Cleburne County Elementary was one of fifty schools in the state to receive an unexpected $20,000 last week, money allotted by the Alabama Legislature to recognize schools showing the most improvement in third-grade reading results.
A winery in Heflin, High Country Cellars, was named the state's "winery of the year" at a recent competition in Huntsville.
Area youth from Cleburne, St. Clair and Talladega counties placed in Alabama National Fair’s annual sheep show on Oct. 7. The Premier Exhibitor contest rewards exhibitors’ knowledge and evaluation skills. Youth livestock shows at the fair were sponsored by Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa…
Around 2000, a Boston terrier became a member of my daughter’s family quite by accident. One day, while living in Georgia, they arrived at their church and found a Boston hunkered against a glass door, cold and hungry. They brought her home, tried to find her owners to no avail, and then fel…
