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A statue depicting the breakthrough moment when Helen Keller first communicated with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, will be unveiled and dedicated Saturday, Sept. 9 at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia. Lions Clubs of Alabama commissioned Craigger Browne of Sylacauga to sculpt the statue from Alabama marble. It depicts Keller spelling w-a-t-e-r in Sullivan’s hand as […]
Florence — Recently UNA’s Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) and Executive Master’s in Business Administration (EMBA) were ranked within the top 10 of two online MBA-focused publications, Best Colleges Review and MBA Central. Online resource guide Best College Reviews ranked UNA’s MBA program as third among 200 universities nationally. The website used academic […] TUSCUMBIA–With Labor Day celebrations, festivals aplenty, a state fair and motorcycle rides, September is chock-full of things to do in Colbert County. The events kick off Monday, Sept. 4 with Labor Day celebrations at Spring Park in Tuscumbia and at Key Underwood Memorial Coon Dog Cemetery near Cherokee. […] MUSCLE SHOALS–In 16 years of service, The Healing Place has served over 4500 children who lost a loved one. FREE counseling and support groups provide help, hope and healing for NorthWest Alabama! Generosity funds this very important service.Here’s How You can Help… The Healing Place is having its 4th Annual Mini Charity Championship! […] LAUDERDALE COUNTY– A single-vehicle crash at 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, has claimed the life of a Leoma, Tn., man. Jonathan Wade Gooch, 28, was killed when the 1977 GMC pickup he was driving struck several concrete barriers and then a guardrail. Gooch, who was not using a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle […] Demarious Leon Bates FLORENCE–Police have arrested a Muscle Shoals man for trafficking marijuana. According to investigators, Demarious Leon Bates, 36, was arrested after police officers conducted a traffic stop for Failure to Signal. The vehicle stopped on N. Franklin St. in East Florence. The driver, Bates, fled on foot. The Officer pursued Bates […] FLORENCE–A new Taziki’s Mediterranean Café will open in Florence on Tuesday at 247 Cox Creek Parkway. This will mark the 17th Taziki’s location in Alabama. To celebrate the grand opening, Taziki’s is making a donation to ‘Room in the Inn Shoals,’ an interfaith, community-based partnership that provides food and shelter to homeless during the […] LAUDERDALE COUNTY– A single-vehicle crash at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, has claimed one life. The unidentified driver was killed when the GMC pickup they were driving left the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences […] U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town BIRMINGHAM – The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Jay E. Town as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Town was in the first wave of U.S. Attorneys nominated by President Donald J. Trump and is one of the first three to be confirmed by the Senate. He […] Brown ROGERSVILLE–Authorities tell the Shoals Insider they have arrested the owner of a 400-pound hog that attacked a young girl on Monday. […] MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA. — The Youth Success Program (YSP) at Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) has been funded for $447,942 for the 2017-2018 by the Governor’s Local Workforce Areas (GLWA). “We were thrilled to receive the news that we were funded for the 2017-18 academic year,” said Youth Success Program Coordinator, Cindy Statom. “We can […]
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Before I took the oath of office just over 100 days ago, a dark cloud hung over Alabama. Because of a failure in leadership and the plaque of scandal, we were faced with great uncertainty. That uncertainty hindered our ability to create new jobs, carry out the people’s […] HALEYVILLE-A boating incident on the Bear Creek Reservoir has claimed the life of a Fayette man. Robert Lane Kemp, 63, was recovered from the water and pronounced dead at approximately 5:30 a.m. Thursday, July 20, after becoming displaced from his vessel at approximately 4 p.m. July 10 near a boat launch on Upper Bear […] By Dominic Summerhill FLORENCE, Ala. – UNA student Tiera Leftwich grew up watching the Disney Channel like most teens, listening to the likes of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. However, it was hearing country music and Taylor Swift, that changed how she looked at the craft. Tiera, as she prefers to be called […] FLORENCE–– Special Agents with ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) are investigating a University of North Alabama Police Department officer-involved shooting at the request of the UNA Police Chief. The shooting occurred during the course of a traffic stop at the intersection of Pine Street and Irving Street just before 3 a.m. on Sunday, […] FLORENCE–The Shoals Spirit of Freedom Celebration has been canceled this year due to a lack of sponsorships. Urban Radio Group of Tuscumbia, who usually coordinates the event says this year businesses were just not willing to pay for the event. […]
FLORENCE – Michael Baldwin, former UNA theatre student, is back in Florence for the summer theatre production ofThe Mountain Top. The play is a fictional depiction of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night on earth. The entire play is set in room 306 of the Lorraine Motel on the eve of […] Alabama Governor Kay Ivey MONTGOMERY– Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday declared a statewide State of Emergency in anticipation of severe weather moving through Alabama starting on Tuesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting significant flash flooding possible Tuesday through Thursday as tropical moisture moves northward into the state. The National Weather Service predicts […] |
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