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Athens Fridays After Five to start April 26
ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - Athens Main Street is kicking off this year’s Fridays After Five Music Series Friday. The event is presented by The Orthopedic Center-Athens and will feature local musicians, local merchants and delicious food. The family-friendly event will transform the east side of the Limestone County Courthouse...
2-year-old girl drowns in north Alabama’s family pool
A two-year-old female discovered in a pool in Lauderdale County Thursday morning has died. Lauderdale County Coroner Kim Jones said the incident happened at a home on Onslow Drive at around 9:30 a.m. The child was discovered in a family pool. She later died at a hospital. Stories by William...
Victim identified in single-vehicle wreck in Killen
KILLEN, Ala. (WAFF) - A 21-year-old woman is dead following a single-vehicle wreck in Killen on Monday evening. Officials with the Killen Police Department say Emma Grace Blankenship, 21, of Killen was killed after running off the road and hitting an embankment. The call on the accident came through shortly...
AHSAA tennis: Lauderdale County, Providence Christian, Mountain Brook earn state titles
Lauderdale County High School won two of three doubles championships Friday morning in the final day of the AHSAA’s 2024 Class 1A/3A State Tennis Tournament at Mobile Tennis Center and sophomore Lizzie Tanner battled back from a 6-1 first set deficit to claim the No. 2 singles title as the Coach Haleigh Woodard’s Tigers captured their second girls’ state tennis championship in a row.
Calhoun County Baseball Playoffs
Calhoun County, AL – Alexandria sweeps Lawrence County to reach third round. Piedmont, Donoho fall in Thursday’s second-round Alabama High School Athletic Association baseball playoff games, Friday’s pairings. Second round results, pairings CLASS 6A Oxford at Buckhorn Friday, 5 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. (if necessary) CLASS 5A Alexandria 10-2, Lawrence County 3-0. Alexandria advances. […] The post Calhoun County Baseball Playoffs appeared first on Calhoun Journal.
ALEA: Missing person alert for 82-year-old Florence man canceled
FLORENCE, Ala. (WTVA) – The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a missing 82-year-old man. The news release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says that Jimmy Reed Butler was last seen at his home in Florence, and he was wearing a green checkered shirt, black pants, tan hat, and black shoes.
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