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Former Pleasant Valley girls’ basketball coach Colton Morris consoles players after their loss in the Northeast Regional in February. (Photo by Greg Warren)

Pleasant Valley, AL – Budget cuts leave Pleasant Valley’s Morris awaiting what’s next after he earned All-Calhoun County coach of the year for 1A-3A girls’ basketball By Joe Medley Colton Morris now knows what it’s like to be his county’s coach of the year yet wonder what’s next in his workaday world. He also knows what […]

Piedmont City Council talks Trailers, Tents, and Trails

Piedmont City Council talks Trailers, Tents, and Trails

Piedmont, AL – The Piedmont city council met for their monthly meeting on Tuesday. Among the normal business handled, the council approved resolution 2023-04, authorizing the city to renew the Anniston/Calhoun County Home Consortium agreement for 2024-2026. The council discussed the trailers languishing at southside school. A motion was approved to sell or otherwise dispose of […]

Calhoun County Soccer

Calhoun County soccer

Calhoun County, AL – Donoho, Jacksonville and Saks sweep into semifinals of girls’ county tournament; Jacksonville boys advance in Isaac Crook Invitational   Donoho’s girls put on an offensive show without their top offensive player while advancing in the Calhoun County soccer tournament Tuesday, and Jacksonville’s boys lit up the scoreboard in the Isaac Crook Invitational. […]

Calhoun County Track and Field

Calhoun County track and field

Calhoun County, AL – Here is a quick look at the boys competition in today’s Calhoun County Track and Field Championships at Choccolocco Park Editor’s Note: The Calhoun County Track & Field Championships are today at Choccolocco Park. Oxford’s boys and girls are defending champions. Here is a look at today’s events: By Dana Stewart […]

Anniston Celebrates Community Development Week

Anniston Celebrates Community Development Week

Anniston, AL – Per Jackson Hodges, Public Relations Director for the City of Anniston, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program has existed since 1975 to provide local governments with the resources to develop viable urban communities by providing affordable housing and a suitable living environment, while expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income. The CDBG […]

Tuesday Calhoun County Preps

White Plains coach Chris Randall (left) and his team show off their hardware after winning the Chesley Oaks Invitational on Tuesday at Holly Pond. (Submitted photo)

Calhoun County, AL – Edwards shoots 3-under-par 68, low medalist as White Plains wins Chesley Oaks Invitational; Alexandria’s Allen pitches no-hitter; Oxford’s Harrison pitches one-hitter White Plains’ boys look primed to defend their Calhoun County golf title. Sawyer Edwards was low medalist with a 3-under par 68, and the WIldcats shot an even-par 284 to win the […]

Drama at Calhoun County Softball

White Plains’ Haylie Smith (left), Karli Otwell (center) and Leighton Arnold show off their home-run balls after the Wildcats rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat Pleasant Valley 7-6 in Tuesday’s Calhoun County tournament action at Woodland Park. (Photo by Joe Medley)

Calhoun County, AL – White Plains roars back to win classic game against Pleasant Valley; top seed Piedmont manufactures a run to win pitchers dual with Jacksonville; Oxford, Alexandria advance in winners’ bracket By Joe Medley Tiffany Williams is a first-year head coach, but Tuesday’s Calhoun County tourney action showed she has the attention of her […]

Domestic Disturbance Leads to Shooting in Calhoun County

Domestic Disturbance Leads to Shooting in Calhoun County

Calhoun County, AL – Per Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade on April 4, 2023 at approximately 8:30 p.m., the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a domestic disturbance between a father and adult son on Kindle Way in Ohatchee.  There were reports of a gunshot victim.  Ohatchee P.D. arrived on scene first assisting the Sheriff’s […]