The council voted unanimously to give Tree Brand Packaging a tax abatement for a $1.6 million expansion the company will start in January. Read the full story
The Cleburne County extension office was filled with seasonal delights and merriment during the annual 4-H competition and extension open house Wednesday night. Read the full story
Despite the noticeable lack of snow in Heflin, a snowman contest is being held there, according to Tanya Maloney, Heflin’s economic developer. Read the full story
Kim Stone had been serving as interim city clerk since September when Shane Smith resigned from that position. Before that Stone was the assistant city clerk. Read the full story
The Cleburne County extension office was filled with seasonal delights and merriment during the annual 4-H competition and extension open house Wednesday night.
Despite the noticeable lack of snow in Heflin, a snowman contest is being held there, according to Tanya Maloney, Heflin’s economic developer.
Kim Stone had been serving as interim city clerk since September when Shane Smith resigned from that position. Before that Stone was the assistant city clerk.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
County Road 27 is an aging two-lane road not suitable for heavy traffic, according to Heflin Mayor Rudy Rooks.
The road was supposed to be shut down Dec. 2 by the Alabama Department of Transportation but a delay in putting up signs has postponed the closure to Monday, Dec. 9, according to Heflin fire Chief Jonathan Adams.
A plan put into place several years ago by the Cleburne County Commission to improve water contamination from a closed county landfill near Chulafinnee is working, commissioners heard Monday.
If you had been a Star reader 25 years ago, this sports story might have caught your attention.
Now the baby’s mother, Hannah Singleton, remains in the Cleburne County Jail with no bond set, charged with capital murder in her daughter’s death. Singleton pleaded not guilty in October to the charge.
Heflin’s former city clerk used taxpayer money to cover more than $14,000 in charges he made on municipal and personal credit cards, according to public records obtained by The Star.
It was a scene right out of a Hallmark Christmas movie, according to Rachel Lovvorn who brought her two kids to witness their first tree lighting in Heflin.
The current computers will soon be obsolete because Microsoft will discontinue support for Windows 7, the software the department uses on its computers, according to Heflin police Chief A.J. Benefield.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
About 100 football fans and seniors gathered at the recreation center in Heflin on Monday morning for the annual Celebrating Seniors tailgate party.
A judge on Wednesday denied the youthful offender application of a woman charged earlier this year with capital murder in her infant daughter’s death.
The leaders of Highland Health Systems are invoking an “emergency situation” to move forward with a plan to renovate the mental health facility the group operates on Eighth Street in Anniston.
An old one-lane bridge that traverses the Tallapoosa River on County Road 18 will be closed in about three weeks for replacement, according to Cleburne County engineer Lee Estes.
Georgia authorities caught two men Wednesday night after they allegedly robbed a Heflin convenience store nearly an hour before.
Heflin’s former city clerk paid for thousands of dollars in travel and other personal charges with a city-issued credit card, according to city records reviewed by The Anniston Star.
Heflin’s Park and Recreation Department Gold Cheerleader squad took top honors last Saturday at a cheerleading competition in Wadley.
About 600 Heflin residents were helped by Feeding Cleburne — a nonprofit dedicated to feeding the hungry — on Saturday.
The Heflin City Council voted Tuesday night to approve an incentive for the new Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores.
Cleburne County, which has mandatory trash pickup for county residents, uses Advanced Disposal for trash pickup and some customers are raising a stink over missed stops.
