Alabama State Troopers investigated 23 traffic deaths during the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday travel period, which was from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, to midnight Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. The total is significantly lower than the total from the same period in 2016 when Troopers investigated 31 traffic fatalities. Continue reading

Postponed from Monday because of New Year’s Day, the Haleyville City Council will meet this Thursday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. With a 30 day extension on closing Lakeland Hospital, the main priority is to keep it open. At the last Council meeting, a Hospital Authority was set up, a sales and use tax approved and a Tennessee Company has agreed to manage Lakeland for the time being.