Benefit spring marketplace in Double Spirngs
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DOUBLE SPRINGS - The spring marketplace in Double Springs will take place Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1, at the Double Springs Municipal Building, located on Highway 195 south.
Holy Week services at Double Springs First United Methodist
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DOUBLE SPRINGS - First United Methodist Church, located on Guttery Street in Double Springs, will be holding Holy Week services Monday, April 3, through Friday, April 7, at 11 a.m. each morning.
Additional principal for Haleyville Elementary proposed
HCS Superintendent Dr. Holly Sutherland talks to the board in a work session about the proposal of hiring a new assistant principal at the elementary school, to work with current administrators. From left, board members Brian Vickery, Beth McAlpine, Donna Jones, Chad Tidwell, Boo Haughton and Chief School Financial Officer Candy Marbutt.
HALEYVILLE - As personnel adjustments are being made over the next month at Haleyville City Schools, the idea for an additional elementary assistant principal to work with the existing principals has been brought to the table for discussion.
Highway 13 Yard Sale set for April 1
WINSTON COUNTY - The annual Highway 13 yard sale is planned for Saturday, April 1. The yard sale will go from Natural Bridge to Delmar and will take place all day.
Summer concert series coming to Looney's Tavern
LAKESHORE - The Looney’s Tavern Entertainment and Cultural Center in Lakeshore is about to be rocking with live entertainment, as plans are underway to showcase the Dual Destiny Theater starting May 5-6.
Steve Smith Memorial Poker Run and Cruise-In to honor fallen chief
Jessie Salter, assistant chief of the Pebble Fire Department, left, and firefighter AdamBob Bray, show two of the oldest trucks in the department’s fleet, both 1970s models. Proceeds raised at the inaugural Steve Smith Memorial Poker Run and Cruise-In will go to help the department obtain newer trucks.
HALEYVILLE - The Pebble Fire Department is struggling emotionally after the accidental death of their chief in the line of duty and financially, as funding is desperately needed to update their fleet of older trucks.
Alabamian to honor healthcare heroes April 26
WINSTON COUNTY - It takes a very dedicated person with a tremendous heart to work in healthcare, and those who answer this vital calling deserve to be celebrated.
Sewer relocation project greenlit by Haleyville Water and Sewer Board
HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville Water Works and Sewer Board voted at its Feb. 28 meeting to accept the low bid for a sewer relocation project that will prepare the way for the creation of a new turning lane on Highway 195 at 20th Avenue.
Grajewski makes dean’s list
MURFREESBORO, TENN. - Joshua Grajewski, of Houston, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Middle Tennessee State University.
To qualify for this distinction, an undergraduate student must maintain a current semester grade-point average of 3.5 or above and earn at least 12 semester hours.
Grajewski is currently majoring in information systems.
Murder charge for alleged accomplice in botched home invasion
Donald Webb Jr. (Courtesy photo)
NAUVOO - One of two intruders that forced entry into a home on Dec. 13, 2022, during a home invasion,that left one of them dead, has now been charged with murder, although he never held a weapon or assaulted anyone during the incident.
Imperial Inn sold to developer
Plans are for the now-former Imperial Inn in Haleyville’s new owner Blake Evetts, left, owner of H&H Property Management of Muscle Shoals, to work with contractor Shawn McWilliams, owner of Complete Care and Repair of Muscle Shoals, in converting the motel into efficiency apartments.
HALEYVILLE - A complaint filed by the City of Haleyville against Yogi, LLC, to permanently close the Imperial Inn has been dismissed, now that the motel has been closed and sold to new owners, who are planning a $1.8 million renovation and development of the property into efficiency apartments.
Flowers need to be removed at Littleville Cemetery this month
HALEYVILLE - Caretakers and the cemetery committee for Littleville Community Cemetery, located off of Highway 195 just east of Haleyville, are asking anyone who has loved ones buried in the cemetery...
COIN program gets boost from governor’s office
WINSTON COUNTY - Governor Kay Ivey has awarded $16,500 to the Winston County Commission to be used for the COIN Program for local at-risk youth.
Move Alabama - Now through April 30
WINSTON COUNTY - Almost 29 percent of all Alabamians are physically inactive, meaning they don’t do any physical activity or exercise outside of their normal jobs.
Local students inducted into PTK
HANCEVILLE - Three local students were recently inducted into Wallace State Community College’s Alpha Chi Tau chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.
Amber Burden, of Crane Hill; Amy Gigis, of Double Springs and Nicholas Perez, of Arley, were all invited to join the honor society, which requires a grade point average of 3.5 or better.
Father and son die in house fire in Arley
Winston County Sheriff Caleb Snoddy, left, and Chief Deputy Jacob Eward on the mobile home fire scene where two men were found dead.
ARLEY - A father and son were found dead among the ashes and rubble of their home that was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of Friday, March 3.
Bear Creek man loses life in house fire
Firefighters found Charles Ward lying on the floor just inside the front door of his home in Bear Creek.
BEAR CREEK - A house fire proved fatal for a Bear Creek man, who was found by firefighters near the front door of his home while fire raged toward the back of the residence.
HHS senior play public performance Saturday
HALEYVILLE - There are “no substitutes” for the entertainment provided each year in Haleyville High School’s senior play, and this year should be no exception.