Master of Ceremony is Honorable Judge Bobby R. Aderholt. Guest Speakers are Honorable Judge Daryl Burt and State Representative Tim Wadsworth. This is a very special time of remembering and honoring those that have given their lives in the line of duty.

HHS will play Leeds at 3 p.m. in Tuscaloosa on Friday. Play by play live on Paradise 92.7

A full-house of HHS band members (including 8th grade), their parents, school officials, and the sponsors, the HHS Band Boosters, recently enjoyed a delicious dinner and heard two great speakers. First, was the voice of HHS football on Paradise 92.7, Butch Foster. His short personal musical history, which included multi-colleges and the Navy. His message was being a musician is great in that it can open doors and it is one skill which lasts a lifetime.  Butch is a salesman with Carl Cannon Chevrolet in Jasper and is the choir/music director at Corinth Heights Baptist.

Dr. Lloyd E. Jones, Judd Williams, HMS Band Director, Reggie Tolbert, HHS Band Director

Dr. Lloyd E. Jones, Director of Bands, University of North Alabama, also gave a short but very effective narrative of how he got to where he is. He was once the student of Wayne Johnson, formerly of Haleyville. Again, not missing an opportunity to motivate and pass along a little wisdom to the young band members.  What they are learning now, he stated would stay with them forever and they would see the real benefits of knowing and playing a musical instrument later in life.

HHS Senior Band Members

The Winston County Arts Council sponsored Drama Club is presenting performances of Cyrano de Burger Shack at Looney’s Tavern. The play, which features students from four county schools, is a Pop musical and a modern re-telling of a French literary classic that is just as timely today here in North Alabama.

Cyrano de Burger Shack features 18 great radio hits from the 80s, 90s and today, such as We Got the Beat, Crazy for You, Lost in Your Eyes and Call Me Maybe. All of these favorites and more are re-imagined into high energy character and story songs that are emotional as well as humorous.

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The Haleyville City Council met Monday, May 8, with Councilman Royce Benefield absent. The Council approved a one-time pay adjustment for employees to be paid in December. The purchase of equipment for two new patrol cars from Fleet Safety for $10,480.00 was approved. Rock and culvert work to be done at the hospital in the amount of $6,000.00 was also approved along with new banners for the city in the amount of $1,771.27. The next Council meeting, which would normally be on May 21 was moved to Tuesday, May 29.

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Jennifer White was last seen on April 8. She was the wife of Moulton City Councilman Brent White. The following is a statement from the Winston County Sheriff Tommy Moore’s Office:

The body of Jennifer Marshall White, age 55, of Moulton, was discovered Sunday afternoon, May 6, by a private search party approximately a quarter of a mile off of Alabama Highway 33 near the Winston/Lawrence County line. The body has been transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for official determination on the cause of death. Continue reading

According to the Alabama State Troopers (ALEA), a two-vehicle crash at 3:18 p.m. Saturday, May 5, resulted in two fatalities.  William Wade Young, 49 years old, from Winfield, was killed when the Chevrolet pickup he was driving collided with a Ford F-150 on AL-5, just north of Nauvoo, in Winston County.  The driver of the Ford, Donnie Russell Huddleston, 58 years old, of Decatur, was also killed.  Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.

Friday, May 4 and Friday, April 6, members of the Haleyville Area Chamber of Commerce heard local candidates speak at the Chamber’s political forum.  These candidates are running in the Alabama Republican Primary Election on Tuesday,  May 5. Each was presented with questions pertaining to their thoughts on various issues.

The candidates for state and local offices will be at Winston County Farmers Federation Political Forum on Monday night at the Double Springs Municipal Building on Highway 195 South. Meet and greet starts at 5 p.m., the forum at 6. Open to the public.

Governor Kay Ivey was in Hamilton Thursday, May 3, along with Congressman Robert Aderholt and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to announce a USDA grant of almost $3 million to Tombigbee Communications (a subsidiary of Tombigbee Electric Cooperative) for rural broadband internet expansion. Tombigbee has been marketing its broadband service under the name Freedom Fiber. The company has been actively stringing fiber optic cable to homes in Hamilton and Winfield for the past several months. Plans are to expand the coverage to the Haleyville area sometime later this year.