Aug. 17 obituaries
Lloyd Nolan Jackson, 82 Lloyd Nolan Jackson, 82, of Muscle Shoals, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 13, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. The funeral service will immediately follow in the funeral home chapel with Ben Hayes and Michael Jackson…
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Jerry Wayne Taylor, 73Jerry Wayne Taylor, 73, of Tuscumbia, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Visitation will be Saturday, August 3, from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. A graveside service will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Sheffield, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Jerry was a mobile home mover and set-up person for…
Read MorePilkilton, Colbert Tourism honored at state conference
The Shoals area has a lot of unique attractions that cannot be found anywhere else in the state of Alabama. As such, it is important to have a solid team of representatives to show those attractions to locals and visitors alike. When it comes to the Colbert County Tourism Bureau, they are not among the…
Read MoreTuscumbia Council approves waterfall pump repair
It has been some time since the waterfall in Spring Park in downtown Tuscumbia has been working correctly. It takes two pumps to run the feature, and currently both are out of commission. According to Parks and Recreation Director Brooks Canup, earlier this year the waterfall was turned on using one pump, but it only…
Read MoreYoung Deshler team working to carry on tradition
Two years ago, the Deshler Tigers put together an undefeated regular season, a 12-1 third-round campaign and lost over 20 seniors to graduation. Despite losing so much experience, the Tigers still had a solid 8-4 year in 2023, including a trip to the second round of the state playoffs. However, according to third-year head coach…
Read MoreWinning state last hurdle for Muscle Shoals
The goal for the 2024 Muscle Shoals Trojans football team is the same as it has been for years: win the last game of the season. MSHS is coming off 11-2 and 11-1 seasons that ended in the fourth and third round of the state playoffs respectively. While that level of success is hard to…
Read MoreColbert County working toward 2024 postseason run
The Colbert County Indians are no strangers to the state playoffs. CCHS has only missed the postseason twice in the past 44 years, after all. However, the Indians have not made it past the second round since 2015. Making a deeper postseason run is one of the main goals for third-year head coach Scotty Hannah’s…
Read MoreCherokee eyeing postseason return
After two winless seasons and back-to-back 1-9 records in 2021 and 2022, the only possible direction for the Cherokee Indians was up. They might have been the surprise of the season for schools in Colbert County, as Cherokee earned a 5-5 record in 2023 and fell just one win shy of its first playoff appearance…
Read MoreSheffield football looking to Wright the ship
The 2024 football season at Sheffield is going to look a lot different than the two previous years. One major change is the Bulldogs moving up from Class 2A, Region 8 to Class 3A, Region 7. SHS has not been in 3A since 2015. Sheffield moves into the same region as rivals Colbert Heights and…
Read MoreColbert Heights hopes to rebound this season
Though the Colbert Heights Wildcats had some success at 4-6 in 2022, last year’s 1-9 campaign was a step in the wrong direction. Second-year head coach Tyler Jeffreys said he and his players have been working to get better this offseason. “It’s a process,” he said. “In the back of your mind, it could go…
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