Council Meetings Moved

City Council meetings normally scheduled for Monday will be held Tuesday in Haleyville and Bear Creek because of the Labor Day holiday.

Sherer Captured in Georgia

Michael L. Sherer, an escapee from Winston County Jail wanted for Murder, was apprehended without incident late this morning in a small town in Georgia, according to Sheriff Ed Townsend. Extradition is being arranged.

Directions to Tarrant High School

Here are directions to the Tarrant HS football stadium for Friday night's football game:

Hwy 13 South from Natural Bridge
Corridor X East
Exit Right at the Coalburg Exit (go 2 miles)
Turn Left onto Daniel Payne Drive
Drive under the I-65 overpass
Cross the RR trax and continue for another mile
Turn Right onto 47th avenue North
Travel across Decatur Highway
Continue 1.4 miles
Turn Left onto Cedar Street
Continue traveling straight at the traffic light
Turn Left onto Bell Street and keep straight
You will see the stadium

Pep Ralley Friday Morning

The Pep Ralley for the Tarrant game will be Friday at 9:30 AM at HHS.

Bedford to Speak at Chamber

Alabama State Senator Roger H. Bedford Jr. (D-Russellville) will speak at the Haleyville Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday, Noon, the Galley Restaurant.

Senator Bedford, is serving his sixth term in the Senate. Born July 2, 1956, he received his education at the University of Alabama, and his law degree from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. He is an attorney, a Rotarian, and belongs to the Alabama Bar Association, the Cattlemen’s Association, the NRA, Ducks Unlimited, American Cancer Society, (Executive member of) the Boy Scouts of America and the Tennessee Valley Council.

Aerial View of New Four-Lane Highway

Looking south from Phil Campbell the initial work referred to as cut, grade and drain has been completed on the first segment of the project to relocate Highway 13. Work on two sets of bridges on the first section will take over a year to complete. Work on one additional set of  bridges over Gas Branch Creek on section one has not been started.  The new highway is not paved and will not be until section two, from Franklin County Highway 79 to Highway 195 at Wal-Mart is completed. Plans are to pave and open the first two sections into Haleyville. The road will not be completed and opened for traffic to Haleyville until after 2015.

Alcohol Committee Meets on First Applications

The Alcohol Review Committee met Friday morning and made the following recommendations to the City Council regarding applications to sell alcohol in Haleyville: House of Brews (Keith Elkins) at 8191 Hwy 13 -- recommend approval; Scott's Qwik Mart (Pete Adair) at 42307 Hwy 195 -- recommend approval. The Council will hold a public hearing regarding these recommendations on Tuesday, September 7, 6 PM, one hour prior to the regular council session.