HELICON  - Two men have been charged with murder and robbery in the death of a Helicon man, found dead in the yard of his residence, after suffering a single gunshot wound.

ADDISON - A dream has come true for first-year Addison High School band director and former AHS band member Garrett McCurley. It is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for his band students, as they have been chosen as one of seven bands in the entirety of the state to march in the Alabama Bicentennial Parade on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, celebrating the state’s 200th birthday, Saturday, Dec. 14.

WINSTON COUNTY - Rep. Tracy Estes (R-Winfield), has announced middle school students in House District 17 - which includes Haleyville, Double Springs and Bear Creek - may apply for one of two scholarships to attend space camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.

LOWNDES COUNTY , MISS.  - The remains of Richard Cory Baughn, 31, were found with his vehicle in a wooded area near Highways 82 and 45 on Tuesday, Nov. 26, according to a press release issued by the Starkville Police Department.

ADDISON - A “maintenance problem” was only a ruse to keep Lynn Tuggle out of the media center of Addison Elementary School Thursday, Nov. 7, when the Addison Elementary Parent and Teacher Organization, along with the entire elementary school student body, surprised her with new furniture, window seats, curtains and other improvements for the library.

HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville City Council had one of the longest agendas it has had in some time for its Nov. 18, meeting, with several important items approved.

HELICON - The death of a man in the Helicon area has been termed a homicide and is under active investigation by the Winston County Sheriff's Office, Winston County District Attorney's Office and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

HALEYVILLE - Haleyville City Schools has been placed in a very small minority when it comes to Cognia STEM certification.

BEAR CREEK - The town of Bear Creek’s long-awaited audit report for 2018, that has been on hold several months after town officials made a request to their previous auditor, was finally shared with the town council and public by newly hired CPA Don Wallace, who reported numerous financial discrepancies.

HALEYVILLE  - The city of Haleyville,  known the past 51 years as the Home of 9-1-1, is now known as the home of the first ever Rural Workforce Outreach Event being planned by state officials with an emphasis on economic development in rural Alabama.

MARION COUNTY - The Town of Hackleburg and Marion County will both be receiving Community Development Block Grants to make vital improvements.

BEAR CREEK - The Town of Bear Creek has determined they would have $150,000 more in their coffers had they orignally rented the 50,000 square foot building to Aluma-Lite Products LLC at the “reasonable” rate of rent finally decided upon during a recent special-called council meeting.

ARLEY - The Town of Arley has decided to construct a new pavilion at Hamner Park before the end of next summer, thanks to Resource Conservation & Development funds.

HALEYVILLE  - Two examples of service to the needs of students at Haleyville City School were illustrated in a special award presented by the Haleyville Civitan Club to Director of Student Services Susan Riggs and instructions for the new online program Neighborhood Bridges.

HALEYVILLE  - Students at the Haleyville Center of Technology have truly experienced how one of their projects can have a far reaching effect of helping others,  now that project has earned them into the Elite 8 at a state level competition possibly facing nationals.

DELMAR - Ricky Odom, of Walker County and driver of a Ford L9000 log truck, had the fright of his life when a Norfolk Southern train struck his vehicle at a railroad crossing.

WINSTON COUNTY   - Residents in Winston County were left shocked and the county Republican party saddened by the upcoming resignation of Tommy Moore as sheriff effective Nov. 30.

HALEYVILLE - Haleyville High School has a new HOBY representative.