Crossville News

One person was found dead after a log cabin fire in Geraldine late Wednesday afternoon.

Governor Bob Riley's office is shipping more than $4 Million in federal stimulus money to 14 school districts in Alabama.

Crossville Elementary School teachers are thrifty - by necessity. First-grade teacher Tina Wilks had to limit her students to one feather each for a recent Thanksgiving pilgrim and Native American hat project.

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of McVille Road and Sparks Avenue on Thursday afternoon, Boaz police reported.

Miss Wilda Goss, 83, of Crossville Nursing Health & Rehab, formerly of Boaz, died Tuesday, Nov.

Students at Crossville High School saluted local veterans during a program Friday.

If you thought last month was wetter than usual, you were right. Albertville, Boaz and Crossville readings recorded more than double the average rainfall in many areas.

The AHSAA's Central Board of Control approved the 2010-12 classification during its Wednesday morning meeting in Montgomery.

The 2010-2012 AHSAA classifications and football and basketball alignments are out, and it means changes for local high school teams.

An Alabama truck driver has been sentenced to six to 22 months in jail in a western Pennsylvania crash that killed two Michigan men last year.

Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:17 p.m. 1. Luke Murphy, Gaylesville * Jr.

The DeKalb County Board of Education voted to accept $6 million in federal stimulus money, earmarked for capital improvement projects.

A comprehensive workshop will offer Alabama beef cattle farmers tips on nutrition, health, forages and other management issues, according to the Alabama Cooperative Extension System which is sponsoring the event.

Law enforcement diffused a hostage situation in Crossville early Thursday morning, and a Crossville man is in the DeKalb County jail.

The concrete was still being poured and the roof was not quite finished Tuesday at the new Lee Energy Solutions wood pellet plant on Alabama 68 in Crossville, but by the end of the month it will start producing between 65 to 70 tons of wood pellets an hour, according to Davis Lee, the owner of the company.

A north Alabama firefighter was among the fallen heroes remembered Sunday morning.

At last Thursday's DeKalb County Board of Education meeting, superintendent Charles Warren announced that H1N1 vaccinations will be available at county schools some time in mid- to late-October. The idea will be to vaccinate each child at the schools but no child will be forced to take a shot.

The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments on Tuesday announced receipt of a $200,000 grant for development of a geographical information system pertaining to municipal water systems in DeKalb and Jackson counties.

Football Fridays are a fun part of my job. There's nothing like the adrenaline rush that I get when I'm helping to put the final touches on Saturday's edition of The Sand Mountain Reporter.

On Wednesday September 16, Sheriff Harris received a call from Marshall County Sheriff Scott Walls regarding information his office had received about a DeKalb County resident.