Sutherland accepts Hartselle City Schools superintendent position


Haleyville City Schools superintendent Dr. Holly Sutherland has accepted the superintendent position at Hartselle City Schools. (Courtesy Photo)

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.

 

 

Cemetery transformed through Eagle Scout project


Noah Blevins, a member of Double Springs Boy Scout Troop 92 and his father Jeremy Blevins, a veteran of the Army National Guard, at the memorial honoring veterans that Noah organized for Double Springs Memorial Cemetery as his Eagle Scout project.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - A project developed to better recognize the graves of veterans buried at Double Springs Memorial Cemetery by creating the town’s first memorial honoring all veterans, has been personal to each person who participated.

Winston Rescue Squad plans expansion


Joseph Harris, firefighter/EMT with the Addison Fire Department, shows the area where the fire station will be expanded to accommodate the first satellite location of the Winston County Rescue Squad.

ADDISON - The expansion of ambulance services by the Winston County Rescue Squad also means an expansion of the Addison Fire Station.
The rescue squad will continue to also use the Arley Fire station, but will also have an office in Addison at the fire station on County Road 41 at Alexander Park.  This will require a renovation of office space and additional bay space for an ambulance, Kyle Woodard, member of both the fire department and rescue squad, said.

Flawless audit for Winston School Board


The Winston County Board of Education hears the good news that no findings or discrepancies were found in an audit of their system for 2023-2024. Shown from left, Board Members Randy Lee and Kristen McCay, Chief School Financial Officer Morgan Blankenship, Board President Joey Boteler, Superintendent Jeff Scott and Board Members Greg Densmore and Mark Finley.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - Good news came to the Winston County Board of Education, at their Monday, April 28, meeting, when they received a “materially correct” audit report, meaning no financial discrepancies were found by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.

Double Springs woman killed in Tuesday crash


Lyle's Wrecker Service of Haleyville recovers the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier that was being driven by Shelby J. Ayers, of Double Springs, when she crashed yesterday.

ASHRIDGE - A one-vehicle accident Tuesday, April 29, claimed the life of a Double Springs woman.
Shelby J. Ayers, 53, was fatally injured when the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier she was driving left County Road 55 four miles North of Double Springs and struck a tree, according to troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.  Ayers was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Alabamian will have more on this fatal wreck in the May 7, edition.

 

Donations needed for after-school & summer program meals

LYNN - Grace Kitchens, which provides meals for the children in the "Bear Necessities" 21st Century Community Learning Center after-school program at Lynn Schools, is in need of donations to continue serving those meals for the rest of the school year and also during the summer program in June, when it tries to provide three meals a day.