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.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - The Winston County Commission approved the following items during their Tuesday, Nov. 12, meeting:

WINSTON COUNTY - The last day a person could qualify to be a political candidate for either of the major political parties for the March 3, 2020 primary elections was Friday, Nov. 8, as both candidates and voters are urged to keep in mind several important points in the coming months.

BEAR CREEK - The Bear Creek Town Council is showing they mean business when it comes to collecting past due fees for water service, especially since the collection process is hindering the repairs of numerous water leaks throughout the town.

HOOVER - The Meek High School Band has truly lived up to its name - The Band of Champions - by earning top honors in 1A at the second annual Alabama State Marching Band Championship.

WINSTON COUNTY - Fall is here, along with colder temperatures. When the daytime highs reach the 60 degrees range, something else arrives, much to the chagrin of many folks: the ladybugs.

HALEYVILLE - With no ATRIP II money coming in this cycle of the new program, the City of Haleyville is seeking out other avenues to obtain money for road repairs.