The Alabama Avengers want to come to Blountsville. The Avengers, a semi-pro football team, presented the Blountsville mayor and council Monday night with hopes of using Blountsville’s rec league field for practice and games. More...

Since he won his bet with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on the SEC Championship Game, Gov. Bob Riley isn’t technically “welching” on the wager by attempting to refuse the Florida oranges he won…after all, to “welch” is defined by most dictionaries as “to fail or refuse to pay what is owed” – not to refuse to accept what you won. More...

Each year hundreds of Blount County children receive something they never asked for. Sexual abuse. As this Christmas season approaches and you reflect on all of your blessings and remember those less fortunate, please remember our abused children. More...

Cleveland High School entered the Coaches vs Cancer Classic Saturday as the only ranked boys team in the county. More...

Cindy Williams has won the 2009-2010 leadership award from the Alabama Association of Federal Education Program Administrators. Williams is the consulting teacher for federal programs in the Blount County School District, with which she has been employed for 20 years, having begun as a Title I teacher at Locust Fork Elementary. More...

Background Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25. Devotional Reading Galatians 4:1-7. More...

If there appears to be a disagreement among family members about information to appear in an obituary, The Blount Countian reserves the right to decline to publish any of it. More...