The city of Anniston and Regional Medical Center are co-hosting a Q-and-A event Saturday with local doctors to discuss COVID-19 vaccines. Read the full story
The Oxford City Council Tuesday OK'd an application to the state’s Department of Economic and Community Affairs for 80 percent of the cost to replace the dilapidated bridge.
“You’re paying it forward by buying a Payday,” one teacher said.
The Alabama Senate is set to take up debate about a wide-ranging lottery and gambling bill by Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston — but some of Marsh’s colleagues in the House are taking a wait-and-see approach before supporting the plan.
Gov. Kay Ivey proclaimed Monday Supermarket Employee Day in Alabama as a way to honor grocery store workers who continued to work throughout the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Oxford man remained in jail Monday after he was indicted last year on a sex charge involving a young girl.
The two Wellborn High School teachers charged by Calhoun County authorities with sexual contact with students have resigned, according to the Calhoun County Board of Education.
Authorities charged two Walter Wellborn High School teachers last week after they allegedly had sexual contact with students.
The 41st annual Anniston Black Heritage Festival was held remotely this year, thanks to COVID-19.
More than 50 entrants participated in the festival’s annual oratory competition, in which students in all grades from area schools recite speeches, quotes and poems from venerated Black authors.
John Rose began working on the “Barney Google and Snuffy Smith” comic strip in 1998 as Lasswell’s inking assistant. When Lasswell died in 2001, King Features hired him to be the cartoonist on the strip.
Many Anniston residents opposed a hastily announced plan to bring coronavirus-exposed passengers from the cruise ship Diamond Princess to Anniston to recover. Little did they know COVID was going to be all around them soon enough.
Next week, local Girl Scouts will be selling door-to-door, and at booth sales outside stores starting March 5. Cookies will be on sale until April 11.
When Mary Smallwood was diagnosed with COVID-19, her husband decided he wouldn’t leave her side. That choice cost him his life, but he wouldn’t have done anything differently.
Calhoun County residents can get a full tank of gas, a handful of snacks and help local children just by shopping at the SAMCO on U.S. 78 in Oxford next week.
A Calhoun County grand jury indicted a Piedmont man recently after he allegedly attacked a woman last fall.
Anniston native Tom Potts first heard Rush Limbaugh’s show when he was working in Greenville, S.C., for a multimedia conglomerate.
An Anniston woman remained in jail Wednesday after she allegedly shot and killed another woman earlier that day.
HOBSON CITY — Dozens of cars lined up in the driveway around Hobson City town hall Wednesday morning as volunteers prepared to give away boxes of free food.
The webinar starts at 4:30 p.m. Central Time Wednesday through the Zoom meeting app, which can be joined at meeting ID 636 816 3237, passcode 1914.
School officials do not yet know how many employees would be let go as a result of the proposed school closure. Students would likely be split between Golden Springs and Randolph Park elementary schools.
A Calhoun County grand jury indicted a Bessemer man last month after he allegedly tried to kill a corrections officer in July.
The thunder-like sounds rolled across the county Tuesday morning, while many "snowbound" people were likely at home.
After days of warnings about winter weather — almost all of them aimed at the counties west of the Anniston area — Calhoun County residents woke to a light dusting of snow Tuesday morning, with flakes still coming down.
The Anniston Kiwanis Club’s annual Pancake Day breakfast is set for March 6 — and will be adapted for COVID-19 safety, like many traditional local events.
Authorities charged an Anniston teenager last week after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child victim in May.
