ATHENS-On Wednesday, April 17 the Athens Mayor’s Youth Commission participated in its first responders program. The program, held at Leak City, a training facility in Athens, included lessons on Air Evac, distracted driving and fire response. For today’s program, students sat in the Air Evac helicopter cockpit and talked to the Air Evac team about […]
FLORENCE-The Salvation Army of the Shoals’ 16th Annual Empty Bowl Luncheon to Feed the Hungry was held Wednesday, April 17 at the Marriott Conference Center. This wonderful family event is a creative way to help end hunger in The Shoals and is held by the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary annually to make sure no individual goes […]
FLORENCE-On Saturday, March 16 volunteers and partners came out for The Shoals, AL Cleanup in Florence. The morning was a little chilly.. the day warmed up just as volunteers got to work. Living Lands and Waters took some volunteersto some coves on Wilson Lake that were in serious need of clean up while other volunteers cleaned up […]
THE SHOALS-On Saturday, March 16 volunteers descended on the shores of the Tennessee River to do a little trash pick-up and had a good time while making the Tennessee River Beautiful. Here is what Keep The Tennessee River Beautiful had to say about the day: “Another great day thanks to amazing volunteers and partners […]
MUSCLE SHOALS-Elementary and middle school students from across northwest Alabama came to Northwest-Shoals Community College on Saturday, January 12 to play the 2018-2019 VEX IQ Challenge Next Level. Nineteen teams came together for a non-stop, action-packed day of teamwork challenges where they competed with their custom-built robots using VEX IQ. Parents, Teachers,Mentors and Robot Nerds were present […]
SHEFFIELD-The weather was perfect and the crowd was in the Christmas Spirit all was well with the world and Sheffield celebrated the coming Christmas Holidays with a Christmas Parade that included snow, candy, marching bands and a great abundance of Christmas Cheer. QCDNews was on hand to capture the fun in photos and we present […]
FLORENCE-Alabama Renaissance Faire is held in the 4th weekend of October each year in the Renaissance City of Florence, Alabama. This year marks the 32nd annual Ren Faire and the weather could not have been more perfect. A stunning fall day for the two-day event and the Quad Cities Daily was on hand to capture some […]
FLORENCE– Another great October Bicentennial event, Reunion at the River was held on Saturday, October 20 and the weather was a stellar Fall day. This event was held in conjunction with the annual Fall Festival in McFarland Park. Along with a cool crisp day you could visit food trucks, play games, win door prizes, and watch […]
MUSCLE SHOALS-Northwest-Shoals Community College’s (NW-SCC) Shoals campus hosted the 3rd annual Northwest Alabama Job Fair featuring 26 area employers with over 400 job openings available. The Job Fair featured 26 area employers along with industry representatives, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation, NACOLG, Shoals Career Center, and the following NW-SCC programs: Ready to Work, Adult Education, Career […]
THE SHOALS-Walt Maddox has been holding Pop-Up Rallies all over the state. On October 9 McFarland Park in Florence was the scene for Walt Maddox for Governor’s latest pop-up rally. The rally turned into a good old-fashioned Democratic stump rally with speakers from all over the Shoals area doing a little campaigning and a lot […]
