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Piedmont Utility Bill(s) – Due Date Extended

Piedmont Utility Bill(s) – Due Date Extended

Piedmont, AL – Piedmont Mayor Bill Baker announces – that anyone in that area that has a Utility Bill with any Utility Company – is certainly feeling the “pinch” of higher expenses, and for THAT REASON the City of Piedmont will NOT BE cutting off any utilities on the usual cutoff date – the 25th; INSTEAD […]

Structure Fire on Saturday Morning in Piedmont

Structure Fire on Saturday Morning in Piedmont

Piedmont, AL – Area firefighters responded to a structure fire at approximately 3:10 on Saturday morning. Piedmont units arrived at 510 North Centre Avenue in just minutes and began to battle the blaze in a two-story wooden home with mutual aid provided by the Spring Garden Fire Department. The heat from the blaze was so great […]

Alabama Attorney General Applauds New Law

Alabama Attorney General Applauds New Law

Montgomery, AL – Our prosecutors will be trained and ready when this law takes effect in September (Montgomery) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today applauds the enactment of SB143. The newly-minted law provides penalty enhancements for felonies committed to further the interest of any criminal enterprise or gang. It also attaches mandatory minimum sentences to […]

Piedmont Man Facing Arrest Charge in Georgia

Piedmont Man Facing Arrest Charge in Georgia

Piedmont, AL – A fugitive from Alabama, Tyler Mitchell Morgan, age 27 from a Piedmont address, was recently captured in Rome distributing methamphetamine. Reports said that Morgan was taken into custody at the Texaco Station on Turner McCall Boulevard while possessing three bags of meth.  He was also found with a set of scales that were […]

Bicyclist Vs. Truck Accident Monday Morning Results in Air-Lift in Calhoun County

One Air-Lifted For Treatment Monday Morning

Calhoun County, AL – Reports say a pickup truck struck a bicycle – knocking it, and the rider, several feet – around 4:00am Monday in Calhoun County. The injured party was air-lifted for treatment from the Helipad at the Oxford Police Department. We’ll have more information as it becomes available. Mr. Summers is a reporter for WEIS Radio. […]