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The Tennessee Valley Strummers will return to the Florence/Lauderdale Visitor Center in McFarland Park to play folk dulcimer music in the Gallery on Friday, May 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. The Tennessee Valley Strummers will be performing at the Visitor Center the 3rd Friday of every month. Others that play the dulcimer or […]
FLORENCE, Ala. – Local nonprofit Project Say Something, in partnership with the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library (FLPL) and the University of North Alabama Public History Program, has launched a website devoted to black history in the Shoals region.
The site, which can be accessed at shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net, or through a link on the main page of […]
William Smith
William Smith is a Republican candidate for Lauderdale County Probate Judge in the Republican Primary on June 5th. Smith is a Florence attorney who has previously served as a Lauderdale County Commissioner and Lauderdale County License Commissioner.
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Lisa Patterson
FLORENCE, ALA. — Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) will hold the 2017-2018 commencement ceremonies Thursday, May 10, 2018, for the Phil Campbell and Shoals campuses at the Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum.
Ceremonies will be held Thursday, May 10, 2018, in the following order:
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Brandon Spann
FLORENCE–A Florence man has been arrested for kidnapping and domestic violence charges following an altercation over this past weekend.
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Madi Winkler
FLORENCE, Ala. – Madeline “Madi” Winkler, a Senior Mass Communication major studying Public Relations, has become the University of North Alabama’s first student to earn the Certificate in Principles of Public Relations. The Certificate is granted through the Universal Accreditation Board.
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Robert Taylor
FLORENCE–Authorities have arrested a Florence man after he reportedly broke in his ex-girlfriend’s home and brandished a handgun.
According to Detective Greg Cobb, around 3:00 am Saturday, officers responded to a Domestic Violence call in the 500 block of Cypress Mill Road involving Robert J Taylor.
Taylor came to his ex-girlfriend’s […]
FLORENCE–Authorities have released the names of the three Wilson High School students killed in a Thursday night crash on Lauderdale County Road 30 in St. Florain.
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Bradley Skipworth and L.C. Lenz attach a quilt painting to barn at LaGrange College Site near Leighton
This year’s Recall LaGrange Festival will feature several new exhibits and events, while continuing to pay homage to the first chartered college in Alabama.
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Jason Allen
FLORENCE–Authorities made an arrest Monday after a concerned citizen called in and complained.
According to Florence police, around 8 am, officers received a call of a person with a gun on East Tuscaloosa Street.
When officers arrived they located a vehicle that matched the vehicle that was reported in the call.
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Dr. Larry Bates
FLORENCE, Ala.—Dr. Larry Bates, a psychology professor at the University of North Alabama, was announced as this year’s winner of the Eleanor Gaunder Teaching Award, sponsored by the UNA Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, an academic honor society.
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FLORENCE, Ala.—The University of North Alabama chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi hosted initiation ceremonies April 19 for 138 new members to the national academic honorary. Phi Kappa Phi President Stephanie Montgomery presided over the ceremonies, initiating seven faculty members, two alumni, 48 graduate students and 81 undergraduate students into the […]
FLORENCE. – Officials with the University of North Alabama announced that the University has completed its first comprehensive campaign, and well ahead of schedule.
Not only did UNA reach the $35 million goal announced publicly in 2016, but the state’s oldest four-year public institution surpassed it by raising a total of […]
Helen Keller Hospital
April 9: Jessica Tucker, of Brilliant, boy, Mason Nash Tucker; Candice Ballanger, of Sheffield, boy, Bryon Tanner Ballanger.
April 10: Matthew and Shanna Crosswhite, of Tuscumbia, girl, Elyse Piper Crosswhite.
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FLORENCE, Ala. – A recent gift to the University of North Alabama College of Business will help toward years of future success.
Mr. and Mrs. John (’69) and Glenda O’Connor provided the UNA COB with a gift totaling over $100,000 to go toward the Student Innovation Experience Program.
“The O’Connor’s generous gift supporting […]
Owner Nelly Gabriel Hart
FLORENCE-When Nelly Gabriel Hart moved to the Shoals from Canada in 1997, little did she know that success, marriage, and good fortune would all come together for her in the Shoals area. Hart is the owner of the successful Gabriel Trucking Company in Industrial Park in Florence.
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NW-SCC President, Dr. Glenda Colagross awards Chance Hunt with the 2018 President’s Award for the Shoals campus.
MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA. — Chance Hunt, of Florence, Ala., received Northwest-Shoals Community College’s (NW-SCC) most prestigious honor last night at the annual Shoals Campus Honors and Awards Night. He was awarded the President’s Award for the […]
Dr. Eric Kirkman
FLORENCE, Ala. – Dr. Eric Kirkman ’97, University of North Alabama alumnus and current Sheffield Junior High principal, will soon be at the helm as the new director of Kilby Laboratory School.
Kirkman will replace Dr. Chris James June 1. James, who has served as the Kilby director for three […]
Shoals Area Births
Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield
March 31: Carlos and Rebecca Jassco, Muscle Shoals, boy, Marc Anthony Jasso.
April 2: Dylan Brown and Ashlee Yarbrough, Tuscumbia, boy, Boston Blake Brown; Wilder Castellanos and Elena Hernandez, Florence, boy, Francisco Castellanos.
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Christopher Torres
FLORENCE–Police are currently looking for Christopher Torres, he was last seen by family members on Saturday, April 14th.
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