TUSCUMBIA – As word about a new County jail has been circulating in the community, Colbert County Sheriff, Frank Williamson has fielded many questions about it. So, we thought it was a worthy topic to to explore and share the information with our readers. Williamson told the Quad Cities Daily that the old jail facility […]
COLBERT COUNTY – OP-ED FROM SHERIFF FRANK WILLIAMSON It has been an honor and a blessing for me to serve Colbert County as your Sheriff for two terms. I’ve worked hard to make many meaningful improvements within our department. I have had a great relationship with the County Commission and with each commissioner. Thank you for […]
COLBERT COUNTY – Colbert County Sheriff Frank Williamson addresses the idea of an Alabama so-called “Red Flag Law” “State Representative Merica Coleman is preparing a bill for the Alabama Legislature for a so-called Red Flag law. I want to see what the bill is, if it is filed, before taking a position. I’m a defender […]
COLBERT COUNTY – Sheriff Frank Williamson submitted an op-ed on overcrowding are our jails and State prisons. “County Sheriff’s Offices throughout the State are continually reached out to by members of the Public with any number of recurring questions about how our departments operate. One of the most frequent questions that we field is, “Why […]
MUSCLE SHOALS-The Muscle Shoals Amateur Radio Club extended an invitation to the Shoals community to meet local amateur radio operators as they participated in the national Field Day event, June 25-26, at Gattman Park in Muscle Shoals, AL. In addition to being primarily an emergency preparedness exercise, Field Day is also a contest to see […]
MUSCLE SHOALS – Newly formed global entertainment company 8 Track Entertainment has entered into an inaugural partnership with historic Fame Recording Studios for future music projects, reveals the signing of Grammy® award-winning country stars Shenandoah to a worldwide recording and distribution agreement and plans to release the “60th Anniversary Of FAME And The Muscle Shoals […]
April 4, 2022 – President Joe Biden celebrated federal investments in the trucking industry during a White House event on Monday, highlighting strides the administration has made in implementing its “Trucking Action Plan,” which was unveiled late last year. “I want to thank you … (for) keeping America moving, because that’s literally what you’re doing […]
William Oris Thomas III, 75 of Athens, Alabama, died Monday, February 21, 2022 at Huntsville Hospital. Mr. Thomas was born October 17, 1946 in Cullman, Alabama, he was a member of Lindsay Lane Baptist Church, he was a U.S. Airforce Veteran and he was retired from Thompson Tractor. There will be a Graveside Service Monday […]
Walter “Doe-Doe” Thomas Hendrix, Jr., age 51, of Florence, Alabama, passed away February 23, 2022. Visitation will be Friday, from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Williams Funeral Home and a service will start at 7:00 pm in the chapel. Doe-Doe was preceded in death by his father, Walter Hendrix Sr.; grandmother, Rosie Hendrix; sister, […]
Debbie Burger Pruitt passed away on February 23, 2022 from complications due to Covid. She was 63 years old. Debbie was born in Gadsden in 1958. She graduated from Glencoe High School in 1977 and from Texas A&M University in 1995. She worked her entire adult life in the medical field. She worked in dentistry, […]
