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Basketball fans from around the county filled Oneonta High School’s O.R. Ratliff Gymnasium last week for the Blount County Tournament. As evidenced by the picture above, Saturday’s finals meant standing-room only for spectators. Tournament titles were won by Locust Fork (B-team girls), Hayden (B-team boys and varsity girls), and Oneonta (varsity boys). More...
Town of Cleveland

Baseball is a game that can be played anywhere there is an open field or a vacant lot, as long as someone brings a bat, a ball, and something to mark the bases. More...

Blount County DA files suit against Warrior tax ordinance

Blount County District Attorney Tommy Rountree last week filed a civil summons against the City of Warrior in Blount County Circuit Court challenging the legality of that city’s ordinance #2009-04. More...

Recalls struggle to preserve river’s state
Editor’s note: Sam Howell is due thanks from all Blount County as well as from all nature lovers for his tireless, and largely successful, efforts to protect and maintain the Locust Fork River in its free-flowing state. More...
An unemployment tax tsunami hits state businesses
Last February, Gov. Bob Riley refused to support expanding Alabama’s unemployment compensation program so the state could qualify for an extra $66 million in federal economic stimulus funds. More...
‘Thieves and vandals’ steal from elderly
On Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., thieves and vandals went to our dwelling on county road 42 and stole tractor parts and equipment. They also took several lawn mowers. One of the mowers was designed to cut brush and weeds and was in a locked utility building. I ordered this mower from Garden Way to cut places I could not get with a tractor. I can identify this mower. More...
BLOUNT COUNTY TOURNAMENT
One of the greatest things about sports is the unpredictability. The thought that on any given night, a lesser team can rise up and knock off the favorite. It’s a wonderful thought but not one that carried any weight at last week’s Blount County Tournament. More...
Iva Lee Freeman Williams celebrated her 90th birthday Dec. 27, 2009. She grew up in the Blue Springs community of Blountsville and is the daughter of the late Clyde and Hester Freeman. Her deceased husband, Earl Ray Williams, was born and reared in Williams Settlement. More...
Homecoming!
Background Scripture: Matthew 13:54-58; Luke 4:16-30. Devotional Reading Isaiah 53:1-9. 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...