TUSCUMBIA – Wallace Ricks likened the Friday and Saturday event to a”Big family reunion”. And he so right! Every year the Quad-Cities Daily gets down to the African Heritage Festival to record some of the event in our EVENT PHOTOS. And it’s always fun to see lots of friends from all over The Shoals. And […]
FLORENCE – It was a great Saturday over at Pope’s Tavern in Florence. For the last two hundred years this old place has served as a livery, a hotel, tavern and stagecoach terminal. Since the early 1960’s Pope’s Tavern, ownwe by the City of Florence, has played the rold of historical museum. It provides a […]
LAUDERDALE COUNTY – Sometimes it’s the small efforts. Those personal and quiet acts that create the most memorable experiences. Yesterday was Memorial Day, with all the patriotic parades and the dedication of monuments. Cookouts and boat rides. It was perfect holiday, made possible by the blood, sweat and tears of so many Americans and their […]
SHEFFIELD – The 2017 Edition of Northwest-Shoals Community College’s Street Party was extended to two big nights. And the fans loved it! These EVENT PHOTOS were shot on Saturday Night’s Street Party. Event organizer and show producer David Johnson brought to the Stage, Rising Artist Tosha Brook Hill and her band. And then, Multi Grammy… Multi […]
SHEFFIELD – The 2017 Edition of Northwest-Shoals Community College’s Street Party was extended to two big nights. And the fans loved it! These EVENT PHOTOS were shot on Friday Night’s Street Party. Event organizer and show producer David Johnson brought to the Stage, Shoals Favorites Eddie Floyd, Travis Wammack, Jimmy Hall and Wet Willie. And […]
UPDATE: With 30 minutes to go before his scheduled execution the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay of execution for Tommy Arthur. The death warrant for Arthur is only valid for May 25. So if the temporary stay last past midnight, the state would have to seek a new execution date once the […]
FLORENCE – The Quad-Cities Daily was at Wilson park this past Saturday to record some of the annual Arts Alive Festival…and it’s a good thing we were there in the morning! Unfortunately, a deluge followed our departure from the venue. One the other side of the coin, fortunately, we were able to record some of the […]
“He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all” ― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull MUSCLE SHOALS – “I get to see the world from above,” explained Sophie Repolt Rogers, “and the challenge is so very compelling.” Rogers holds her Commercial Pilots License and flies […]
ZIP CITY – Yep. Once a year the horses get to kick back, eat some oats… maybe some sweet grass, and let the Fire Department throw a rodeo without their help. Saturday, the folks there held their 4th Annual Horseless Rodeo. And it was some of the best fun you’ve ever seen! Music and food […]
COLBERT COUNTY – The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals was host to the 20 top golf teams this week in the Golf Regionals for the South and Southeast Region. The 3-day tournament was played on the “Fighting Joe” course. The winning team for the South Region was West Florida (Gulf South Conference) of […]
