Fyffe News

While it seems nearly every city and town in DeKalb County has talked about it for years and years, the Fyffe Town Council significantly addressed loose pets recently.

Residents who live in Fyffe will now have to keep dogs properly restrained whether in an enclosure or on a leash.

Some soldiers scheduled for their first overseas deployment are finding comfort in others who have come to view such deployments as old hat.

DeKalb County Superintendent Charles Warren estimates it could cost as much as $500,000 to $750,000 to repair buildings at Geraldine School damaged by hailstorms this past Spring.

Jacob Croft is emerging as a dominant presence on the baseball field for Sylvania High School, and the bad news for Ram opponents is he still has two seasons to play.

Students from three area schools are going to represent DeKalb County at the Beta Club national convention this month in Orlando, Fla.-if they have the money to get there.

DeKalb County deputies providing security at the courthouse Thursday got a boost in hardware in more ways than one.

Longtime Geraldine principal Larry Lingerfelt is saying goodbye to the school he has served for nearly four decades.

In 2022, many of the first class of pre-kindergarteners will graduate high school, but administrators aren't waiting that long to assess the programs that are expected to continue next year.

Officials at Fyffe High School said graduation ceremonies, scheduled for Friday, May 22 at the school's stadium, will now be at the DeKalb County Schools Coliesum in Rainsville.

A group of concerned parents and citizens are petitioning for the dismissal of Fyffe school principal Ricky Bryant, and they have carried their concerns to the State Department of Education.

Three bills passed Thursday afternoon could have a significant effect on the future of alcohol sales in DeKalb County.

Gov. Bob Riley gave the Alabama Legislature a second chance to take the responsible course on funding Alabama's prison system, but once again lawmakers put political expediency ahead of doing the right thing.

Thursday was a champagne day for liquor at Alabama's capital. The Legislature voted to allow the sale of stronger beer and to permit small towns in dry counties to go wet.

State Sen. Charles Bishop, R-Jasper, said Thursday that he is not running for re-election to the Legislature and might consider a run for higher office, such as governor.

A bill that would have given possibly seven DeKalb County towns the chance to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages failed in the Senate.

Few things in Alabama are more convoluted than the state's liquor laws. Alabama has dry counties and wet counties.

A new convention center at Gulf State Park will eliminate the need to close other state parks, a local lawmaker said.

Radar indicated a possible tornado about 12 miles northeast of Albertville. The warning continues until 11:30 a.m. --- 11:10 a.m.: The National Weather Service has canceled the tornado warning for Marshall and DeKalb counties.

The Senate Rules Committee chairman, Democrat Lowell Barron of Fyffe, says he's not going to put the bill on the Senate's work agenda during the session's closing days because it is several votes short of passage.