The following arrests were made by the Colbert County Sheriff’s Office in recent days: ­- On Oct. 7, Terri A. Smith, 31, was arrested and charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs. According to Deputy Christopher Miller’s report, he made a traffic stop for an expired tag and the registered owner of the vehicle having…

The year was 1947, and Marine Corps Re­serve Major Bill Hen­dricks’ wife Diane had a few handcrafted dolls. She told her husband to deliver the dolls to an agency that supports children in need. When Bill reported back to his wife that he could not find such an organization, she in­structed him to “start one!”…

It’s no secret that many men like to sit, have a beer and so­cialize while watching sports on the television or listen to music. A couple of new busi­ness owners took that concept and thought why not be able to do that while getting your hair cut or your nails trimmed? And thus, the idea…

Residents of The Shoals interested in learning more about ag­riculture-related topics like gardening, land use and resource manage­ment are in luck. The Alabama A&M University’s Small Farm Research Center, in collaboration with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, is holding an agriculture workshop titled “Learn­ing and Growing With Us” on Thursday, Nov. 6, from 9:30 a.m.…

The final meeting of the soon-to-be outgoing members of the Tuscumbia City Council came and went on Oct. 20, and not without some memorable moments. Council members discussing a retirement plan for city employees. City employees in the audience arguing back and forth about said plan with the Council. Residents from a Tuscumbia subdivision yelling…

A number of grants for community projects were highlighted during an announcement event by the Northwest Alabama RC&D Council at Northwest Shoals Community College in Muscle Shoals on Oct. 17. RC&D stands for Resource Conservation and Development. According to the organization’s website, the RC&D areas were established in the Agriculture Act of 1962 to provide…

The annual memorial service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tuscumbia, will be held on Sunday, November 2, at 3 p.m. The public is invited to attend this All Saints’ Day service of Evening Prayer, which will be conducted from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer by the Rev. Danielle Thompson, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church,…