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Florence physician has license reinstated with conditions

Lumpkin’s Florence Office (Photo courtesy of WAAY)

MONTGOMERY- The medical license of a Florence physician has been reinstated by the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners and Licensure Commission. State authorities tell ShoalsInsider.com the license of Dr. Barry Neal Lumpkins was reinstated at the last meeting with conditions. Lumpkin’s license was suspended in December […]

DreamVision Promoter Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Gets 10 years

Bryan Robinson

FLORENCE– Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly and Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) announced Tuesday that Bryan Kevin Robinson, of Killen, pleaded guilty in Lauderdale County Circuit Court to one count of Securities Fraud for engaging in an act, practice, or course of business which operated as […]

Shoals Area School Closings

The following schools will close or dismiss early on Monday, March 19th:

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FORMER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR PLEADS GUILTY

Crista Lynn Madden

RUSSELLVILLE–Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the former County Administrator of Franklin County was convicted of two felony ethics law violations involving $753,889 of county funds. Crista Lynn Madden, age 48, of Franklin County, pleaded guilty Monday in Franklin County Circuit Court. Madden was arrested and pleaded guilty by way […]

Man jumps off O’Neal Bridge charged with Public Intoxication

FLORENCE- Sheffield and Florence police were working hastily at McFarland Park Thursday night after a man jumped off of Oneal Bridge in a reported drunken stupor.

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Florence Lauderdale Tourism to Host Family Reunion Planning 101 Seminar

FLORENCE– Florence/Lauderdale Tourism is encouraging local residents to plan family reunions in Florence and the Shoals by offering Family Reunion Planning 101 on Wednesday, March 21. The free seminar will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Visitor Center located in McFarland Park. Light refreshments will be served. Seminar attendees will […]

Young gets lethal injection plus twenty years

Benjamin Owen Young

TUSCUMBIA–This morning Colbert County Circuit Court Judge Hal Hughston agreed with the jury and sentenced Benjamin Owen Young to die by lethal injection for murdering KJ KiJana Freeman back in March of 2016.

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Sorrell seeks to replace Black in State House of Representatives

Andrew Sorrell

MUSCLE SHOALS– Republican Andrew Sorrell announced he was running for the State House of Representatives, District 3, and he hasn’t slowed down since that day. Sorrell seeks to replace Marcel Black, a 27-year incumbent Democrat, currently holds the seat.

“I decided to run for this office to give the voters of […]

Mother arrested after child test positive for narcotics

Heather Cagle

FLORENCE–Authorities have arrested a 31-year-old Florence woman after she and her newborn baby tested positive for narcotics.

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UNA to Name Common Area for First African-American Student and Alumnus

Wendell Wilkie Gunn (’65)

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama will honor alumnus Wendell W. Gunn, Wednesday, March 14, at 5 p.m., at a naming ceremony on campus.

The University Commons will now be known as the Wendell W. Gunn University Commons in honor of the alumnus, who was the first African-American […]

Shoals Symphony Performs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

FLORENCE, Ala. – On Sunday, March 4, 2018, a mass choir will join the Shoals Symphony at UNA as they present Beethoven’s final masterwork, the Ninth Symphony.

The concert, titled Joyful Virtue, begins at 3 p.m., in Norton Auditorium on the UNA campus.

“Nothing captivates the senses like a performance of Beethoven’s thrilling Symphony […]

Walmart raises minimum age to buy guns and ammo to 21

MUSCLE SHOALS–Walmart from its’ corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas announced today they will raise the minimum age to purchase any and all firearms to 21. This will also include ammo sales.

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FreightCar America buys Navistar, Inc.’s Railcar Operations at Shoals Facility

FreightCar to take control of full manufacturing process at state-of-the-art Shoals facility

BARTON — FreightCar America, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Navistar, Inc. (“Navistar”) to acquire substantially all of Navistar’s operating assets associated with its railcar operations at the Shoals facility near Cherokee, Alabama. The […]

Muscle Shoals Walmart evacuated after truck explosion

Truck explosion behind Walmart (Shoals Insider)

MUSCLE SHOALS–Saturday night was full of excitement at the Muscle Shoals Walmart for employees and customers alike. Around 8:00 pm one of the refrigerator trucks exploded behind the building sending flames and smoke high into the air.

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Muscle Shoals businesswoman Miss Kitty dead at 90

Pat “Miss Kitty” Cartee

MUSCLE SHOALS–The owner of one of the mainstays in Shoals area nightlife Pat Cartee has died at the age of 90.

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George Lindsey UNA Film Festival Kicks Off March 1

 

FLORENCE, Ala. – The George Lindsey UNA Film Festival will open this year’s festival with a full day of screenings and a Kick-Off Party, Thursday, March 1.

Daytime screenings Thursday will include Alabama films, with an entire block devoted to UNA film student projects. Thursday night will feature finalists from the Professional Documentary […]

NW-SCC to Celebrate Black History Month

MUSCLE SHOALS & PHIL CAMPBELL – Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) will feature an I Have A Dream! concert on the Phil Campbell and Shoals campus in celebration of February as Black History Month.

Thursday, February 22, 2018, the NW-SCC Cultural Affairs Committee will hold an I Have A Dream! concert on the Phil Campbell […]

AG’s OFFICE ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBERCRIME LAB

Cybercrime Lab to Provide Digital Investigative and Forensic Support to Law Enforcement Investigations

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall was joined by U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin and officials with the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Alabama Fusion Center and the Alabama Office […]

Hamilton woman dies in crash on 247

RED BAY–A one vehicle crash at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, February 17, 2018, has claimed the life of a Hamilton woman.

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Jake Landers Bluegrass legend dies at 79

Jake Landers

FLORENCE–Shoals Bluegrass extraordinaire Jake Landers has died at the age of 79. Landers was born in 1938 in Lawrence County, Alabama.

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