DOUBLE SPRINGS - The ninth annual City Fest will be held in downtown Double Springs on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., kicking off with a pancake breakfast to benefit Addie's Place from 7-10 a.m.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - The Peacemakers' Quilt Guild will hold its annual quilt show in downtown Double Springs on Friday, Sept. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville Board of Education is conducting interviews with the top 5 candidates for school superintendent this week.

HALEYVILLE - Fall is in the air, as the fall season of activities at the Heart of Haleyville Downtown Park kicks off this Friday, Sept. 12...

The Alabamian plans to kick off the 2025 Pick ‘Em and Win football contest in the Wednesday, Sept. 17, edition, and you can be a winner.

Here are the local football scores for Friday, September 5, 2025:

Hackleburg 33, Meek 0

Phillips 26, Vina 12

Addison 68, Shoals Christian 8

Curry 49, Haleyville 27

Lynn 70, Brilliant 0

Winston County 51, Tanner 26

 

BEAR CREEK - The Bear Creek Town Council has taken action to restructure the purpose and use of the primitive campsites at Twin Forks Campgrounds after police have responded to a series of vandalism incidents and misuse of the campground bathhouse area.

ASHRIDGE - A Winston County sixth grader needs your votes to be named the top youth athlete in the nation.

HALEYVILLE - The Alabama Association of School Boards has selected the top five candidates for superintendent for Haleyville City Schools, as announced by  Dr.  Tim Morgan of the AASB at a special-called meeting of the Haleyville Board of Education Tuesday, September 2.

These top 5 candidates, listed in alphabetical order, are Dr. Veronica R. Bayles, of Florence, Dr. William "Bill" Bishop of Haleyville, Amy Childress of Grove Oak, Dr. Heidi Knapp of Brewton and Dr. Brian K. Thomas of Henagar.

Here are the local football scores for Friday, August 30:

Tarrant 25, Haleyville 14

Addison 57, Decatur Heritage 0

Marion County 43, Phillips 0

Winston County 46, Meek 22

Thursday, August 29, score:

Hackleburg 24, Lynn 13

 

LYNN - A one-vehicle crash claimed the life of an 81-year-old Lynn man Sunday night, Aug. 24, when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree head-on, according to first responders.

LYNN - The Lynn Police Department will be closing part of East Main Street for home football games this season, starting Thursday, Aug. 28, with the Hackleburg game.

HALEYVILLE - Higher poverty rates in a school district usually mean lower testing proficiency rates, but Haleyville City Schools has proven that to be wrong, being listed as one of just three schools in the entire state to have grown in math proficiency by double digits.

Deadlines for the September 3, edition of the Alabamian have been moved up, due to the Labor Day holiday Monday, Sept. 1.

Here are the results for the two council seats that were up for election in Lynn Tuesday, August 26:

Town Council Place 1:

Fred Easley 56

Allen Barnett  25

Town Council Placc 2:

Chris Little 57

Sharon Bell 23

 

HALEYVILLE -Here are the Haleyville election results from the municipal election results:

Ray Boshell will be back as mayor after many years, defeating incumbent Ken Sunseri.  He received 417 votes.  Sunseri received 281 votes and Valeria Taylor received 21 votes.

For Haleyville Council Place 2, Cade Lewis won with 412 votes.  His opponent, Samantha Thomas, had 304 votes.

For Haleyville Council Place 3, Colton Corum won with 486 votes.  His opponent, Lee Dobbs, had 230 votes.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Here are the results for the municipal election held in Double Springs Tuesday, August 26:

Mayor:

Kim Miller    229

Neil Nielsen   19

Incumbent Mayor Elmo Robinson chose not to seek reelection.

There will be a runoff for Double Springs Town Council Place 3, the only council seat that had competition.   Kathy Cole had 120 votes, Mark Taylor had 92 votes and Travis Fichtner had 35 votes.  Because no candidate received 50 percent of the vote plus 1, there will be a runoff election in a few weeks.

Here are the local high school football scores for Friday, August 22, 2025:

West Point 30, Haleyville 6

Addison 41, Winston County 20

Meek 20, Lynn 6

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising residents and businesses not to eat, sell or serve certain imported shrimp sold by Walmart, due to potential radioactive contamination.

WINSTON COUNTY - The future of municipal government in three locations in Winston County will be decided this Tuesday, Aug. 26, when voters head to the polls to cast their ballots for their choice of such vital offices as mayor and council.