March 21 obituaries
Doris Barnes, 86 Doris Barnes, of Tuscumbia, AL passed away on March 9, 2026. Visitation will be held on Sat, March 14, 2026 from 11 am-1 pm at Colbert Memorial Chapel with a service to follow at 1 pm in the chapel. Burial in Colbert Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Little Bear Creek…
Read MoreNew shipbuilding naval facility announced in Barton
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Rep. Robert Aderholt announced the United States Navy will soon hold a ribbon cutting on a new defense industrial facility in The Shoals on March 20. Tuberville announced the project during a speech at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville on March 9, with Aderholt also speaking about the project…
Read MoreSCENT-SATION: Candles take the cake for small business owner Castle
Ember & Ivory is a small business based in Muscle Shoals that sells decorative candles designed to look as beautiful as they smell. The business began in December 2025, a month after Chelsie Castle learned she had lost her healthcare job. Castle had worked as a medical director in Nashville and had recently relocated to…
Read MoreTuscumbia Council votes to make 2nd attempt on statue
There were a number of items on the agenda during the March 2 meeting of the Tuscumbia City Council, including the ongoing issue of the music-related sculpture. More specifically the lack of one, as it were. A project was launched a number of years ago to have a sculpture related to The Shoals’ musical heritage…
Read MoreMarch 14 obituaries
Logan Tyler Inman, 16 Logan Tyler “Ducky” Inman, 16, of Tuscumbia, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Visitation will be on Friday, March 6, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. The funeral service will immediately follow in the funeral home chapel with Jeremy Sanderson and Kirk Bishop officiating. Interment will…
Read MoreTuscumbia Council votes to raise sales tax half a percent, Spring Park BBQ stand has new tenant
The Tuscumbia City Council voted unanimously to raise the city sales tax rate by half a percent to 4 total during its March 2 meeting. Mayor T.W. Billings said the increased sales tax is expected to bring in about $600,000 a year in increased revenue. The increase will bring the total sales tax within the…
Read MoreUCP Shoals telethon set for March 10
Nonprofit United Cerebral Palsy was founded in 1949 and today serves around 200,000 adults and children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities each year. UCP Shoals held its first telethon fundraiser in 1964, and the event has been an annual occurrence on local TV ever since. However, this year UCP Shoals has decided to change…
Read MoreMuscle Shoals Council approves property transfer for new elementary school
By Dr. Chad Holden Special to The Reporter Muscle Shoals Council approves property transfer for new elementary school The Muscle Shoals City Council voted unanimously March 2 to convey property behind Webster School to the Muscle Shoals Board of Education, clearing the way for plans to construct a new elementary school campus. Superintendent Chad Holden presented…
Read MoreBlack Churches focus of presentation at Belle Mont Mansion on March 7
Several African American churches will be recognized as part of a program titled “Historic Black Churches of the Shoals,” scheduled to take place at Belle Mont Mansion, 1569 Cook Lane, Tuscumbia, on Saturday, March 7th, at 2:30 p.m. The featured churches are among 37 churches highlighted in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s three-year calendar series documenting…
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James Walter Crawford, III, 65 James “Jimmy” Walter Crawford III, age 65, of Florence, formerly of Killen, Alabama was born in April 19, 1960 in Lawrenceburg, TN, passed away after an extended illness on Friday, February 27, 2026. Visitation will be on Monday, March 2nd from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm at Williams Funeral Home…
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