Blount County News

The deadline to file a tax return and receive an economic stimulus payment is approaching.

Voters in Blount County are drawing sharp battle lines for a showdown over alcohol sales on November 4. That's when voters will decide whether to approve alcohol sales for what is now a dry Blount County.

Two inmates who had been on the run for nearly a week after escaping from an Atmore work release detail last Wednesday afternoon are back behind bars after being captured early Monday morning in Pensacola.

A federal court jury has ruled in favor of Blount County schools in a $1 million civil rights suit by three former students.

When Blount County voters go to the polls Nov. 4, they'll get to weigh in on more than a presidential contest - they'll also decide whether alcohol sales should be allowed in their county.

Blount County voters will be voting on whether they want alcohol sales in their county in the Nov.

Organizers of the Marshall County Fair hope to attract a crowd today for the first night of festivities.

Snead State Community College has canceled the activities scheduled for the women's volleyball team's first home match today.

The anticipation comes from the grownups who have come to know and love visits to stops off Exit 205.

Two Talladega High School students run in the pouring rain Monday, trying to get back in the dry confines of the school.

Some damage is being reported in central Alabama from storms associated with Tropical Depression Fay.

The husband-and-wife team of Bill and Mary Ann Smith, resident basket makers at Tannehill State Park near their home in McCalla, will be featuring their work and methods at Old Alabama Town from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

A woman wanted by Kansas City, Mo., police on methamphetamine distribution charges has been arrested in Blount County.

In 10 years, Birmingham and Fairfield spent more than $90 million on three schools: Carver High in Birmingham was to be a beacon, and Jackson-Olin High would only add luster to a system bouncing back.

Wednesday less than a week before she turns six months old Lilly Kulungian underwent a bone marrow transplant at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis .

A woman is getting medical treatment, after a serious wreck in Blount County. It happened after 8 a.m. on Highway 75, near Remlap.

A new study shows that the percentage of children born to unmarried women in Alabama has tripled since 1960.

At age 55, David Doty said he is going "to have to jump back in the job market again." So are the other seven employees at the Hayden Piggly Wiggly in Blount County.

By Patrick McCreless PATRICKM@CULLMANTIMES.COM A former Hanceville police officer recently denied he violated a Blount County man's civil rights as alleged in a June lawsuit.

A Blount County family traveled to Minnesota in an attempt to save the life of their five-month-old daughter who suffers from an extremely rare bone disease.