Cullman County News

The city of Athens is going green with their new vehicles. Mayor Ronnie Marks demonstrated the city's new compressed natural gas filling station and car.

A man accused of killing his wife is scheduled to be in court Friday in Cullman County for a preliminary hearing.

As the depth of the North-central Alabama Regional Council of Governments problems become apparent, though, it's hard to fault Morgan County Commission Chairman Ray Long for concluding that the county's best strategy was to get out.

The hometown of former Gov. Guy Hunt has opened a library and museum honoring Alabama's first Republican governor since Reconstruction.

When it comes to increasing the safety of area school children, Cullman County administrators are looking towards technology.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- When North Alabama law enforcement officials started planning this year's Torch Run, they wanted to create an event that raised awareness for Special Olympics and the athletes.

Opponents of a plan to let the Jefferson County Commission impose an occupational tax succeeded this afternoon in getting the House of Representatives to delay debate and possible approval of the plan.

Holly Pond, the hometown of former Alabama Gov. Guy Hunt, will dedicate a museum and library in his honor on Friday.

Another dress code violation is being called out-dated in Cullman County. A senior girl chose to wear a tuxedo for her senior portrait, but when the yearbooks arrived she wasn't in them.

A school destroyed by the tornadoes of April 2011 still hasn't been rebuilt. Cullman Christian School in Cullman County was demolished when the tornado tore through the city more than a year ago.

Et tu, Rep. Paul DeMarco? Thirty pieces of silver, Rep. Jim Carns? Birmingham News columnist John Archibald writes of problems in pushing through the Alabama Legislature a revenue bill to aid Jefferson County Jefferson County Commissioner Jimmie Stephens last week blasted DeMarco and Carns as double agents in the legislative delegation's feigned ... (more)

A plan that would let the Jefferson County Commission impose a new county occupational tax likely is dead, the sponsor said this morning.

Attorneys for 17 North-central Alabama Regional Council of Governments board members have filed a motion to move Rodney Gann's lawsuit against them to Cullman County.