, formerly the Cullman Area Career Center) held an open house for prospective students,...
CCBOE recognizes students, employees; land purchase approved; non-discrimination policy updated
Students from Welti Elementary School with Cullman County Schools Superintendent Shane Barnette
CULLMAN - Students, along with school system employees, were recognized at Thursday night’s...
Local students make UA Dean’s, President’s Lists
TUSCALOOSA - The following students from the Tribune's coverage area made the Dean's List or President's List for the fall semester at the University...
CCBOE staffers talk about mental health resources
CULLMAN - Continuing our series on the suicide crisis in Cullman County, the Tribune sat down with the Cullman County Board of Education's (CCBOE)...
Anchor, youth development and leadership, clubs chartered at Vinemont and Holly...
CULLMAN COUNTY - Holly Pond and Vinemont High Schools recently chartered Anchor Clubs, under the leadership of the Pilot Club of Cullman, joining more...
Bail bonds, part 2: the law enforcement perspective
CULLMAN - In a continuation of our series about understanding bail bonds, the Tribune sat down with Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry to get...
Colony Council visited by First Source for Women, finalizes plans for...
Mayor Donnis Leeth and FSW Director Catherine Bethell
COLONY - The Colony Town Council held its regular meeting Tuesday evening, with Mayor Donnis Leeth...
Plans submitted for new Academy Sports + Outdoors store in SW...
CULLMAN - City officials are still not confirming, but plans have formally been submitted to the Cullman City Planning Commission: Academy Sports + Outdoors...
Colony to host National Weather Service storm spotter class
COLONY - On Thursday, March 2, the Town of Colony will host a storm spotter class presented by the Huntsville office of the National...
City revenue up, expenses down; cuts to 2 big projects
CULLMAN - Sales tax revenue was up by .5 percent, while expenses were down 7.5 percent in the city of Cullman for the last...
Victim in Tuesday night’s fiery crash ID’d
GARDEN CITY - The victim in Tuesday night's fiery, fatal crash in Garden City has been identified. David Rouse, 32, of Cullman County, was...
Wallace State Sonography boosts Cullman Christian School students’ knowledge of sound
Students in Charlotte Heatherly’s physical science class from Cullman Christian School recently visited the Wallace State Community College Diagnostic Medical Sonography program as part...
Inmate trash detail cleaning up county roads
CULLMAN - Pretty weather and warm temperatures are back in the forecast and the Cullman County Inmate Trash Detail, being supervised by a Cullman...
Bartlett hopeful Doss Bridge will re-open next week; Good Hope discusses...
GOOD HOPE - The Good Hope City Council spent their first February meeting focusing on finances. After and invocation from John Harris and the...
County Commission lifts all water restrictions
CULLMAN - County water customers are no longer under water restrictions. At Tuesday's Cullman County Commission meeting, Cullman County Water Department Manager Randall Waldrep...
Friendly game of basketball kicks off Spring 2017 Learning Communities at...
Wallace State cheerleaders Kevin Williams and Kenna Alexander root for the faculty/staff team.
HANCEVILLE - A friendly game of basketball kicked off the Spring 2017...
Cullman Middle School’s Jadon Li wins Cullman County Spelling Bee
CULLMAN - The 91st annual Cullman County Spelling Bee was held at Temple Baptist Church Monday evening, and Jadon Li, a seventh grader from...
Bail bonds, part 1: letter of the law
CULLMAN COUNTY - In response to our readers’ questions concerning bail bonds, specifically how amounts are determined, we dug into the matter and will...
Dinner and a show: Hanceville school musicians hosting Valentine’s Day dinner
Hanceville Dog Pound Players
HANCEVILLE - On Valentine's Day (That's this coming Tuesday, Feb. 14. Don't forget it, guys!) the music department of Hanceville High...
Colony to host Black History Month celebration
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 -...
Cullman Regional CEO earns top healthcare management credential
James Clements, FACHE, president/CEO at Cullman Regional
CULLMAN - James Clements, FACHE, president/CEO at Cullman Regional, recently became a Fellow of the American College of...
