Shown at a Founders Day planning meeting are (seated) WCHS Alumni Association officers Kim Prescott, president, Chase Cummins, vice president, Gina Dodd, secretary, Michelle Ward, treasurer, Bailey Kelley, committee chairman and (standing) some of the alumni association’s student ambassadors Lilly Elliott, Reagan Morgan, Macy Parsons and Alyssa Westbrooks. Not shown: Landon Kelley.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - The Winston County High School Alumni Association is hoping to start a new annual tradition this year by holding its first Founders Day on Saturday, Sept. 14.
The Bear Creek branch of BankFirst will close October 25. All customers will have the option to stay with the bank and transfer their accounts to Haleyville. All employees will also have jobs provided for them in Haleyville.
BEAR CREEK - The Bear Creek branch of BankFirst - the town’s only banking location - will be closing its doors on Oct. 25, with bank officials giving customers and employees the option of transferring to the Haleyville branch before the date arrives.
Jewell and Dude McCreless, of Haleyville, are all smiles after being honored for 72 years of marriage.
HALEYVILLE - Three weeks after Dude and Jewell McCreless, of Haleyville, first laid eyes on one another, they were married, and that marriage - now going 72 years strong - has earned them a distinct state honor.
Winston County Commissioner District 2 David Cummings, center, has questions about the agreement the county is about to sign regarding inmate medical services at the county jail. At left is Commissioner District 1 Rutger Hyche and at right is Chairman Roger Hayes.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - Budget concerns will possibly be facing the Winston County Commission, after they reached a new agreement with the company providing healthcare services for county jail inmates, at a cost of over $100,000 more per year than the previous agreement.
A large truck turns from County Road 62 at a dangerous intersection with limited visibility, onto Highway 13, in the area where the project will result in rerouting truck traffic.
DELMAR - A project to alleviate the dangerous situation of large trucks accessing Highway 13 with limited visibility, has finally been funded...
FLORENCE - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will host public meetings in Florence, Nashville and online this month to discuss a pilot project designed to manage and prevent the spread of invasive carp within the Tennessee and Cumberland river basins and the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway.
LYNN - Brandon Hill, of Lynn, a baseball athlete and student at Midway University in Midway, Kentucky, has been named to the athletic director’s honor roll for the spring semester.
Ricky White, left, and David Harbin, volunteers with The Upper Room - A Gathering Place, approach the Haleyville City Council to discuss the city’s homeless situation. In the background is Police Chief Rodney Lewis.
HALEYVILLE - The topic of homeless people in Haleyville once again came before the Haleyville City Council, this time with a plea for unity.
HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville City Schools Board of Education will hold its first budget hearing for the Haleyville School System for the 2025 fiscal year Monday, August 19, at 4:30 p.m. at the Haleyville Board of Education Conference Room.
This meeting is open to the public, and all interested persons are welcome to attend.
Friendship Cemetery, located on County Road 23 near Rabbittown, is only the second cemetery in Winston County to be named to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. (Courtesy photo)
WINSTON COUNTY - A local cemetery is now one of just two in Winston County officially considered historic by the State of Alabama.
The Craft Volunteer Fire Department invites the entire community to their open house/fun day Saturday. From left, Randy Pounders, John Chambers, Gary Mize, Haylee Adair, Kerry Adams, Riley Trussell and Chief Ray Cantrell. Not shown are Kayla Collier and Ben Harrison.
HALEYVILLE - Great summer fun with a purpose is planned for Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Craft Volunteer Fire Department.
The Addison Municipal Airport is located off Sardis Airport Road. The hangers in the background and plane being housed are located on private property adjacent to the airport. The town owns the grass strip runway.
ADDISON - A resolution has been approved by the Addison Town Council to seek an Alabama Attorney General’s opinion on the proper way to proceed with possibly selling the town’s airport.
From left, Lynn School Resource Officer Mike Clark, Lynn Water Clerk Kris Gray and Town Clerk Marcia Manasco at a series of signs posted warning large trucks not to be on County Road 1 certain hours of the day and to avoid the downtown area near the school at all times.
LYNN - The most recent announcement of $450,000 in ATRIP-II funds to finally begin the project at the Highway 278 railroad overpass that has been planned for decades is a major relief to the Town of Lynn, which has faced issues with larger trucks violating posted signs and detouring through their town.
Emma Anne Hallman, director of the Child Nutrition Program for Haleyville City Schools, goes over the new finger print scan system with first grade student Paisley Sherrill, 6.
HALEYVILLE - A new method of student identification is being implemented for the new school year, where a finger scan will allow school personnel to access students’ meal accounts.