Blount County News

Once a upon a time in a land far, far away, the Bargain Mom was an avid golfer. My husband and I would play to our hearts' content.

The road to Hayden is only paved with the government's good intentions. That was the feeling among many residents Monday night at as they gathered at Crossroads Baptist Church, in Warrior, to meet with an ALDOT official over the lack of progress on the Highway 160 safety project.

Two schools in the Blount County School System are dismissing early today. A spokesperson for the school system says Susan Moore Elementary School, and Susan Moore High School will dismiss at 11:30am CT Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

Snead State Community College recently hosted its annual College Days for area high school seniors.

Tim Whitley, a member of the Alabama Farmers Federation's State Beef Committee and a past president of the Blount County Farmers Federation, has been elected to the board of the Red Angus Association of America.

Alabama State Troopers have released the names of the man killed and the man who was injured in a fiery crash in Blount County on Tuesday night.

Head north on AL 75 to Oneonta this Saturday for the Blount County Covered Bridge Festival.

One person was killed and another injured after two cars collided tonight in Brooksville, struck two other cars parked in front of a gas station, and all four burst into flames.

'We have become, without meaning to, the third political party in the state of Alabama.' So said Patti Lambert as she brought her grassroots movement, Save Alabama PACT, to Sand Mountain on Tuesday.

The Alabama Environmental Management Commission on Friday sent a permit for a mining operation on the Mulberry Fork River back to an administrative law judge for further review.

MONTGOMERY a ' Governor Bob Riley announced that increased state trooper patrols started at 6 a.m. on Friday along Highway 160 in Blount County, where several serious crashes have occurred.

State troopers have begun patrolling Alabama 160 in Blount County and will be placing message boards along the road to show drivers their speeds, in the hope of encouraging motorists to slow down.

A deadly stretch of road in Blount County has claimed another life. This time, a mother of two.

Alabama is experiencing a dangerous trend of public drinking water intake sites being threatened by proposals upstream.

The threat of rain did not stop more than 7,500 people from showing up for the seventh annual Youthquake at the Cullman County Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon.

Rain chances remain in the forecast for Birmingham and much of Central Alabama for the Columbus Day weekend.

Gov. Bob Riley has announced $423,000 in grants to expand or improve recreational opportunities in Alabama.

Construction on extending a culvert, widening the road shoulders and installing a guardrail on Ala.

The Great Pumpkin Patch, off of Highway 160 outside of Hayden, opened Saturday, Sept.

Cullman County Sheriff's deputies arrested a local man Saturday for allegedly molesting two area children.