FLORENCE-Florence City Schools has received information that we have three varsity football players who have tested positive for COVID-19. After consultation with the Alabama Department of Public Health on Friday morning, we are announcing the cancellation and forfeiture of tonight’s football game against Brentwood Academy and next week’s game against James Clemens High School. […]
Alabama and the nation are facing an economic crisis unlike anything most of us have seen in our lifetimes. As unemployment remains persistently high, the scope of suffering in our state is wide. More than 13% of Alabama families don’t have enough money to buy food, the Census Bureau reports. And one in three Alabamians are struggling to pay their […]
ATHENS-Two Limestone County based Relay for Life Teams are supporting a joint effort between the American Red Cross and American Cancer Society to provide the gift of life. On Sept. 29, the County for a Cure Team and City of Athens Relay Team are supporting a Red Cross blood drive at the Beasley Center […]
ETOWAH COUNTY-Booking Photos from Etowah County Sheriff CHECK HERE. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges, and it w ill be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. The Quad-Cities Daily publishes this as a public service.
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington was installed as the Board Chair for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) yesterday. National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) is the national organization representing all 50 state workforce agencies, D.C. and U.S. territories. These agencies deliver training, employment, career, and business services, in addition to […]
FLORENCE– The Friends Bookstore at the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library is open! The bookstore was closed the months of March-August due to COVID, but has now reopened with the new business hours of Monday-Friday, 12:00-4:00pm. The bookstore is limiting the number of shoppers allowed in at one time to five, and patrons are required to wear […]
WASHINGTON, DC-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to raise awareness of the potential threat posed by attempts to spread disinformation regarding the results of the 2020 elections. Foreign actors and cybercriminals could create new websites, change existing websites, and create or share corresponding […]
MUSCLE SHOALS & PHIL CAMPBELL-Northwest-Shoals Community College has announced its President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2020 summer semester. Requirements for the President’s List are a semester grade point average of 4.0 and completion of a minimum semester course load of 12 semester credit hours of college-level work. Earning President’s Honors were: […]
MONTGOMERY – Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that the five occupations with the most online wanted ads continue to be for registered nurses, retail salespersons, truck drivers, sales representatives (wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products), and customer service representatives with more than 8,000 ads placed for those occupations in August. The HWOL data is compiled from all […]
THE SHOALS-The latest cohort of babies born at North Alabama Medical Center is published in The Quad-Cities Daily. We hope you find your family and friends’ loved little on here.
MADISON COUNTY-Booking Photos from Madison County Sheriff CHECK HERE. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges, and it w ill be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. The Quad-Cities Daily publishes this as a public service.
MARION COUNTY-Booking Photos from Marion County Sheriff CHECK HERE. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges, and it w ill be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. The Quad-Cities Daily publishes this as a public service.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced that she has signed Executive Order NO. 721 establishing the Alabama STEM Council. The council will advise state leadership on ways to improve STEM-related education, career awareness and workforce development opportunities across the state. “Alabama has continued to grow into an advanced manufacturing, aerospace engineering and cybertechnology […]
THE SHOALS-The latest cohort of babies born at Helen Keller Hospital is published in The Quad-Cities Daily. We hope you find your family and friends’ loved little on here.
TUSCUMBIA-Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller, will host an outdoor production of the musical comedy Smoke on the Mountain. Relax in the fall weather while enjoying a show full of bluegrass, gospel, and laughs. The venue will be seated at limited capacity to allow for social distancing, and masks are required. The show will […]
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday via Executive Order 722 established the Alabama Prison Repurposing Commission to conduct a thorough evaluation of the Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) existing infrastructure. The Commission will make recommendations as to which ADOC facilities should be retained and renovated as major correctional facilities, which could be renovated and repurposed for […]
HUNTSVILLE-On Tuesday, September 22 the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a two-vehicle accident that has taken the life of one person: “A two-vehicle crash at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 22, has claimed the life of an Ardmore, Alabama woman. Christina Nichole Bustamante, 40, was killed when the 1992 Jeep Cherokee she was driving was struck […]
ST. JOSEPH, TN-There will be a Indian Artifacts & Collectibles Show on Saturday, October 3, 2020, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the St. Joseph, TN, City Park Civic Center. Free Admission. Hosted by “The Tennessee Valley Archaeological Society. For more info, call 931-762-7541, or 256-577-3894 Media Release/Tennessee Valley Archaeological Society/Lanny Perry
FLORENCE-Booking Photos from Florence Police CHECK HERE. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges, and it w ill be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. The Quad-Cities Daily publishes this as a public service.
ATHENS-On Monday, September 21 Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson issued a statement regarding the arrest of a suspect who has been charged in the cutting of another person in Athens on Friday evening: “Around 11:30 Friday night (September 18) the Athens police department was called about a cutting at Mac’s on South Jefferson Street. When […]
MUSCLE SHOALS & PHIL CAMPBELL – The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) will receive a federal Student Support Services (SSS) grant of $3,171,090 to help more students succeed in and graduate from college. The Federal Student Support Services Grant awards $634,218 per year for five years. “Northwest-Shoals is […]
MONTGOMERY – Income rose and poverty declined in the United States in the calendar year before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of Americans without health insurance increased for the third consecutive year despite a growing economy, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) report released last week. The number of […]
FLORENCE – How about some good news? With all this national turmoil; COVID; political stress… Well, it’s sometimes difficult to stay happy. So, when City Council Member Kaytrina Simmons called and invited The Quad-Cities Daily to come over to Florence resident, Mattie Waits’ 92nd Birthday Party, we jumped at the opportunity. Ms. Mattie turned 92 […]
KNOXVILLE, TN― Attorneys and other legal professionals at the Tennessee Valley Authority, Office of the General Counsel, recently launched TVA’s first pro bono program, Generating Justice, to provide free legal assistance in local communities. As part of the Generating Justice program, TVA’s OGC is working with several legal aid organizations and law firms to address […]
