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A medical emergency is something unexpected that could happen to anyone at any time. One minute you are enjoying a dinner outing at a local restaurant, and the next you are fighting for your life. Such was the case on Jan. 27 at Outback Steakhouse in Florence. Wesley Sharpston, a 27-year-old from Tuscumbia who works…

Life seems a little more fast-paced these days, with people’s schedules packed with things that demand their time and attention. Something that often gets left behind in the shuffle is the chance to grab a book, sit down and read. That’s where the Little Free Library project by the Helen Keller Public Library in Tuscumbia…

Most Alabamians would not be able to point out Barton on a map, but the little community is about to have a big impact on not just The Shoals, but the state as a whole. Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan joined Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Rep. Robert Aderholt, Sen. Katie Britt and numerous local…

American Legion Post #31 Commander Doug Hargett and his group are looking to expand a program he began three years ago that sought to help bring a little holiday cheer to local veterans. Hargett and fellow members of the post in Tuscumbia enlisted help from the community to put together gift bags for veterans who…

The Colbert County Tourism Office is pleased to announce that two towns in Colbert County are participating in the state’s Saturday Morning Walking Tours. Sheffield and Tuscumbia will offer these tours every Saturday morning in April on April 4, 11, 18, and 25, beginning at 10 am. The state has offered this recurring program for…

Wendy King said she was traveling the Natchez Trace one day but had to take a detour. The side trip took her through Allsboro near Cherokee on the western edge of Colbert County near the state line with Mississippi. It was in Allsboro that she found the structure she had been looking for. An old…

The old saying goes “if you don’t like the weather in Alabama, wait 5 minutes.” For those that were not fans of the severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings that swept across The Shoals late on March 15, at least you didn’t wake up to snow. Unless you wanted snow, anyway. Around 9:45 p.m. on March…

The Alabama Association of School Boards (AASB) announced March 10 that Chad Holden, Ed.D., has been named the organization’s next executive director. A lifelong resident of the Shoals area, Holden currently serves as superintendent of Muscle Shoals City Schools, a position he has held since July 2020. He brings nearly 24 years of public education…

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…