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On May 8, 1973, officer Paul Ethan Small, then with the Oneonta police force, was in the process of making an arrest. The suspect resisted and the two men scuffled until finally the officer secured the suspect in the Oneonta jail. More...
Hayden High School has become the first high school in the Blount County school system to reach the state education department's goal of graduating 90 percent of its students enrolled in school since the ninth grade, according to the preliminary graduation rate calculation released last month. More...
The Blount County Board of Education approved new football and boys basketball coaches for Hayden High School at Monday's meeting. Steven Kerby takes over the Wildcat football program. He comes to Hayden from Austin High School in Decatur, where he was an assistant coach under David Norwood. More...
Hal Buckelew expressed his concern over reversing zoning actions of a few years past, just before casting his vote for the reversal. Announcing his conflict, the Oneonta councilman reported he made his decision to vote for the change out of respect for planning commission members who voted overwhelmingly for it. More...
Recently I wrote about how the first ethics legislation for Alabama was passed on a dare from the Senate to the House in 1973. Well, Gov. Bob Riley is now proposing significant revisions to that law, including a cap on what can be spent on perks for public officials such as food and drink. It is another dare...this time from the Executive Branch to the Legislative Branch. More...
We usually pick up your newspaper a couple of times a month. This time I was just delighted to see the article on Mr. Horace Lee. In this world where we are bombarded with bad news and negativity, this article was a breath of fresh air. More...
Oneonta and Cleveland advanced to the finals of the Blount County Tournament last week but the weather may have been the big winner. The double-elimination tournament featured play at two sites with Cleveland emerging from the three-team Locust Fork bracket and host Oneonta coming through from the four-team side. More...
True love between a man and a woman is an elusive human phenomenon. It may follow years of searching, or it may have been right in front of us all along. Love found Glenn Sullins and Patricia Hawkins at the TLC Nursing Center in Oneonta. More...
Background Scripture: Ezekiel 34. Devotional Reading: John 10:11-18. It is sometimes said that the analogy of the shepherd and his flock is too archaic for people today, most of whom have never seen either a shepherd or a flock. Still, the 23rd Psalm remains a favorite passage of the Bible for Christians, Jews and others. More...
JAMIE MARIE COLBERT, 29, of Springville, died Feb. 26, 2009, in Blount County. A self-employed network specialist, she was born in Jefferson County. She was the daughter of Frances Blythe Colbert of Holly Springs and the late Thomas Colbert. She was also predeceased by a sister Pamela Frost. More...
Rickwood Caverns State Park targeted for possible closing