TUSCUMBIA-The Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau staff is gearing up to field lots of questions about fishing in Pickwick and Wilson lakes. The 2015 season of Timmy Horton Outdoors, …
Dennis Sherer
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CHEROKEE — Just as Christmas comes only once a year, so does the Cherokee Library’s silent auction and book sale. This year’s book sale and auction is from 10 a.m. …
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COLBERT COUNTY-Thanksgiving leftovers will still be in refrigerators around the Shoals when the Christmas parade season kicks off in Colbert County. Sheffield and Tuscumbia have the first Christmas parades of …
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COLBERT COUNTY-Kicking off the holiday season atop LaGrange Mountain in Colbert County is a tradition for many north Alabama families. The LaGrange Living Historical Association’s Christmas in the Country celebration …
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COLBERT COUNTY-A parade, a concert, and a country Christmas are among the many activities in Colbert County in November. Susann Hamlin, executive director of Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau, …
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THE SHOALS-Local anglers tout Pickwick and Wilson lakes as two of the best places in the country to fish for largemouth and smallmouth bass. A leading fishing website agrees. In …
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COLBERT COUNTY-The Chief Colbert Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution will dedicate a monument in honor of Chickasaw Chief George Colbert, for whom the chapter is named, at 11 …
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The Fourth Annual Littleville Bluegrass Festival is Saturday, October 11, in the community building behind City Hall on U.S. 43. The festival features Blackberry Jam, Glade City Rounders, Old Time Bluegrass …
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SHEFFIELD-The Tim Horton Fishing for Kids fishing rodeo on Pickwick Lake Saturday, out of Riverfront Park in Sheffield, September 27 once again brought huge smiles to the faces of the …
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TUSCUMBIA-T.J. Jackson calls Camp Courage, a Helen Keller Experience, the greatest event he has ever attended. “Camp Courage is the best place on Earth,” said Jackson, of Valley. The 9-year-old …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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, …
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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 …
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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, …