The tornado watch has now been canceled for Winston County:

WINSTON COUNTY - Winston County has been placed, along with other counties in northwest and central Alabama, under a tornado watch, as a line of severe storms approaches the state. Only the main storm shelter at the Community Safe Room will be opened for the city of HALEYVILLE, announced Mayor Ken Sunseri. Storm shelters across the county are on standby to be opened if a warning is issued, reported Winston Emergency Management Director AJ Brown. 

HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville Street & Sanitation Department will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., holiday.  Therefore, there will be no trash collection on that date.

Monday's garbage route will be collected on Tuesday, January 17, along with the regular Tuesday route.

BIRMINGHAM -  JaMahl Payne, aka “Cubby Ragland”, formerly of Haleyville, executive chef at Civitas Restaurant in Mountain Brook, will be a featured guest on the daytime newscasts on WBRC Fox 6 Monday, Jan. 16, and on ABC 33/40’s  “Talk of Alabama” Monday, Jan. 23, at 9 a.m.  ABC 33/40 is on Channel 67 on DirecTV and on DISH channel 40.
Payne is the son of Dr. Vanessa Ragland.

WINSTON COUNTY - The Winston County Sanitation Department has announced that all pickup routes for Friday, Dec 23,  have been cancelled  due to the arctic weather,and all Fridays routes will be picked up the following Friday, Dec. 30, according to Commissioner David Cummings. There have been no major winter weather problems across the county due to extremely cold weather as of Friday, county officials said. 

HALEYVILLE - The City of Haleyville has issued guidance regarding when the warming station at the Community Safe Room located beneath Haleyville City Hall downtown will be open, ahead of the arctic blast of air scheduled to arrive late Thursday and into Friday.

Haleyville Mayor Ken Sunseri has confirmed the warming station will be available to residents needing a warm place to go during the bitterly cold temperatures.