Tuscumbia – Shoals Insider

TROOPERS RELEASE INFORMATION ON FATAL CRASH

H. Wayne Nix — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:05:21 +0000

NEWS ALERT TUSCUMBIA

A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 1:37 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, has claimed the life of a Tuscumbia teen. The 17-year-old was fatally injured when the 2007 Toyota Camry that the juvenile was a passenger in, left the roadway and struck an embankment. After the initial impact, the Toyota overturned, struck a utility pole and then a culvert. The teen was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The driver of the Toyota, another 17-year-old also of Tuscumbia, was injured and airlifted to a local hospital for treatment. A 17-year-old and a 16-year-old, both of Tuscumbia, who were additional passengers in the Toyota, were also injured and transported to a local hospital for treatment.

The crash occurred on Woodmont Drive near Ponderosa Drive, approximately four miles south of Tuscumbia, in Colbert County.

State Troopers continue to investigate the crash. /JR

LOUISIANA MAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH-SPEED CHASE

H. Wayne Nix — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:35:32 +0000

NEWS ALERT TUSCUMBIA Authorities have confirmed to Shoals Insider that a Louisiana man is in custody in the Colbert County Jail after leading deputies on a chase that reached speeds of over 100 mph at around 9pm Monday. Jesse Juhas, 24, of Madeville, Louisiana, was arrested on Hwy 72 near Hollywood Drive in Tuscumbia. The chase began on Hwy. 43 in Muscle Shoals. AsJuhas was charged with eluding a law enforcement officer and other charges are pending. This according to law enforcement officers. He’s being held in the Colbert County Jail.

FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON IN PEDESTRIAN DEATH

H. Wayne Nix — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:43:51 +0000

A former Tuscumbia police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 death of a pedestrian struck by a police cruiser the officer was driving while intoxicated.Jay Steward received the sentence in the Oct. 10, 2022, death of Terry Hinton, who was struck and killed while Hinton was checking his mailbox.Steward had wanted the sentence split, rather than to serve all 20 years in prison, but Colbert County Circuit Court Judge Kyle Brown said there will be no split. Steward was taken into custody to begin serving his sentence immediately after the hearing.Brown said the police vehicle Steward was driving while off duty was going approximately 90 mph.Steward initially was charged with reckless murder in the case but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Aug. 13.He apologized to family and friends of Hinton’s during the hearing.”What I did was take a great man from you all,” he said. “I made a horrible mistake and made decision to do what was wrong.”

MOTORCYCLIST RECOVERING AFTER MORNING CRASH

H. Wayne Nix — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:18:05 +0000

NEWS ALERT Tuscumbia, Alabama.

A Leighton man is recovering in Huntsville Hospital after an early Saturday morning motorcycle crash at 6th Street and Commons in Tuscumbia near Hines Tire.

The driver of the motorcycle suffered a fractured shoulder and some internal thoracic injury. It is unknown how long he will have to stay in Huntsville Hospital. This according to family members who contacted Shoals Insider.

There was a second vehicle involved in the crash that occurred at around 8 am Saturday.

Tuscumbia Fire and Rescue along with Keller Ambulance were on the scene within minutes of the crash.

Tuscumbia police continue to investigate the crash.

EMPLOYEE CITED FOR SELLING VAPES TO MINORS

Staff — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:59:50 +0000

CHEVRON ON 6TH ST

On Friday, August 26th, authorities made an undercover purchase of tobacco or nicotine-containing products with an ALEA-approved minor at the Chevron at 201 East 6th Street.

The employee, Raja Kumar Addepalli, 24, of One Harrison Plaza in Florence was served with the citation for selling a Pineapple flavored Pop electronic vape to the minor.
Addepalli must appear in Colbert County District Court on October 17th.
State and local authorities have received numerous complaints from parents about this location selling to minors. Some convenience stores have reportedly been selling to minors as young as 11 years of age.

Nextran Truck Center in Tuscumbia Named Mack 2019 North American Dealer of the Year

Staff — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:58:09 +0000

(Left to right) Martin Weissburg, president, Mack Trucks; Dennis McDaniel, regional vice president, Southeast, Mack Trucks; Jon Pritchett, president and CEO, Nextran; Jonathan Randall, senior vice president, North American sales and marketing, Mack Trucks at the Mack 2019 Dealer of the Year Awards Ceremony.
Photo: Mack Trucks

TUSCUMBIA – Nextran Truck Center of Tuscumbia is Mack Trucks’ 2019 North American Dealer of the Year. Mack announced the winner during its annual dealer meeting, which brings together dealer leadership from the U.S. and Canada.

The Dealer of the Year awards are presented to dealers that consistently exceed their business targets for sales, parts and leasing, as well as recognizing dealers who continue to grow their businesses and rate highly among customers for satisfaction.

“Nextran Truck Center of Tuscumbia drove significant improvement over the years to ultimately achieve outstanding results, and we’re pleased to be able to recognize their ongoing commitment to the Mack brand with this award,” said Jonathan Randall, Mack Trucks senior vice president, North American sales and marketing. “Nextran Truck Center grew its market share year-over-year and has excelled at parts sales and utilizing Mack Financial Services.”

Nextran has 16 full-service truck centers throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

Mack Trucks also named 2019 winners for its regional sales divisions:

Northeast Region: Ballard Mack Sales & Service, Johnston, Rhode Island
Southeast Region: Nextran Truck Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Central Region: Kriete Truck Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Southwest Region: Vanguard Truck Center, Austin, Texas
West Region: TEC Equipment, Seattle, Washington
Canada Region: Vision Truck Group, Cambridge, Ontario

Tri-State Truck Centers, Memphis, Tennessee was named U.S. Mack Financial Services Dealer of the Year, while Vision Truck Group was named Canada Mack Financial Services Dealer of the Year. The Mack Leasing North America Dealer of the Year Award went to Bergey’s Truck Center, Souderton, Pennsylvania. Mack of Nashville received the North America Remarketing Dealer of the Year Award, and the overall Customer Satisfaction Award went to Interstate Trucksource Inc., Romulus, Michigan.

TUSCUMBIA POLICE INVESTIGATING SHOOTING DEATH

Staff — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:59:24 +0000

TUSCUMBIA– Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man whose body was found in a truck behind a home on the corner of John Street and Hobson Street.

Authorities tell ShoalsInsider.com they currently have two people of interest in the Monday night incident.

Colbert County Coroner Justin Gasque pronounced the victim and took the body to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy.

The home is directly in front of the Helen Keller Surgery Pavillion.

Police have not released the name of the victim pending family notification.

More details as they become available.

IMPORTANT BACK TO SCHOOL DATES

Staff — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:03:37 +0000

With August approaching, Shoals’ school districts are releasing information on important dates regarding back to school information. Such information includes orientation dates, locker rental dates, schedule pick up dates and back to school dates. These dates have been released by the school systems.

Florence City Schools have released orientation dates and times for all their schools.

W.C. Handy School orientation is on Saturday, August 3 at the Early Childhood Development Center.

The Forest Hills orientation date is August 4. Kindergarten orientations will be at 2 pm. 3rd and 4th-grade orientation will be at 3 pm. 1st and 2nd-grade orientation will be at 4 pm.

Harlan orientation will be Tuesday, August 6 at 5:30 pm.

Weeden orientation will be on Sunday, August 4 at 2 pm.

Hibbett orientation will be Tuesday, August 6 from 5 – 6 pm.

Florence Middle orientation will be Tuesday, August 6 from 3 – 4 pm.

Florence Freshman Center orientation will be on Sunday, August 4 from 2- 4 pm.

Florence High School orientation will be on Sunday, August 4 from 2 – 4 pm.

All Florence City Schools will start classes on August 8.

Tuscumbia City Schools will have a Back To School Expo on July 30 from 9 am to 12 pm. All Tuscumbia City Schools’ Students are encouraged to attend. The Expo will be held at Deshler Middle School. Immunizations, physicals, information on special services, vision screening, hearing screening and registration help for new students will be provided. School mint registration must be completed before entering the Expo.

Tuscumbia City Schools go back to school on August 6, 2019.

Sheffield City Schools go back to school on August 7.

Muscle Shoals City Schools will return to school on August 1.

Muscle Shoals City Schools have released dates for picking up class schedules.

Howell Graves Preschool class posting schedule will be Sunday, July 28 at 3 pm.

Highland Park and Webster Elementary Schools class posting schedule will be on Friday, July 26 at 4 pm.

McBride Elementary School class posting schedule will be on Monday, July 29 at 4 pm

Muscle Shoals Middle School class posting schedule will be on Monday, July 29 at 4 pm.

Muscle Shoals High School schedule distributions will on three separate days. Seniors and Juniors may pick up their schedule on July 4. Seniors can pick it up at 9 am. Junior can pick it up at 10 am. Sophomores can pick up their schedule on July 25 at 9 am.

Freshmen schedules will be handed out at Freshmen Orientation on Tuesday, July 30.

Lauderdale County Schools go back to school on August 7.

Colbert County Schools return to class on August 8

Hines Tire goes above and beyond for customers and community

Staff — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:49:12 +0000

TUSCUMBIA–Most people don’t know this but Hines Tire Company has been serving the Shoals Area for 52 years and owner Wayne Hines wants to thank the community for their outpouring of support for his business and the Hook Street storage buildings, which have recently been torn down.

“I want to thank all our past customers and supporters who have called us and came by to let us know they appreciate us and are behind us all the way,” said owner Wayne Hines.

“We’ve been blessed to be able to serve this fine community for so long and look forward to doing a good job in the future,” said Hines.

The city received a $110,000 Community Development Block Grant that pays for the razing of the Hook Street storage buildings where Hines stored tires and also includes the demolition of seven dilapidated houses, a garage, and one shed.

It’s apparent Hines goes above and beyond in their record keeping. Hines keeps all shipping manifests where used tires are hauled off to the Colbert County Landfill. “We keep them all here if anyone wants to see them, they’re welcome to come by and see them,” said Hines.

One of the hundreds of shipping manifests on file at Hines Tire

Hines made reference to the storage buildings on Hook Street, “We’re just glad the situation is behind us and thankful for all of the support we received from the city and so many members of the public,”

Hines Tire Company is a full-service tire service center offering new and used tires, brakes, 24-hour road service, and alignment. They sell Cooper, Nexen, Michellin-Firestone, and Hercules-Iron man Tire Brands at the Tuscumbia and Florence locations.

Call 256-386-7087 for sales and service or for any questions you might have.

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It’s official Original OhBryans Steakhouse owners re-opening Tuscumbia location

Staff — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:24:04 +0000

TUSCUMBIA–It’s official the original owner of the OhBryan’s Steak House will reopen the popular restaurant that closed on October 1st.

After franchisees, Greg and Lisa Pace closed the restaurant, original owner Bryan Hughes saw a great opportunity and will reopen after some remodeling is done to the interior of the restaurant.

Greg and Lisa Pace moved to Courtland to open a family restaurant. It was the second restaurant that closed in Tuscumbia after PoBoys Restaurant closed recently due to health concerns of one of the two owners.

Hats off to Tuscumbia Mayor Kerry Underwood and Robbins Development for their quick action in getting the restaurant back open with new ownership.

Hughes says the steakhouse will soon be taking applications for all types of restaurant workers.

Jeff Roland

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