Statewide and in Calhoun County, the coronavirus situation looks better than it has in months. Read the full story
A Delta man remained in the Cleburne County Jail on Thursday after authorities in Georgia charged him with murder in the death of a Heflin woman earlier this month.
A new face joined the Ranburne Town Council Monday night when Christie Ayers was sworn by Mayor Rodney Brown to fill a vacancy on the council.
A Cleburne County grand jury indicted a Roanoke woman recently after she allegedly tried to kill a deputy last year.
The meeting was moved to the rec center to accommodate the crowd which included past Cleburne County wrestlers and coaches.
The Talladega National Forest-Shoal Creek Ranger District has announced a prescribed burn today of about 1,800 acres.
According to Kim Brown, Cleburne County administrator, the county’s share of the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill signed into law last March was $550,000.
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.
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.
Coosa Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council awarded a total of $76,303.24 in 2020 to fund nine projects across the county.
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.
Most schools in Calhoun County are opening 2-3 hours late Tuesday morning because of possible inclement weather. Cleburne County Schools will close Tuesday, also because of weather.
Temperatures are expected to drop into the low 20s Monday night, but the Calhoun County area should avoid the freezing rain that is hobbling much of the rest of the state.
As of Friday afternoon, no appointments remained available at Calhoun County Walmart stores or other nearby stores in Gadsden and Talladega.
Jake Mathews, Habitat’s board president, addressed the Cleburne County Commission during a Tuesday night meeting hoping for support from the commission and the community.
Heflin’s economic developer, Tanya Maloney, has taken a job with Main Street Alabama and that position has been filled by Tammy Perry.
Authorities in Alabama and Georgia were investigating Monday after a Fruithurst woman was found dead a week ago just past the Alabama state line.
OAK LEVEL — Multi-colored shards of broken pottery glistened in the winter sun at the site of the long-gone J.A. Rogers pottery shop in northern Cleburne County on a recent afternoon.
Walmart is expected to receive about 15,000 vaccines later this month and plans to administer them in about half of its Alabama stores.
Although the team did not win Thursday night, Valencia Cantrell Russell, the team’s coach, said she was proud of the team.
A remaining 652 unscheduled appointments will be available online at rmccares.org beginning at 7 a.m. Friday.
More than 4,000 appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations in Calhoun County were taken within 75 minutes of becoming available online Thursday morning. Some additional appointments will be made available Friday morning.
Next Monday through Friday, health workers will offer 1,000 shots per day by appointment, beginning at Oxford Civic Center and later in the week at Anniston City Meeting Center and the Jacksonville Community Center.
Most of the new hires were after-school tutors who'll help students with reading, according to Coline Worthy, curriculum and instruction coordinator with Cleburne County Schools.
Despite challenges brought about by the pandemic, the Cleburne County Nursing Home has received a five-star ranking by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
