Area News

State Sen. Garlan Gudger Jr. of Cullman was injured in a marine-related incident involving him and his son on Independence Day. Photo submitted   Special to the News   A marine-related incident occurred on Lewis Smith Lake at approximately 3:15 p.m. Thursday, July 4, and has resulted in the injury of a Cullman man. Garlan…

  Just before midnight. Somewhere on the Texas prairie. A 20-year-old named Mark was driving on a two-lane highway on his way home. You have to be careful when driving on an empty prairie. It’s easy to develop “prairie foot.” On a flat landscape, without landmarks, your foot tends to get heavy on the gas…

The shooting range that will be built in Shelby County will include electronic targets. Photo by David Rainer   The Shelby range will also include numerous pistol ranges for training and competition. Photo by David Rainer   The electronic targets provided a detailed view of the bullet’s point of impact. Photo by David Rainer  …

Special to the News   A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4:25 a.m. Monday, July 8, has claimed the life of a Center Point man. William G. Donaldson, 58, was fatally injured when the 1990 Ford Ranger pickup he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Donaldson was not using a seat…

  Special to the News   Coosa Upward enjoyed another great season as the youth played baseball and reinforced character development learned at home through their Bible lessons on the life of Joseph. Joseph’s life serves as a positive example of how a person of faith behaves when things are not going their way. What a great…

By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   Once again the Board of Education agenda primarily consisted of personnel-related matters for a called meeting held June 5, as the board prepares for a new school year. After unanimously approving rescinding the non-renewal of Kelli Hilyer as an eleventh and twelfth grade math teacher because notification of…

Bradley Dewayne Travelstead   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A peculiar visit to a local Dollar General led to a call which netted a drug trafficking arrest, along with other charges. On June 26, Deputy Payton responded to the Rockford Dollar General for a call regarding a suspicious person. The caller reported that…

Special to the News   A fatal multi-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 280 in Sylacauga left one person dead on Tuesday afternoon. The collision, which occurred about 2 p.m. July 2, involved five vehicles at the intersection of Ft. Williams Street and Sylacauga-Fayetteville Highway. The multi-vehicle crash resulted in the death of 41-year-old Joshua Andrew…

Jeremy Wayne Taylor   Joseph William Campbell   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   Two individuals were recently arrested in unrelated cases for Grand Jury indictments and probation violation. Chief Deputy Scott Hammond reported that on June 25, Joseph William Campbell, 43 years old of Goodwater, was arrested for nine Grand Jury indictments. Those…