The Haleyville Rotary Club first-ever Miss 9-1-1 preliminary pageant to the Miss Alabama-Miss America pageant will be held this Saturday, February 3, at the Haleyville Elementary School cafetorium. The pageant will begin at 3 p.m. and tickets are $10. Eleven girls will be competing in four categories, evening gown, interview, talent, and swimsuit. The Rotary Club invites you to come and enjoy the pageant Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Doors open at 2:30.

The Haleyville High Lady Lions basketball team was defeated Thursday by Wilson 50-40. The boys won their game against Wilson 69-36. Both teams will be in area playoffs next week.

In a telephone interview, Thursday evening Congressman Robert Aderholt stated that he and his wife Caroline are perfectly fine following the train/truck crash in Virginia Wednesday. He and Caroline were with the Republican delegation on board the train headed to a retreat in West Virginia for a planning conference when the train struck a garbage truck at a crossing. One person in the truck was killed and another was seriously injured. Congressman Aderholt stated that there were a few bruises among the passengers, but no one on the train was seriously injured. The delegation continued by bus to the retreat where President Trump joined them for the planning conference.