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The Holly Pond Café is now open for business. / Heather Mann HOLLY POND - After a lengthy renovation, Holly Pond's namesake restaurant has reopened...

Earl Smith, right, speaking with Thierry Ptlantanida, gave his first-hand account of the near-miss nuclear disaster that he helped to divert, in 1961, near...

WaLLi members from Wallace State Community College toured Bryant-Denny stadium and the Paul W. Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa, with a side trip to Dreamland...

HANCEVILLE - Registration begins Tuesday, June 27 for Summer Mini Term II at Wallace State Community College, with the five-week classes set to start...

Ronnie Regina Millar, 35, left, and Jesse Dean Thomas, 34 / Cullman County Sheriff's Office BERLIN - A man and woman from the Berlin community...

Cullman officially welcomed Escape Cullman to town with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, June 22.  / Photo courtesy of the Cullman Area Chamber of...

Hanceville has added $119,000 in revenue this year from the City’s half-cent sales tax enacted in December.  / W.C. Mann HANCEVILLE - Mayor Kenneth Nail...

Superintendent Shane Barnette, standing, shows board members the interior of one of the new school buses. / Heather Mann CULLMAN - In an effort to...

UPDATED June 22, 7:20 p.m. Cullman City Police Chief Kenny Culpepper says that the scene at Comfort Suites has been cleared. "The call came in...

The West Point Town Council meets on the third Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at West Point Town Hall. / Heather Mann WEST...

Hanceville Mayor Kenneth Nail wants New Orleans’ Confederate monuments. / W.C. Mann HANCEVILLE - White supremacist Dylann Roof’s 2015 murder of nine members of the...

Cullman police responded to a reported attempted robbery this morning at the Chevron on U.S. 278 near I-65. / Rod Wynn CULLMAN - Mental illness...

Henry Dewey Loyd / Cullman County Sheriff's Office CULLMAN - Cullman County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) investigators today arrested Henry Dewey Loyd, 44, of Cullman on...

The Cullman Lioness Club recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to three students for promoting community service and leadership in the Cullman area. Pictured from left to...

Updated 6-22-17 at 9:52 a.m. The new Cullman Milo’s will be located at 1830 Patriots Way SW. / Wendy Sack CULLMAN - Those hankering for a...

Image shows Tropical Storm Cindy’s projected path, as of 7 a.m. Thursday morning. / NOAA National Hurricane Center CULLMAN - The current weather situation in...

Timmy G. Twilley, 49 / Cullman Police Department CULLMAN - A west Cullman neighborhood was startled awake minutes past midnight on Monday, June 19, when...

Marilyn cracks open a Diet Mountain Dew. She said to eat whatever you want to eat and do whatever you want to do./ Wallace...

TUSCALOOSA - The University of Alabama awarded approximately 5,000 degrees during spring commencement May 5-7. Area students who received degrees include: William Collins, of Arab, Bachelor...

HATTIESBURG - The University of Southern Mississippi has released its President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2017 spring semester. Brooke Allison Duke, of Bremen, made...

Jonathan Franklin Davis, 32, of Cullman / Cullman Police Department CULLMAN - A Cullman man was arrested and charged with trafficking in methamphetamine following a...

Shown, clockwise from top left: Bill Browning, Dr. Will Boyd, Van Caldwell, Mark Johnson, Brian McGee, MB Wain, Patricia Todd and Jason Fisher /...

New attractions like the “tree-based” family adventure park Anakeesta are appearing along Gatlinburg’s main thoroughfares. / W.C. Mann GATLINBURG - Right in the heart of...

Edited 6-21-17 The Western Pygmy Rattlesnake is found in Alabama. / JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK/National Geographic Creative CULLMAN - First, you may never see...

On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 100 participants from the 2016 National Arc Welding Conference visited Topre Corporation in Cullman. / Tribune File Photo CULLMAN -...

Lion Ed Henke receives the first Helen Keller Legacy Award. / Andrew Cryer CULLMAN - The Cullman Lions and Lionesses held a joint dinner Monday...

HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College English instructor Cindy Smith, left, and President Dr. Vicki Karolewics, right, accept a $200 donation from Roosevelt Oliver...

Josh Hembree and family/ Courtesy of Cullman High School, Kim Hall NEW YORK – Josh Hembree, an AP Calculus teacher at Cullman High School, has...

Norman’s name plate still hangs in front of his empty seat in town hall. / W.C. Mann GARDEN CITY - At Monday evening’s meeting, the...

The new Five Below store in the Cullman Shopping Center will be in the building left vacant by Hancock Fabrics. / MRP CULLMAN - Specialty...

The Cullman High School Class of 1962 had its 55-year reunion on Saturday night at Top of the Town. They were the very first...

BATTLEGROUND - Camp Liberty is now in its second year in Cullman County, after previously being in Marion, Alabama, and is expanding for those...

Members of the CCS yearbook team with their award bannerI / Leeanna Smith CULLMAN - Recently, Cullman Christian School became one of only four schools...

Amy Freeman Williams/ Facebook CULLMAN - A former Cullman resident was killed Saturday night in Nashville. According to Nashville's WKRN, Amy Freeman Williams, 41, was...

Vila Tyree celebrated her 92nd birthday on June 4, 2017. She has lived most of her life in the Helicon community. Vila was a...

GOOD HOPE - Good Hope's latest city council meeting started off on a positive note with the financial report showing that excise taxes have...

VINEMONT - The Vinemont Town Council kicked off this month’s meeting by reviewing the results of the recent town audit, which showed no problems...

Last week, students got to construct an electronic circuit to power a light. / Patricia Ponder COLONY - The latest Colony Town Council meeting included...

MONTGOMERY - Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces around the country, including the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, hosted by the...

A panoramic view of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the south side of Gatlinburg shows evidence of substantial recovery in both the...

Employees of Yutaka Technologies spent Friday cleaning Cullman’s Good Samaritan Health Clinic as part of Honda’s National Week of Service. / Andrew Cryer CULLMAN -...

The stock car that Gene Norman raced in for the final time three weeks ago in Arkadelphia / Johnny Thornton HANCEVILLE - Funeral services were...

Skylar Bolton was badly injured in a car wreck on June 9. / Courtesy of Stephanie Morton CULLMAN - Friends of a local woman who...

CULLMAN - The 6th Annual “Bow-Up Against Breast Cancer” 3-D Archery Tournament took place at the Cullman Community Archery Park on June 10-11. Bowhunters...

Judge Kim Chaney, left, presents Scott Santoro with the Department of Homeland Security a few tokens of appreciation for his work this week in...

Young baseball players flocked to the Cullman High School baseball camp this week for a chance to meet and learn from their favorite Bearcats....

Brigadier Gen. Robert L. Stewart, a former U.S. astronaut, addresses the crowd at the Cullman Elks Lodge Wednesday evening. / Andrew Cryer CULLMAN - The...

The Hanceville High School band is raising money to buy new uniforms. / Hanceville High School Band on Facebook   HANCEVILLE - The Hanceville High School...

CULLMAN - It was a weekend packed with car shows in Cullman, and one of the biggest was the annual Mopars on the Street...

Midway Medical Clinic is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and is located at 111 Brooklyn Road in Holly Pond. Appointments can be made...

BIRMINGHAM - McDonald’s of Central Alabama has announced the third year of its successful McDonald’s McBackpack Giveaway. Over two weekends, July 27-29 and August...

Image courtesy of the Alabama Retail Association CULLMAN - To make sure that everyone can do their shopping before the start of the school year,...

Instructors Morgan Moore, Rachel Eidson and Rachel McPhillips / W.C. Mann   CULLMAN - It’s an exercise place, and it’s next door to the Duchess Bakery,...

Dr. Wayne Williams / Leeanna Smith Cullman Christian School is proud to announce the hiring of Dr. Wayne Williams as principal. "I have worked for over...

CULLMAN - The Cullman County Commission on Tuesday awarded Triple J Construction the bid for construction of the new senior center and sheriff’s office...

The Cullman City School Board met early Wednesday morning at a special called meeting. / W.C. Mann CULLMAN - At a special called meeting early...

Astronaut Robert L. Stewart in untethered flight / NASA   CULLMAN - The Cullman Elks Lodge will hold its annual Flag Day celebration, a patriotic and...

Wanda Creel has her blood pressure checked during the CELEBRATE Adult Health and Wellness Fair hosted by the Wallace State Community College Department of...

Rachel Ann Reeves, Charles Cameron Simmons and Steven Andrew Waters / Cullman Police Department GOOD HOPE -  Local authorities made a substantial drug bust recently,...

Heatherly pitching in the 2016 AHSAA 6A state championship series/ Josh McBrayer CULLMAN - Jacob Heatherly didn't have to wait long Tuesday to hear his...

FOP representative Ronald Ultz presents the AED to Capt. J.P. White / Heather Mann   CULLMAN - The Cullman Police Department on Tuesday morning received an...

CULLMAN -  This Saturday June 17, starting with registration for the Duck Dash 5K at 6 a.m. and opening of the Duck Drawdown Festival...

CULLMAN - Brad Meeks, 27, the man at the center of the investigation into the crash that killed Cullman High School student Curtis Wilson,...

Wallace State Community College President Dr. Vicki Karolewics presents a certificate to James W. Meherg about the formation of the James W. Meherg Endowed...

Sherman Roberts had the oldest operational tractor at the show, a 1939 Farmall “H” / W.C. Mann HANCEVILLE - Who would have thought that a...

CULLMAN - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as “a form of modern-day slavery, and involves the use of force, fraud,...

Guests were asked to sign a “CW” for Curt’s mother, Ashley Wilson./ W.C. Mann CULLMAN - On Sunday afternoon, the Cullman Elks Lodge was the...

Dale Greer / Cullman Economic Development Agency   I see Cullman continuing to grow, continuing to prosper.  I think we’ll be very progressive, but I think...

2016 Burgermeister, Rev. John Richter / Andrew Cryer CULLMAN - Cullman’s annual Oktoberfest celebration is scheduled for Oct. 4-8 this year, and nominations for Burgermeister...

Saxon Levi Waid, 3, the son of a couple killed in a wreck near Duck River Bridge / GoFundMe CULLMAN COUNTY - A GoFundMe page...

CULLMAN - The Festhalle and Warehouse District were hopping Friday night, as the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce and Cullman Parks and Recreation held...

The Heritage Park soccer fields some time prior to this year's Rock the South/ Cullman Parks and Recreation We want to reassure you that Heritage...

The staff of the courthouse donation bus CULLMAN - There are many ways to help people, and the most common way is to donate to...

CULLMAN - If you are looking for something to do in and around Cullman on Saturday, there are plenty of options from which to...

CULLMAN COUNTY - Two people died as a result of a three-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 278 East, just east of the Duck River...

Updated article: http://www.cullmansense.com/articles/2017/06/09/coroner-ids-2-victims-fridays-duck-river-bridge-area-crash Update 5:34 p.m. U.S. 278 has re-opened. Update 5:02 p.m. ALEA is reporting that a second person has died. Two confirmed fatalities. The...

Display at the 2015 show / City of Hanceville   HANCEVILLE - With Mayor Kenneth Nail out of town, the Hanceville City Council held its regular...

1-year-old James Lee Sanson died on May 31, 2016. / Image courtesy of WVTM 13 CULLMAN - After more than a year, the official autopsy...

BLOUNT COUNTY - Two people are dead following a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 278 near mile marker 102 in Blount County Thursday afternoon....

DODGE CITY - Dodge City Days is rolling into town tomorrow. Said Dodge City Mayor Tawana Canada, the town holds the event so community...

VINEMONT - Alabama State Troopers say texting while driving could be a factor in the crash that killed a Lacey’s Spring woman Thursday afternoon. Samantha...

Updated article: http://www.cullmansense.com/articles/2017/06/09/update-thursday-afternoon-blount-county-crash-kills-2 Update 6 p.m. Troopers confirm one fatality in this two-vehicle wreck. Road still blocked. BLOUNT COUNTY - U.S. Highway 278 remains closed as...

Editor's note: This story has been updated (see italicized text) to provide clarity. 6-13-17 CULLMAN - On May 18, Ashley Wilson, mother of Curtis James...

Updated article here: http://www.cullmansense.com/articles/2017/06/08/troopers-texting-and-driving-may-have-been-factor-fatal-crash-vinemont Updated 6-8-17 at 6:35 p.m. Kilpatrick has identified the victim as Samantha Wilkerson, 27, of Lacey's Spring. VINEMONT - At least one...

The heavily modified 1968 Camaro, SS “Reaper,” will be in Baileyton this Saturday./ Reaper SS on Facebook   BAILEYTON - The Discovery Channel show “Street Outlaws”...

Cullman Center Manager Lisa Armstrong and property owner/developer Roy Drinkard CULLMAN - On Wednesday morning the Cullman Chamber of Commerce, along with Mayor Woody Jacobs...

BIRMINGHAM - Nine area students received a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees from Samford University recently. Graduates are: Carissa Faith Crider, of Arab, earned a Bachelor...

David Hinds, left, graduated from Wallace State in May and is currently interning at HudsonAlpha in Huntsville. HANCEVILLE - David Hinds was one of the...

Claudina Massey gives blood at last year’s City vs. County event / Tribune File Photo CULLMAN - This year’s City vs. County blood drive will...

Ms. Barbara Ward will be one of the models for the show/ Ethel Alexander COLONY - The Town of Colony is hosting a fashion show...

Empty and nearly empty shelves in the Cullman Caring for Kids pantry could spell disaster for needy families in the Cullman area.   CULLMAN - Summer...

Staff and volunteers pray together before getting to work.   HANCEVILLE - The school year has officially come to a close, and the staffers and volunteers...

CULLMAN - One of downtown Cullman’s newest merchants, Dixie Duds and Décor, is hosting a classic auto show to benefit Desperation Church. This Saturday,...

CULLMAN - This year’s record-setting Rock the South event is in the books, following a weekend packed with crowds, wild weather and superstar performances...

Lowe’s Associate Jeremy McKenzie works on a stranded RTS fan’s electric wheelchair.   CULLMAN - Much has been said about the problems that the rain caused...

CULLMAN - The Cullman City Council met Monday evening with a single item on its agenda, and that was tabled until next month.  Thanks...

CULLMAN - On Monday evening the Cullman City Planning Commission met before a larger than normal crowd to consider eight subdivision measures and three...

Updated 6-6-17 at 10:30 a.m. http://www.cullmansense.com/articles/2017/06/06/update-mental-illness-factor-late-night-car-chase-cr-437 Updated 6-6-17 at 1:18 a.m. CULLMAN COUNTY - A car chase involving the Cullman County Sheriff's Office ended in a...

CULLMAN - All in all, the Cullman Police Department is happy after this weekend’s 2-day Rock the South festival. A total of 52 arrests...

CULLMAN - On June 14-15, the North Alabama Agriplex will again offer its original summer educational program Touring Farms for Kids. Director Rachel Dawsey talked...