TUSCUMBIA-A sure sign that fall is on the way is the rumble of motorcycles filling the air in the Shoals. During the final days of summer for the past 20 years, the Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride has rumbled through the Shoals. This year’s ride gets under way Friday, Sept. 19 in Chattanooga, Tenn. […]
SHEFFIELD-Some of the fish they catch are small, but the smiles on the faces of the anglers at the 16th annual Timmy Horton Fishing for Kids fishing rodeo are always huge. The annual event matches special needs anglers with volunteers who take them fishing on Pickwick Lake. This year’s fishing rodeo is Saturday, Sept. 27 […]
COLBERT COUNTY-A tribute to working men and women, a competition for cowboys and cowgirls, an all-day concert and a festival honoring coon hounds are some of the ways Labor Day will be celebrated in Colbert County. Susann Hamlin, executive director of Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau, said this is one of the busiest Labor […]
TUSCUMBIA-Mary Risser, superintendent of the Natchez Trace Parkway, cut a ribbon on Tuesday, August 26 to officially open the parkway’s new visitor center at Colbert Ferry Park, north of Cherokee. Assisting Risser, was Bud Pride of Florence, former president of the Alabama chapter of the Natchez Trace Parkway Association. Here are some photos to commemorate […]
TUSCUMBIA-In 1887, Anne Sullivan made her way by train from Boston to Tuscumbia, Ala., where she would become a teacher for a deaf and blind child. Fueled by Sullivan’s teaching, the child, Helen Keller, went on to become an author, lecturer and inspiration to disabled people worldwide. On Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, 13 visually or hearing […]
MUSCLE SHOALS-An army of firefighters is headed to Colbert County. They are not coming here to battle a fire or respond to other emergencies. Instead, they will be in town for the Alabama Association of Alabama Volunteer Departments State Conference on Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9. Lawrence Huffman, co-chairman of the conference and […]
SPRING VALLEY-Some people go to Spain to run with the bulls, other come to Muscle Shoals to ride one. The Spring Valley Firefighters Rodeo is Friday, Aug. 29 and Saturday, Aug. 30 at North Alabama State Fairgrounds, 65 Sportsplex Dr., Muscle Shoals. Gates open at 6 p.m. both nights with the rodeo getting under way […]
