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Garbage Pickup
The Haleyville Sanitation Department will be closed on Monday, January 15, due to the Martin Luther King holiday. Monday garbage pickup will be on Tuesday, January, 16.
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Schools Closing For Weather
Haleyville City Schools, Franklin County Schools, Russellville City Schools, Haleyville Head Start/Pre K, and the Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) will be closed today, Friday, January 12, due to the threat of inclement weather.
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HHS Basketball
The Haleyville High Lady Lions defeated Hamilton Tuesday night 58-30. The Varsity Boys were defeated is a super close game 59-62 in the last 1.6 seconds of the game. HHS will play Winfield in home games this Friday starting at 4:30 p.m. with a Junior Varsity Boys game followed by Varsity Girls then Varsity Boys games. You can hear the two varsity games on Paradise 92.7 with Craig Wakefield and David Albright.
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Three Vehicle Crash
A three-car crash early Wednesday morning left two people complaining of neck pain, but otherwise, there were no serious injuries. All three vehicles had to be removed from the scene by wreckers. The crash occurred at in the fog at 5:45 a.m. on Highway 13 North at County Highway 85. Reportedly a ticket was issued to a Hispanic male who had no drivers license nor insurance.
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Haleyville Native Killed in Shooting
The Sheffield Police have charged a Florence man with the shooting death of 26-year Chad Edwin Gardner a Haleyville native, who was currently living in the Shoals area. According to the Sheffield Police, the shooting early Sunday afternoon was believed to be the result of a domestic dispute which happened in the 1900 block of East 17th Street in Sheffield before 2:30 p.m. Gardner had reportedly gone to the residence to pick up his children from his ex-wife. A confrontation with the ex-wife’s current boyfriend resulted in the shooting. Chance Brodie Thompson, 35, Florence, has been arrested and charged with the shooting.
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Haleyville High Defeats Fayette
Friday night, January 5, the Haleyville High Lady Lions Basketball team defeated the Fayette Lady Tigers 82-31. In a very close game, the Varsity Boys defeated Fayette 51-48. Haleyville’s next basketball game is against Hamilton at home this Tuesday starting at 4 p.m. with a Junior Varsity Girls, followed by JV Boys, Varsity Girls, and the Varsity Boys. The Varsity Girls and Boys games will be broadcast live Tuesday on Paradise 92.7 with your play-by-play announcers Craig Wakefield and David Albright.
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Haleyville City Council
The shortest Haleyville City Council meeting on record was Thursday afternoon, a meeting rescheduled from Monday because of New Year’s Day. With only two items on the agenda Mayor Sunseri, Councilmen Bittinger, Bennett and Benefield quickly approved the minutes of the last meeting and approved the 2017/2018 budget. As an update on the hospital, Mayor Sunseri stated there had been a four and one half hour meeting on Thursday. He stated they still don’t have the info needed and this is a very complicated project. It will be another week or so to make an announcement. The mayor said It will definitely be by the 17th in order to notify the hospital employees.
The next Haleyville City Council will be on Tuesday, January 16, because of Monday, the 15th is a holiday.
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Know of Children With Disabilities?
What is Child Find? Child Find is a statewide effort by the Alabama State Department of Education and the Department of Rehabilitation Services to locate, identify, and evaluate children with disabilities from birth to age 21 Continue reading
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Franklin County Schools Delay Opening
The Franklin County (Alabama) and Russellville City Schools will delay opening two hours on Thursday and Friday (January 4th and 5th, 2018) due to inclement weather.
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Frozen Water Line Bursts at HHS
A frozen water line burst and spewed water down from the ceiling in one of the Haleyville High School classrooms Tuesday evening. The cascade of water was discovered at 8 p.m. and apparently happened sometime after 4 p.m. Workers contained, then pushed the water down the hallway and outside. There the water froze and the city brought in enough sand to cover the ice slick in the front drive. Serv Pro was on the scene this morning cleaning up the remainder of the water as school teachers and administrators began their first day of in-school training for the new year. Students will return on Friday.