04/30/11 By Dennis Sherer, Staff Writer Residents continue cleaning up broken limbs, fallen trees and other debris from powerful storms that tore through the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday and Wednesday. In Marion, Franklin, Lauderdale and Lawrence counties, utility crews are still repairing broken power lines. Volunteers have assisted emergency responders in clearing debris.
04/30/11 By Robert Palmer Staff Writer Developing a National Heritage Area in northwest Alabama includes a variety of goals, but one of the most important will be creating new jobs and business opportunities.
04/29/11 Associated Press - April 29, 2011 8:34 PM ET MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama appeals court has upheld the capital murder conviction of a Tuscumbia man convicted of killing another man who...
04/29/11 By Lisa Singleton-Rickman Staff Writer Salvation Army Majs. Donald and Jean Wilson may be new to the Shoals, but already they've seen an outpouring of generosity and caring from locals and residents in surrounding communities.
04/28/11 By Dennis Sherer Staff Writer The picture was similar in neighborhoods throughout northwest Alabama on Wednesday. Water surrounded homes, spilled over banks of creeks, covered roads and, in some cases, flooded businesses. Numerous thunderstorms that marched through the area produced more than 6 inches of rain within about 30 hours.
04/27/11 After morning storms swept across the Tennessee Valley today, many schools are dismissing students early today. Several banks in Marshall County are closing early as well.
04/22/11 Colbert County Sheriff Ronnie May said his office is looking to several graveyard thefts, where items and even the headstones have been taken.
04/11/11 By Tom Smith Senior Staff Writer Traffic fatalities nationwide are at the lowest level in nearly 60 years, a trend transportation and traffic officials say can be traced to increased education efforts and specialized highway safety campaigns.
04/11/11 By Tom Smith and Bernie Delinski Staff Writers With 3 miles of jurisdiction extending from their city limits, Alabama municipalities are left to decide how and what services to offer and whether to tax businesses within that area.
04/10/11 The following businesses were inspected by the Alabama Department of Public Health before April 1. Scores are based on a 100-point system.
04/10/11 By Russ Corey Staff Writer A man whose motorcycle left U.S. 72 and crashed into an embankment east of Cherokee on Saturday could have suffered a heart attack before the wreck. Ronald Clanton, 56, of Senatobia, Miss., was pronounced dead at Helen Keller Hospital, according to Cherokee Fire Department Capt. Dwight Hogeland.
04/09/11 A few tickets still remain for the second of two Alabama Music Hall of Fame benefit concerts featuring the Greenhill duo of Laura and Lydia Rogers, known as The Secret Sisters. The 6:30 p.m. show is sold out but tickets still remain for the 8:30 p.m. show, Marketing Director Dixie Connell said.
04/09/11 By Tom Smith Senior Staff Writer Jimmy Cummings was inside his residence about six houses from Ford Street and Grand Avenue when he heard the crash.
04/08/11 Staff reports Four Shoals and Nashville songwriters with a litany of awards between them will gather Saturday for Songwriters in the Round, an event to both educate about and raise funds for Earth Month activities.
04/07/11 A proposed budget in the Alabama Senate would slash funding to state funded museums, historic sites, and festivals.
03/25/11 By Dennis Sherer, Staff Writer The trial for Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan for a charge of driving under the influence is scheduled to begin June 27 but its location has yet to be determined. Lauderdale County Circuit Court Judge Gil Self granted a motion Thursday to move the trial away from the Shoals.
03/25/11 Associated Press - March 25, 2011 2:14 PM ET FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan's trial on a charge of driving under the influence is scheduled to begin June 27, but its...
03/23/11 A Rattlesnake Saloon, an antique store and a red train caboose provide unique, offbeat music venues for visitors to experience during the Year of Alabama Music.
03/22/11 By Lisa Singleton-Rickman Staff Writer Several advocacy groups for Alabamians with intellectual disabilities will rally at 10:30 this morning in front of the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery in support of closing the W.D. Partlow Developmental Center in Tuscaloosa.
03/21/11 By Tom Smith and Bernie Delinski Staff Writers A Colbert County man was killed in a one-car accident early Sunday morning south of Muscle Shoals, officials said. Timothy Blane Isbell, 54, Tuscumbia, was pronounced dead at the scene by Colbert County Coroner Carlton Utley. | 
