 01/26/10 Times Staff Reports Mayor Tim Walker and Boaz City School System Superintendent Leland Dishman recently joined dozens of city and school officials in New Orleans for the Southern Municipal Leaders Combating Childhood Obesity Leadership Academy.
 01/26/10 The University of South Florida volleyball team will compete in the second annual Fiesta on Siesta Key on April 17, head coach Claire Lessinger announced Tuesday.
 01/25/10 Randall White was named the first State Adult Education Hall of Fame Award winner during a meeting in Montgomery. Adult education program directors from across the state nominated White for the distinction.
01/25/10 Members of a committee to restore the old Boaz school building on Sparks Avenue publicly resigned en masse, citing inaction and a lack of support from the mayor and city council.
01/22/10 The Boaz City Council will vote whether or not to accept the bid for the downtown revitalization project Monday, according to a proposed agenda released Friday.
 01/22/10 Publix has been honored as one of Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the 13th consecutive year. Publix was ranked No. 86 on this year's list and was one of only 13 companies to have made the list every year since its inception in 1998.
01/18/10 The U.S. does have a workable backup plan if Clint Dempsey's knee injury keeps him from South Africa.
 01/18/10 Harry Frankie Bailey, 28, of Albertville is being treated for severe burns he received from the waist up, Albertville Police spokesman Sgt. Jamie Smith said today.
 01/17/10 Albertville Police and the Marshall County Drug Unit are investigating an explosion.
01/13/10 Alabama State Troopers today identified a man fatally injured Tuesday after he was struck by a car while pushing an all-terrain-vehicle across Alabama 168 near here as Norman Simmons, 36, of Boaz.
01/11/10 A DeKalb County man was killed and another man was injured in a single-vehicle wreck last night near Albertville.
01/06/10 Schools announced closings in the wake of weather forecasts predicting snow showers on Thursday and single-digit lows on Friday night as Sand Mountain braces for a chilly blast of arctic air.
01/06/10 By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Schools in the Attalla City and Etowah County systems will begin at the regular time today, and a decision will be made later in the day if an early dismissal is needed because of the weather, Attalla Schools Superintendent Ray Landers said.
 01/05/10 The Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners has suspended the license of Dr. Jason Hunt, 40, of Arab after he was arrested earlier this month on drug charges.
01/05/10 Dr. Jason Michael Hunt is scheduled for a March 24 hearing before the Alabama Medical Licensure Commission in Montgomery.
01/04/10 Funeral services were held Sunday in Arab for former Guntersville Police Sgt. Tommy Bishop, who was shot in the back and paralyzed while answering a domestic disturbance call in July 1993.
 01/02/10 A statewide non-profit organization is working to increase the number of Alabama children who get dental care and education. Sarrell Dental will soon have eight offices across the state, including one in Talladega.
12/31/09 Boaz Mayor Tim Walker is known for his optimism, but even he admitted the national economic woes of 2009 made the year tough for tax-dependent entities like city governments.
12/21/09 Boaz police Chief Terry Davis is always on the lookout for more grant money to upgrade equipment and technology in his department. The grant funding arrives sporadically, but Davis tries to stretch every dollar.
12/21/09 The Alabama Silver-Haired Legislature is asking state lawmakers to consider passing resolutions that are intended to help the elderly throughout Alabama. | 
