BIRMINGHAM - Samford University named the following local students to the dean's list for the spring 2025 semester.
Lauren Smith, of Crane Hill, English major;
Dayton Roberts, of Addison, law and history major;
Abigail Tidwell, of Double Springs, undeclared major taking a pre-pharmacy curriculum;
Tyler Clark, of Haleyville, international relations major;
Mia Edens, of Houston, architecture major.
Two ladies who have made history for the Town of Addison are the first female police officer Ava Jo Talley, left, and Mayor Marsha Pigg, the first female mayor for the town.
HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville Board of Education met in a special called meeting Thursday night May 29, and named Candy Hicks Garner as interim superintendent of Haleyville City Schools, filling the absence of Dr. Holly Sutherland, whose resignation as superintendent was also approved at the meeting. Sutherland will be leaving after June 6, to accept a position as superintendent at Hartselle City Schools. Voting in favor of Garner were board members Beth McAlpine, Boo Haughton, Chad Tidwell and Brian Thumper Vickery. Abstaining from the vote was Donna Jones.
HALEYVILLE - Haleyville City Schools Superintendent Dr. Holly Sutherland has been named superintendent of Hartselle City Schools.
Sutherland announced the news to a system wide gathering of faculty and staff at Haleyville Elementary School Thursday afternoon, May 22.
A Haleyville native, Sutherland has served as Haleyville City Schools superintendent since 2017. Prior to that, she was the principal of Haleyville High School for three years.
Her last day with Haleyville City Schools will be sometime in June.
