As Labor Day comes, it is like the starting gun for the avalanche of holiday and seasonal events that will take Walker County ...

Emily Hall Jones, 80, of Hamilton, passed away on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at NMMC Hamilton. A graveside service will be held at the family plot in Jasper at a future date.

SUMITON - Sumiton Christian School turns 50 during the 2026-27 school year, and much of its history remains within reach.

The Jasper City Council approved nearly $170,000 in street maintenance equipment and transportation planning services at the ...

Charges against Billy Wayne Reid in the Aug. 19 death of Sandra Maria Moore were upgraded this week to two capital murder charges, meaning he would not be released on bond. District Judge Henry Allred ...

It’s a beautiful song based on a verse in the Psalms about God’s word. We sang it one Sunday in morning worship. (As the late Rush Limbaugh would say, this was “a heap many moons ago.”) However, one ...

It seems hard to believe that 50 years ago I saw Dolly Parton - and the United Nations. At the same time. On June 7, 1976, my parents and I were visiting Tennessee again, as we rather liked Opryland ...

Willie Moore III, president of the Jasper City Schools Board of Education, was awarded recognition on Monday, Aug. 24, for having completed the training needed to become a Master School Board Member ...

As many readers may remember, the former Birmingham Water Works Board (“BWWB”) was synonymous with corruption, inefficiency, back-room politics, and the type of nefarious activities that would make ...