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On March 25, 2025, at approximately 10:25 p.m., the Athens Police Department responded to the area of US Highway 72, west of ...

The Athens City Council unanimously declared the old Shoney’s building, located at 1402 U.S. Highway 72 E, an unsafe ...

Athens State University and Calhoun Community College are collaborating through an articulation agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding, to provide a seamless transfer pathway for teacher candidates ...

The Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic, is set to return to Decatur’s Point Mallard Park for a celebration of hot air balloons, live entertainment, arts and crafts and family-friendly activities.

The reenactment of a law enforcement raid on a moonshine still will take place the first Saturday in May at the LaGrange College Site Park located in Leighton. Set for May 3, 2025, Recall LaGrange’s ...

As the CEO of a company that sells family-friendly mobile phones, Bill Brady thought it was safe to assume that many believers in religious sanctuaries and schools would want alternatives to ...

Note: Toni has had a death in her family, so we are sending this column from August of 2023. It has been revised and updated. Hello Toni: I am a human resources manager for an oil service company ...

Friday, March 14, representatives from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the city of Florence ...