Oxford teachers got an early start to the new school year Wednesday with a morning best described as a pep rally. Read the full story
Ministry and history will be the highlighted themes for Hobson City’s Founder’s Day Festival scheduled for Aug. 14-18.
New lights and a new council member topped the list of the Hobson City Town Council’s short agenda Monday night.
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.
Former Town Clerk Lakeisha Fantroy has been appointed to fill the final vacancy on the Hobson City Town Council.
Coretta Chandler, a lifetime resident of Hobson City, has been appointed to fill one of the two vacant seats on the Town Council.
A dramatic increase in the number of local drug overdoses and associated deaths has prompted Calhoun County officials to issue stronger-than-usual warnings about the danger of using street drugs.
Anniston, Oxford and Calhoun County Schools are delaying start time by two hours Thursday due to the threat of severe weather.
Town Council member Deneva Barnes announced her resignation from the town’s governing body during its regular business session Monday night.
Residents of Hobson City came together Saturday afternoon for a reverent, soulful and joyous celebration of their heritage.
Hobson City residents and volunteers gathered recently to begin sowing the seeds for a new community garden located at 715 Martin Luther King Drive.
Mayor Alberta McCrory has announced the town is planning to host its Black History program this coming Saturday at the former FEMA building.
Hobson City Grocery, located at 608 McDaniel Street, celebrated its grand opening Saturday with a grill fired up to feed everyone and an owner fired up to help out her community in a positive way.
Anniston city officials are asking for donations that they can distribute to area homeless persons during an upcoming count of that population in Calhoun and Etowah counties.
Two separate local charitable funds have been dedicated to the renovation and upkeep of the former C. E. Hanna School building.
Mayors of some of Calhoun County's cities, and a county leader, tell of their assessments and predictions for the economies and other events from 2021.
The Hobson City Council will give consideration next month to establish two funding avenues designed to restore and preserve the historic former C.E. Hanna School.
HOBSON CITY — Concern for the health of community members in and near Hobson City motivated its leaders to host an event Saturday called Advancing Health Literacy.
Hobson City Mayor Alberta McCrory spoke with The Anniston Star as she was preparing for the city’s health fair, scheduled from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, in the FEMA building located behind Town Hall.
Around 50 supporters of women’s rights on diverse issues made their presence known late Saturday morning in a sidewalk march from 8th to 12th Street in downtown Anniston.
A Hobson City man was killed Tuesday after his motorcycle was struck by a car on U.S. 431.
People who are still not vaccinated against COVID-19 can get gift cards as an incentive to get the vaccine at an event in Hobson City Saturday, city officials announced this week.
Calhoun County’s mayors gathered at the Oxford Civic Center for State of the Cities, a yearly update on municipal activity organized by the county Chamber of Commerce.
Gov. Kay Ivey is being asked to veto a bill approved Monday to delay until 2024 a requirement that third grade students who can't read proficiently must repeat the grade.
The Senate on Monday gave final passage to House Bill 137 to create a sexual assault survivor “bill of rights” and set a requirement for how long law enforcement must preserve evidence from sexual assault cases.
In one of its final moves of the 2021 session, the Alabama Legislature Monday ensured that restaurant owners don’t have to pay state income taxes on the newest round of COVID-19 federal relief.
