Ivey gives update on her health
Governor Kay Ivey
MONTGOMERY - In an ongoing effort to keep the people of Alabama updated on her health, Governor Kay Ivey issued the following statement:
Governor Kay Ivey
Governor Kay Ivey
Date changes for energy assistance sign-ups
WINSTON COUNTY - The dates have changed for making appointments with the Marion-Winston Community Action Agency for financial assistance for utility bills for qualified residents. The assistance will be provided through LIHEAP, which is the federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Local students graduate from Troy University
TROY - April Westmoreland, of Addison, and Autumn Cunningham, of Arley, both completed the requirements for graduation during the fall semester and Term 2 of Troy University's 2019/2020 academic year. The fall semester includes graduates from the Troy campus. Term 2 graduates include students at Troy's campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, along with teaching sites outside of Alabama and online.
Local students named to Jacksonville State honors list
JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville State University named 2,216 students to the president's and dean's lists for their outstanding academic performance during the Fall 2019, semester.
Rodgers named chief deputy
Winston County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Brett Rodgers
WINSTON COUNTY - Brett Rodgers, known most recently as school resource officer for Addison Schools as well as officer for the town of Addison, has been welcomed onboard by newly appointed sheriff Horace Moore as chief deputy of the sheriff’s office.
New law leaves retailers in the dark
HALEYVILLE - A spending bill signed by President Donald Trump Dec. 20, includes a section updating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, raising the national tobacco purchasing age from 18 (previously 19 in Alabama) to 21.
Woman seriously injured in dog attack
HALEYVILLE - The owner of a pit bull faces a citation and is scheduled to be in Haleyville Municipal Court in February after her dog attacked a neighbor, causing serious injuries to the facial area.
Estes wins AASB’s highest honor
State Representative Tracy Estes, R-Winfield, receives the Legislative Award from Alabama Association of School Boards Executive Director Sally Smith.
BIRMINGHAM - State House Rep. Tracy Estes, R-Winfield, was recently presented with the Legislative Award, as chosen annually by officials with the Alabama Association of School Boards (AASB).
Special education records in Montgomery to be destroyed
MONTGOMERY - The Alabama State Department of Education has scheduled the destruction of certain special education records for Feb. 28.
Ivey awards grants to help with energy bills
WINSTON COUNTY - Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling $46.2 million to assist low-income families in Alabama with energy bills. Locally, the Marion-Winston Counties Community Action Committee will receive $699,100.
Haleyville FD responds to outbuilding fire
HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville Fire Department was called out around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 7 ,to a structure fire at 1201 16th Street.
Groundbreaking for new pavilion at Smith Lake
SMITH LAKE - Volunteers from the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance have broken ground on a new public use weigh-in pavilion at Smith Lake, part of a partnership between B.A.S.S. and Alabama Power.
Fire heavily damages home near Bear Creek
Bear Creek Firefighter Eric Loden helps out on the scene of the fire.
BEAR CREEK - A Bear Creek family is blessed to have each other after coming home on New Year’s Eve ,Tuesday, Dec. 31, to find their home on fire.
Faster internet coming to Smith Lake
Discussing the new project at the entrance to Sipsey Pines subdivision, from left, Suzie Barber, subdivision resident; Jay Weekley, co-founder of Cyber Broadband; Jay Fuller, co-founder/CEO of Cyber Broadband; Don Aaron, technician; Drew Whiteside, loan officer with Traders and Farmers Bank; Jeremy Bartlett, technician and State Senator Garlan Gudger.
ARLEY - A $535,000 project providing high speed internet service to 200 residents in the Sipsey Pines subdivision at Smith Lake is receiving a major boost from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
Reform to mandatory liability insurance law to help drivers
WINSTON COUNTY - The Alabama Department of Revenue, in accordance with changes made by the Legislature in Act 2019-446, will work to boost the effectiveness of the Mandatory Liability Insurance (MLI) law to provide a clearer and less punitive path to compliance by vehicle owners.
Horace Moore sworn in as Winston County's sheriff
Horace Moore is administered the oath of Sheriff by Winston County Probate Judge Sheila Moore. Shown holding the Holy Bible is Horace's wife Patty Moore.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - Horace Moore, a veteran of law enforcement the past 30 years, was officially sworn into office...
Missing Arley man's body found
Jimmy Dean Miller
ARLEY - The body of Jimmy Dean Miller, 83, of Arley - who was last seen on Thanksgiving - was discovered on the shore of Smith Lake in the area of County Road 4033.
Double homicide near Addison Christmas Eve
Allen Hollis Privett
ADDISON - The Christmas holiday season was destroyed for an Addison family when a 30-year-old man confessed to law enforcement that he shot...
Council member calls for local inn’s license to be revoked
HALEYVILLE - Haleyville City Council Member Jonathan Bennett made a motion near the end of the council’s Dec. 17, meeting to revoke the business license for the Imperial Inn in Haleyville, a motion that was not on the agenda for the meeting.
Moore to be sworn-in as Winston County Sheriff Monday
Horace Moore, standing, will be sworn in as Winston County’s sheriff on Monday. Shown seated is outgoing sheriff Tommy Moore. (Courtesy photo)
WINSTON COUNTY - Horace Moore, a veteran not only of the newspaper business but law enforcement, will respectfully replace Tommy Moore as Winston County’s Sheriff next week.