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VINEMONT - The Vinemont Town Council met Tuesday evening, with Mayor Radginal Dodson and all council members present, along with Town Attorney Roy Williams. ...

GOOD HOPE - Good Hope Mayor Jerry Bartlett this week signed a proclamation declaring the month of April “Fair Housing Month.” April 11, 2017...

MONTGOMERY — State Veterinarian Dr. Tony Frazier in consultation with Commissioner John McMillan today issued a stop movement order for certain poultry in Alabama....

VINEMONT - An early morning house fire claimed the life of a Vinemont woman. The incident happened at approximately 2 a.m. Tuesday on County...

Update: http://www.cullmansense.com/articles/2017/03/14/stop-movement-order-issued-certain-poultry-alabama-amid-3-avian-influenza (REUTERS) - Bird flu has infected poultry at three sites in northern Alabama shortly after being found at two farms in neighboring Tennessee,...

Tide star Jonathan Allen poses with a fan on Saturday, March 11 at Outfitters Cullman. CULLMAN - Agents Justin Crisler and Jeremy Ragland brought a...

Brandon Smith, left, and Dr. Stacey Sivley HANCEVILLE –  Wallace State math instructors Dr. Stacey Sivley and Brandon Smith were recently recognized for earning REACH...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted January unemployment rate is 6.4%, up from December’s...

Pictured, (left to right): front row: D. Tim, Ella Buckingham, Yessenia Pascual, Alison Gongre, Mai Thy Nguyen, Carly Tombo, Jonathan Baillargeon, Evehan Hayes and...

Good Hope Mayor Jerry Bartlett with Justin Schuman and Wes Hastings of Carcel and G Construction, who oversaw the project   GOOD HOPE - After being...

L-R: Scott Bealer (district chaplain), Charles Wunderlich (Sons of the American Legion), Frederick Arceneaux (Squadron 4 commander), Dan Raley (commander, Post 4) and Don...

Updated 3/13 8:56 a.m. BERLIN - The victim in Sunday night's fatal traffic collision at U.S. Highway 278 East and County Road 747 has been...

BERLIN - A fatal traffic incident occurred tonight at the intersection of U.S. Highway 278 East and County Road 747 in the Berlin community. The...

DODGE CITY - The Dodge City Town Council welcomed two special guests to its latest meeting- Cullman County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Phyllis...

Dr. William E. Smith CULLMAN - According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the...

LOGAN - Harmony School will be holding an Outdoor Classroom Workday on Tuesday, Mar. 21.  Students, parents, faculty and community volunteers will be building...

Cullman Rotary Club President Dale Greer CULLMAN - Crowds filled the Cullman Civic Center on Friday evening for the Cullman Rotary Club’s 44th annual fundraising...

CULLMAN - Alabama’s spring tornado season is upon us. Spring tornado season is typically defined as lasting from the beginning of March to the...

Cullman Fire Rescue Division Chief Brian Bradberry stands outside the simulator   CULLMAN - It takes more than a driver’s license and a badge to drive...

Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Mark Persall and Lt. Rex Sorrow   CULLMAN - This weekend, the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and Cullman Police Department...

Alabama State Trooper Rodney Wallace, Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry and Cullman County Sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Cummings CULLMAN - Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry today...

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 - Last year, representatives of the Lions Club of Fairview told the Tribune that they hoped to increase the number of family-friendly community...

HUNTSVILLE – The Alabama Career Center System will host a series of job readiness workshops beginning Friday, March 10 and continuing through Thursday, March...

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....

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. ...

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 Mayor Bill Oliver and Town Attorney Dan Willingham HOLLY POND - The Holly Pond Town Council met Monday evening, with infrastructure on the...

Image shows full Baileyton Town Council from late 2016: Wendell Peterson, Greg Griffin, Mayor Johnny Dyar, Windell Calloway, Myra Martin and the late Walker...

CULLMAN - On Friday and Saturday evenings, the West Point Band Boosters presented the 34th Annual Ford IPRA Stars and Stripes Rodeo. Friday night...

Academy Sports + Outdoors representative Tim Hodes addresses the commission   CULLMAN - On Monday afternoon, the City of Cullman Planning Commission met at Cullman City...

FAIRVIEW - With the weather warming up and spring sports starting back, the Fairview Town Council is planning ahead for future maintenance of the...

CULLMAN - Cullman County residents are invited to join Sheriff Matt Gentry and deputies from the Cullman County Sheriff's Office during the month of...

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)...

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,...

Alabama State Treasurer, Young Boozer CULLMAN -  The Cullman County Republicans held their monthly meeting Saturday morning, with guest speaker, Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer....

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 School Principal Greg Hughes   CULLMAN - On Saturday evening, Sacred Heart School (SHS) held its eighth annual Legacy Gala at Stone Bridge Farms’...

Haley Johnson, left, of Birmingham, and Trey Moody of Hartselle, rehearse a scene from “Our Town” for an upcoming production of the Thornton Wilder...

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...

GOOD HOPE - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) Sgt. Daniel Cummings was treated and released from Cullman Regional today, following a scary incident in...

CULLMAN - For the fourth year in a row, the online Mothers Helping Mothers (MHM) community put on their annual expo in Cullman, this...

Hope Horses, Inc. receives a donation from the Cullman Community Lions Club CULLMAN - For the past few years, Camp Seale Harris has partnered with...

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 County Founder and Executive Director, Dawn Owens CULLMAN - Seven years ago, Dawn Owens felt a calling to serve the needy...

CULLMAN - Choirs sang and bands played as the city of Cullman officially kicked off its observance of the 200th anniversary of Alabama statehood,...

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...

  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...

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...

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 Quiz Bowl members are, from left, Paul Knetter, Caleb Still, Zakk Waddell, Derik Arendall and Ross Wallace. HANCEVILLE –  Wallace State’s Quiz Bowl...

Animal Control Capt. Tim McKoy, Sgt. Chris Westmoreland and Officer Cameron Berryhill CULLMAN - The Cullman County Animal Shelter takes in a wide variety of...

CULLMAN - After a three-year absence from the calendar, Childhaven will be once again be hosting its annual yard sale. The event, which will...

CULLMAN - Strap on your spurs and head out to the Cullman County Agricultural Trade Center this Friday and Saturday for the 34th Annual...

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 Executive Director Catherine Bethell GOOD HOPE - The Good Hope City Council closed the month of February on a high note...

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 - Site Selection magazine has named Cullman as the no. 2 micropolitan in the country for 2016. It’s the second consecutive year Cullman...

CCS Interim Principal Cheryl Parker CULLMAN - Cheryl Parker retired a few years ago, after working as a teacher and counselor in the Morgan County...

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...

CULLMAN - This week, you may see and hear some things that are a little out of the ordinary around town: people wearing more...

CULLMAN - The Cullman County Alabama Extension Office announced today that it will hold another tree sale; the office held the popular Arbor Day...

Hanceville Elementary School students give each other high fives during a demonstration on how germs are spread. Each student started with one spot of...

HANCEVILLE –  Registration for Wallace State Community College’s spring semester Mini Term II classes takes place Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3. Classes...

CULLMAN - The Link of Cullman County will host its 2017 annual event and fundraiser on March 2 at The Link of Cullman County...

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...

CULLMAN - An inmate at the Cullman County Detention Center has died. According to a media release from the Cullman County Sheriff's Office, inmate...

Marty and Karen Martinez on the porch of their shop HOLLY POND - We normally think of folks retiring to Florida, but where do folks...

CRANE HILL - Capt. Tim McKoy and the Cullman County Animal Control Office (CCAC) are looking for a horse that is missing and presumed...

CULLMAN - On Saturday, the Cullman Lions Club and Lioness Club put on their annual fundraising fish and ham dinner at Cullman Middle School's...

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. ...

First Source for Women Director Catherine Bethell HANCEVILLE - When a woman finds herself in the sometimes frightening circumstance of an unplanned pregnancy, she may...

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...

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...

CULLMAN COUNTY - Agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) and investigators with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) on Friday arrested eight...

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...

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...

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...

CULLMAN - Cullman City Police officers conducting a traffic stop on a Ford Ranger pickup with a switched tag found that the passenger in...

HANCEVILLE - The City of Hanceville is moving forward with its plan to pursue accreditation as an Alabama Community of Excellence (ACE). Last night,...

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 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 - The Cullman County Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) has issued an updated evacuation plan for areas of the county that could be...

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...

Freshmen FFA group after receiving their green hand degrees WEST POINT - At the ripe old age of 27, Ethan Lake has come full circle,...

GARDEN CITY - A large portion of the Garden City Town Council meeting this week focused on the town’s volunteer fire department and services....

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...

Plans for a new convenience store on the south side of AL 157 in West Point. WEST POINT - On Monday evening, the West Point...

CULLMAN - The 44th annual Cullman Rotary Club Auction will be held on Friday, March 10 at the Cullman Civic Center. Proceeds will benefit...

CULLMAN – Cullman City Parks and Recreation has several outdoor programs registering now for adults and children. Youth Outdoor Adventure, Kayaking Classes for beginner...

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...

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

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 HANCEVILLE –  Wallace State welding instructor Jim Thompson has been selected to judge the 2017 US Invitational Weld Trials...

CULLMAN - In our continuing series on suicide and mental health, the Tribune sat down with Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry to get his...

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...

MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Legislative Session began on Feb. 7. Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview (Alabama House District 11, which includes portions of Blount, Cullman,...

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...

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...

CULLMAN - May 1-5 a group led by Northbrook Baptist Church Director of Senior Adults Wade Maynard will head out to the Creation Museum...