Grant News

Seven-million dollars in federal funding is coming to the state of Alabama. The city of Collinsville is one of 16 towns that could receive funding to upgrade their sewer system.

Collinsville is the only DeKalb town in line for a slice of a $7 million federal stimulus pie.

Marshall County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a call about several car burglaries and a suspicious vehicle in the Pine and Preston Islands areas at 3 a. m. Thursday.

Training Officer Gene Necklaus of the Scottsboro Fire Department has been selected to participate in the 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant as a technical evaluation reviewer.

The Jackson County Commission approved the hiring of Sandra Erickson as county administrator during Monday's meeting.

Two upcoming economic workshops will give community leaders and residents a chance to learn more about programs and grants available for Cullman County.

The city of Boaz is about to be a bit safer thanks in part to a large grant and two new patrol vehicles.

After days of temperatures above 90 degrees, North Alabama is getting a preview of summer.

Demile Yvonne Tidwell, 87, of Albertville, died Monday, May 25, 2009, at Shepherd's Cove - Hospice of Marshall County.

The Positive Christian Singles are to meet at 4:30 p.m. June 1 at Western Sizzlin' in Oxford.

More than 20 people are without a home after a Marshall County apartment fire Tuesday morning.

DeKalb, Jackson and Marshall counties in Northeast Alabama will receive federal disaster help in its recovery from a series of severe storms that hit the area April 10-13, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today.

Two students at Gateway Community and Technical College have been selected for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's All-Academic Team.

The Section Lions Club has chosen Larry Doyle Farr as its Lion of the Year. Farr and his wife, Joyce Myers, moved to Section from the Swearengin community near Grant in 1986.

Payne managed to hold off a hard-charging Elite Series pro Mark Menendez of Paducah, Ky., who is more than 3 pounds back with 31 pounds, 1 ounce.

Martin Anthony Ables, of Geraldine, began his celebration in Heaven on April 18, 2009 at Shepherd's Cove - Hospice of Marshall County.

A little more than a week after a tornado destroyed his home and took the life of his wife, Gary Wayne Salter remained in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of Huntsville Hospital Monday afternoon in critical condition.

It's a big weekend in Huntsville and Panoply is in full swing. You still have one more to enjoy it on Sunday.

Officials in three northeast Alabama counties say recent storms will cost more than $4 million for debris cleanup, power restoration and emergency services.

GRANT, AL - Big news for some small towns. A bill that's passed the Alabama legislature and is awaiting the governor's signature would allow towns with fewer than a thousand people vote to legalize alcohol sales.