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Weaver High School Band Gets Recognition After State Championship Win

Weaver High School Band Gets Recognition After State Win-2

Weaver, AL – In October of 2022 the Weaver High School Band won their first state championship. Today, January 23rd, 2023, Alabama Senator Keith Kelly, Commission Terry Howell, Mayor Jeff Clendenning, Councilman Tim McRae, Councilwoman Terri Summerlin, and others joined together to celebrate that win and add a permanent marker in the city. Senator Kelley stated […]

Weekly Anniston Police Stats 1/16/2023 to 1/22/2023

Anniston Police Stats

Anniston, AL – The Anniston Police Department shares their weekly stats. The stats for the week of 1/16/2023 to 1/22/2023 follow below: Anniston Officers answered a total of 1000 calls for service. There were 78 criminal incident/offense reports taken. There were 59 miscellaneous (minor) incident reports taken. There were five felony arrests. There were 36 […]

Food Truck Festival Comes to Piedmont

Food Truck Festival in Piedmont

Piedmont, AL – On January 27th from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm come put to the Mapco in Piedmont (140 US HWY 278 Byp E) for  a Food Truck Festival featuring many local favorites. A few participants are Big Boys Wings, Sea Life, Knitting’s Express, Bonnierays’s Bake Shoppe RNB Finz N Chicks, Brix N Stix, Crickets […]

Jacksonville Police Stats 1/15/2023 -1/22/2023

Jacksonville Police Stats

Jacksonville, AL – The Jacksonville Police Department has shared the weekly stats for the dates of 1/15/2023 -1/22/2023. There were a total of 219 answered calls for service. There were 44 criminal incident/offense reports taken. There were nine felony arrest made and 19 misdemeanor arrests. There were seven traffic accidents, 119 traffic stops, and 46 citations/written […]

Wayne Flint Presents Afternoons with Harper Lee at the Public Library of Anniston

Wayne Flint Presents Afternoons with Harper Lee

Anniston, AL – On Tuesday, January 24th at 2:00 pm the Public Library if Anniston-Calhoun County will host Wayne Flint as he Presents: Afternoons with Harper Lee. Join author Wayne Flynt, as he discusses his new book “Afternoons with Harper Lee” For 64 afternoons Wayne Flynt, his wife Dartie and Harper Lee sat and talked away the day. […]

Inmate Found Unresponsive in Calhoun County Jail

Inmate dies at Calhoun County Jail

Anniston, AL. – The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office has reported that on January 22, 2023, at approximately 5:10 pm, an inmate being held in the medical section of the jail was found unconscious and unresponsive. Ricky Newell, 73, was served his evening meal from a correctional officer at approximately 4:51 pm and appeared to be […]