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United Flagpole celebrates opening of retail shop

by Barbara Andersen, Executive Director Blount-Oneonta Chamber of Commerce | June 16, 2021

Last week, the Blount-Oneonta Chamber of Commerce was on hand...

Recipe Corner

| June 16, 2021

I like to brush the skewers with more Italian dressing...

Council discusses development

by Wayne Ruple | June 16, 2021

Discussion at last week’s Cleveland Town Council meeting centered on...

OHS band fundraiser

by Cheryl Helton | June 16, 2021

For anyone who loves arts and crafts, reselling items, or...

City pool project will proceed

by Audrey Borden | June 16, 2021

Reconstruction of Oneonta City Pool “has been a long time...

Jr. Fire Academy

| June 16, 2021

Last week 53 cadets participated in the Blount County Fire...

Taylor pleads guilty

staff report | June 16, 2021

On Monday, 32-year-old Calvin Taylor of Oneonta pled guilty to...

Boren is Alabama Junior Champion

by Aimee Wilson | June 16, 2021

Oneonta’s Russell Boren III (right) teed off against some of...

Juneteenth

by Aimee Wilson | June 16, 2021

Most of us were taught that slavery came to an...

June Fling this weekend

staff report | June 9, 2021

It’s back! The Oneonta Business Association’s 19th annual June Fling...

Obituaries

Floyce Beatrice Hood

| June 16, 2021

FLOYCE BEATRICE HOOD, 79, Cullman, died June 11, 2021, at Hospice Family Care in Huntsville. Born Sept. 16, 1941, in...

William ‘Bill’ Ersie Nelms

| June 16, 2021

WILLIAM ‘BILL’ ERSIE NELMS, 82, Alexandria, Ala., passed away June 9, 2021, surrounded by his loving family at his home....

Margaret ‘Baby Sis’ Robinsion Polk

| June 16, 2021

MARGARET ‘BABY SIS’ ROBINSON POLK, 101, passed away in Savannah, Ga., on June 2, 2021. She previously resided in Oneonta....

Bob White Woodard

| June 16, 2021

BOB WHITE WOODARD, 93, Tuscumbia, died June 6, 2021. He was a member of Springdale Baptist Church, Tarrant. Surviving are...

Dewey Fulton Yarbrough

| June 16, 2021

DEWEY FULTON YARBROUGH, 91, Cullman, died June 7, 2021, at Magnolia House in Oneonta. Born July 4, 1929, he served...

Marsha Lynn Quinn Zavala

| June 16, 2021

MARSHA LYNN QUINN ZAVALA, 50, Oneonta, died June 7, 2021, at St. Vincent’s Blount Hospital. She enjoyed going to the...

Jerry Lyman Atkinson

| June 9, 2021

JERRY LYMAN ATKINSON, 66, Straight Mountain, died May 27, 2021. He was a member of Taits Gap Baptist Church and...

Clark Wayne Cain

| June 9, 2021

CLARK WAYNE CAIN, 72, Odenville, died May 30, 2021, at the residence. He was a veteran of the Army Reserve,...

Jane Ella Cain

| June 9, 2021

JANE ELLA CAIN, 72, Boaz, formerly of Oneonta, died June 1, 2021. Jeff Teele and Bobby Matthews officiated the 2...

Annette Sloan Callan

| June 9, 2021

ANNETTE SLOAN CALLAN, 75, Blountsville, died May 31, 2021, at St. Vincent’s Blount Hospital. She enjoyed reading and designing and...

Elbert ‘Red’ Dobbs

| June 9, 2021

ELBERT ‘RED’ DOBBS, 82, Oneonta, died May 28, 2021, at the residence. Born in Blount County on Nov. 30, 1938,...

Martha Kathy McCay Green

| June 9, 2021

MARTHA KATHY MCCAY GREEN, 67, Locust Fork, died June 3, 2021, at St. Vincent’s East Hospital. Predeceasing her were husband...

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