In 2024, the Anniston area is “only halfway through toward an uncontaminated watershed,” said Pam Scully, who has been the EPA’s remedial project manager since the beginning in 2003. Read the full storyPCB cleanup is ongoing; public hearings scheduled this week
The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit, Mich., in 1915 as a place for businessmen to network. Four years later, in 1919, the international organization shifted its focus to helping children.
PHOTO GALLERY: Weaver High School band was in high spirits despite the drizzly day Friday morning. With smiling faces and laughter filling the space surrounding the student parking lot off to the side of the high school, the students had just completed a water balloon fight.
Southern Immediate Care will be the new provider for urgent care services at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital, starting in mid-August.
Jacksonville State University plans to recreate the success of a recent public safety simulation that spanned multiple disciplines and made use of the skills of several agencies within the community.
For the past 40 years, the dietary unit at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital has prepared diet specific meals for the clients of Meals on Wheels.
We kept coming back to animal issues,” Gail DaParma said. “We talked about maybe creating a new nonprofit. Then I solicited people in the community to come to an initial meeting.”
During a called meeting Tuesday morning, Webb said work the board has helped staff members to be ready to move up.
Gov. Kay Ivey paid a visit to Jacksonville Tuesday morning for the groundbreaking of Jacksonville State University’s Randy Owen Center for Performing Arts.
Photo Gallery: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey helps leaders of Jacksonville State University with the ceremonial ground breaking of what is unofficially called "The ROC" --- the Randy Owen Center for Performing Arts.
Photo Gallery: The Calhoun County Blue Line Foundation hosts a chili challenge to raise funds for the Weaver Volunteer Fire Department. Dozens gathered at The Kress in Anniston Saturday afternoon in support of the department and for the chance to sample various chilis. Some folks went at the…
Jacksonville City Board of Education members worked in unison Thursday night to quickly approve financials, the 2024-2025 Student Code of Conduct, and personnel matters.
The Calhoun County Area Chamber and Visitors center hosted its second Youth Entrepreneur Expo, featuring kids from ages 8-18, diving into the world of business ownership.
The Anniston Barracudas, the year-round swim team sponsored by the Anniston Parks and Recreation Department, is sending five swimmers to compete in the State Games of America in San Diego next week.
“The trip of a lifetime” was the way Ken Bodiford, the 58-year-old director of Jacksonville State University’s Marching Southerners band, described the group’s recent trip to France for the 80th anniversary of the WWII Allied invasion of occupied France.
The Alabama New South Coalition will be hosting Unity Block Parties on Saturday, July 20, and Saturday, July 27, from 2-6 p.m. The first Saturday will be held at Constantine Park, and the second will be held at Norwood Park.
The Anniston Changers’ next project will be to spruce up the route of the Woodstock 5K the weekend prior to the venerable athletic event.
The 2024 football season will find Anniston Bulldog fans enjoying a little bit of additional parking space near their stadium on East 18th Street.
Four Calhoun County school’s gained a new principal or assistant principal this week.
In a two-part event, the foundation is hosting a community “touch-a-truck” and social event Friday, with the main event — The Smoke Eater Chili Challenge — on Saturday.
Michele Hornsby started Redbird Willow Farm by accident. She lost her son, Justin, to suicide on March 17, 2017, at the age 26.
The city of Anniston has announced that registration for fall youth sports has begun. Registration will run until August 16, 2024.
You’re traveling along Alabama 202, about 10 minutes from downtown Anniston, and you look to the side at a wide expanse of grass with a large marker designating the field as the Freedom Riders National Monument.
Photos: Jacksonville's historical Black community Eastwood celebrates its heritage with a reunion Saturday, which acted as a launching pad for a fundraiser for efforts to restore the old Eastwood School into a community center. Stay tuned for a full story on the event and more information on…
The city of Anniston has released a Chief Ladiga Trail construction update for the months of May and June. During the last update the project contractor, B&B Developers, had just finished cleaning and clearing the trail along with some bridge work.
Clad in red, white and blue, seniors and children alike lined up for the parades to celebrate the birthday of the U.S.A. Thursday in Oxford.
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