Tag: Tyson Spill
Tyson Farms lawsuit settlement funds new projects in Colony, Garden City...
CULLMAN, Ala. - The Attorney General’s Restitution Fund Oversite Committee met at three different locations on Saturday to announce projects that are being planned...
Attorney General Steve Marshall announces $3 million settlement with Tyson over...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Wednesday a $3 million State settlement with Tyson Farms Inc. over the 2019 wastewater spill in Mulberry...
Tyson now faces nine lawsuits over 2019 Hanceville plant spill
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Over two years have passed since a June 6, 2019, spill at the Tyson Farms/River Valley Ingredients rendering plant near Hanceville...
Tyson now facing 5 local, state, federal actions over Hanceville plant...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Almost a year has passed since a June 6, 2019 spill at the Tyson Farms/River Valley Ingredients rendering plant near Hanceville...
(Updated) Lawsuit filed against Tyson over 2019 spills
JASPER, Ala. - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the Walker County Circuit Court on behalf of the State,...
Tyson responds to filing of lawsuit by AL attorney general
CULLMAN, Ala. - Tyson Foods on Thursday issued a response to the lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Alabama Attorney General’s Office over two spills...
Breaking News: AL attorney general files suit against Tyson over 2...
JASPER, Ala. - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the Walker County Circuit Court on behalf of the State,...
Did ADEM withhold information on river contamination levels after June 6...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Black Warrior Riverkeeper (BWR), a north Alabama environmental organization on Wednesday posted to its Facebook page a large multi-page document found...
River Valley Ingredients senior vice president issues statement on June 6...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Tyson Foods subsidiary River Valley Ingredients recently took another step in responding to the spill that occurred at its Hanceville plant...
Inside the Tyson/Mulberry Fork lawsuit: Who did what, who’s asking for...
JASPER, Ala. - On Friday, the Sipsey Heritage Commission and Chandler Holdings, along with 40 individual property owners along the Mulberry and Sipsey Forks...
BREAKING: Residents, organizations file suit against Tyson over spill, plant conditions
JASPER, Ala. - On Friday, the Sipsey Heritage Commission and Chandler Holdings, along with 40 individual property owners along the Mulberry and Sipsey Forks...
State wants your opinion on ADEM director’s job performance
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Have an opinion about how Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) Director Lance LeFleur is doing his job? The State would...
Tyson Spill Update: Tribune visits Mulberry and Sipsey Forks
EMPIRE, Ala. - On Saturday morning, The Cullman Tribune visited the confluence of the Sipsey Fork and Mulberry Fork, known to locals as "The...
‘This is heartbreaking for us’: River residents heavy-hearted; Tyson facing lawsuits
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – On Thursday, June 6, approximately 220,000 gallons of effluent (liquid waste or sewage) were spilled by the Tyson Foods, Inc./River Valley...
Tyson: ‘Oxygen levels in affected streams have returned to normal’
CULLMAN, Ala. – Last Thursday, June 6, approximately 220,000 gallons of effluent (liquid waste or sewage) were spilled by the Tyson Foods, Inc./River Valley...
Feature: River residents sound off about Tyson’s Mulberry Fork spill, fish...
Updated 6-11-19 8:32 a.m.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The June 6 spill of “partially treated effluent” (liquid waste or sewage) into the Dave Young Creek, which...
Tyson spill; public encouraged to avoid Dave Young Creek, Mulberry Fork
Updated 6-7-19 2:21 p.m.
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Tyson Foods, Inc. issued a public notice Friday, saying, "Due to a failure in a pipe owned by...
