The Marion County Solid Waste Authority will have an E-cycle event Saturday, October, 15 in order to take almost any item you should not put in your regular trash. The E-cycle event is to help keep our area clean and pollution free. No more TV’s and junk in ditches, please. Items which will be accepted are televisions, CRT monitors, copiers, fax machines, printers, laptop and desktop computers, telephones, small electric appliances, power backups, servers, VCRs, DVD players, etc. There is no charge except a small fee for TVs and CRT monitors due to what it cost to dispose of these items.

The location for the E-cycle event on October 15 is 550 Dr. Pyle Drive in Hamilton. Dr. Pyle Drive is located 3/10 mile on Airport Road after you turn off Highway 43 beside Dinelli’s Pizza. Cash or checks only and this event is open to anyone in the Marion or Winston County area. For more information call 205-921-2116.

Effective immediately October 11, 2016, there is an NO BURN ORDER inside the City Limits of Haleyville.   That means you can be ticketed for starting a fire inside the city limits.

A FIRE ALERT is now effect for the remainder of Winston County, the four surrounding counties to include Cullman, Walker, Marion and Franklin Counties and 41 others in Alabama.

The reason the Alabama Forestry Commission issued the alert is the current drought situation, continued lack Of precipitation, high probability of fuel ignition, and a shortage of available firefighting manpower and resources. With this extremely dry weather, conditions are such that any fire can quickly spread out of control, cause damage to our forests and a threat to homes. Over the last seven days, 307 wildfires have occurred across Alabama burning approximately 3,698 acres.

The fire alert will remain in effect until rescinded by the State Forester after conditions change.    Just don’t burn anything outdoors right now!

Homecoming Queen Kelly Banks with her court following the halftime program at the Haleyville/Good Hope football game.