FLORENCE – The Gold Record room down at the Sun Trust Building in turning into a really cool place to enjoy First Fridays. And this past Friday’s chapter was no exception. Excellent music from the Alabama Bus Boys – Jimmy Nutt, Mitch Mann, David MacKay and Mark Naramore. The Quad-Cities Daily was on hand to take […]
FLORENCE – Weather played a factor this on past weekend’s First Friday event . The UNA season opened football game, rained out Thursday night, was played on Friday at the same time as the monthly street party in Downtown. So, the crowd was a bit thin. On the good side, the weather was excellent! QCD […]
ATHENS – Ronald Powell, arrested Wednesday on charges of insurance fraud and exploitation of an elderly person, stated through his attorney today that he “absolutely denies” any claim that he gained control of millions of dollars from the sale of false insurance policies. Wednesday, the Limestone County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment […]
MUSCLE SHOALS – As soon as the weather allowed, a nationwide relief effort kicked into high gear. State and local governments, private companies, their employees and regular citizens put their lives on hold to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Nobody knows for sure just how long the mission might be, but many people from […]
NORTH ALABAMA – After seeing the stories coming out of Hurricane Harvey’s path of destruction, most people in our part of the world want to help in any way they can. It is important to remember that cash donations are by far the best way to help out in this crisis. With cash, the emergency agencies […]
LEBANON, TN – Like the Hajj to Mecca, it was a journey that simply had to be undertaken, at least once in a lifetime. And last Monday, millions of supplicants from the world over fulfilled their pilgrimage to the North American Eclipse Zone to become recipients of a cosmic blessing. There hadn’t been anything like this, […]
RUSSELLVILLE – Last weekend’s big Watermelon Fest in historic downtown Russellville was bigger and better than ever! Lots of folks from in and around Franklin County took advantage of the great weather and turned out to see exhibits, taste some food, listen to some music (featuring Kristy’s favorite musician, Aaron Tippin), and meet up with old […]
KILLEN – Yep… There was some rain on the parade Friday evening. But that didn’t stop the big town-wide party that’s known as Founder’s Day. You just dry out and wait until Saturday morning to go to the park for all the festivities. And Saturday, the weather was fine! The city park was filled with […]
FLORENCE – Greg Taylor has been named Commercial Relationship Manager, SVP of FirstBank’s Florence loan production office. In his new role, Taylor will work with existing business customers and help develop new relationships in the Florence-area business community. “Greg is a great banker who knows the Quad Cities area well and has built relationships across the […]
FLORENCE – Well, the rain held off for a couple of hours, at least. First Friday’s crowd was pretty nice for a warm August evening. The rain held until about 7 PM and that gave QCD Photog Kristy Lovelace time to make the rounds! Here are her EVENT PHOTOS. Enjoy!
