A chorus of hellos and good mornings arose from the school bus drop-off point early Monday morning at Randolph Park Elementary as kids arrived for their first day of the 2022-23 term. Read the full story
Jacksonville State University and the Calhoun County Area Chamber and Visitors Center are continuing their partnership to provide educational opportunities to Chamber members.
The Anniston Kiwanis Club's back-to-school shopping expeditions for disadvantaged children date back nearly 40 years, when the very first spending allotment was set at $20 per child for one set of clothes plus school supplies. Sunday, the stakes were higher.
Area residents seeking a glimpse of the college experience can do so for free at Jacksonville State University, according to a recent university press release.
Oxford city educators boarded school buses Thursday morning on their way to first-hand experience with locally available careers that could benefit their students right after graduation.
Oxford teachers got an early start to the new school year Wednesday with a morning best described as a pep rally.
Local children enjoyed end-of-summer fun Saturday with Anniston schools’ inaugural back-to-school bash.
Sometimes whimsical but always interest topics were taught this summer to a group of 4- to 8 year-olds at Jacksonville State University’s “College for Kids.”
Calhoun County commissioners on Thursday welcomed the man recently named superintendent of Calhoun County Schools, Dr. Jose Reyes.
The Calhoun County Board of Education this week voted to sell a 40-x-40-foot piece of property near Weaver High School for a token amount to the city of Weaver.
Alison Bates stands inside a room full of baby clothes, pushing through the racks of the Baby Boutique at Hope Women’s Services of Anniston.
Ministry and history will be the highlighted themes for Hobson City’s Founder’s Day Festival scheduled for Aug. 14-18.
Many Alabamians contributed to Georgia's tax base Tuesday, if counting license plates at a Tallapoosa convenience store is any measure. Ten of 11 cars in the parking lot had 'Bama tags.
New lights and a new council member topped the list of the Hobson City Town Council’s short agenda Monday night.
Anniston’s chapter of the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention hosted its annual back-to-school bash at John Nettles Park in Anniston Saturday.
A back-to-school “bash” will help Anniston students and parents get used to the idea that another school year gets going on August 9.
With one eye on the headlines and horrific images that come from schoolyards under siege, public school administrators across Calhoun County are striving to provide the safest environment possible for their students.
The rise in diesel fuel costs for the Calhoun County school system’s trucks and buses doesn’t surprise school board chairman Tobi Burt, but it has forced board members to make an adjustment in the budget to cover those costs.
Third-graders in Oxford’s public schools performed above the state average, according to results from the state Department of Education Spring Assessments.
A social service worker, LaShun McGrew had served as the shelter’s director for 13 years. Now that she’s the administrator for the Salvation Army’s local office, she sees other needs as well.
The food-service robot is an element of a package of new dining options the university is creating this year, including facilitating food trucks to the campus and “virtual dining” options that would use robots to deliver food to students.
“Now we have a new source of revenue,” university President Dr. Don Killingsworth quipped to those gathered at the dedication ceremony Tuesday.
The university hosted a dedication event Monday afternoon for the newly constructed building after its summer Board of Trustees meeting.
The Sable Learning Center, an after-school development center in Hobson City that’s been closed for two years, might open next month when school begins.
Jacksonville State University announced this week it will open a daycare facility that will serve not only student parents and staff but also community residents.
The Calhoun County Board of Education voted Tuesday to suspend its search for a superintendent and hire the interim replacement.
