Heflin News

A fatal two-vehicle wreck on I-20 Sunday afternoon shut down all west-bound lanes of the freeway for several hours with traffic diverted to U.S. 78 according to Alabama State Troopers.

The Heflin Arts Council will meet July 17 at the Community Arts Center at 6:30 p.m.. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. . Plans for fall activities and Heart for Art Ball will be made.

Howard and Helen Toombs of Pioneer Outreach recently returned from another trip to the jungles of Peru with good news - the new "Bread of Life" bakery has opened.

State troopers report a fatality in a wreck that happened near Heflin Saturday. According to a news release from the Alabama State Troopers, Joaquin Rodriguez, 45, Woodland, AL, died in a one car wreck on ...

The victims in a fatal two-vehicle wreck Sunday on Interstate 20 in Cleburne County have been identified by Alabama State Troopers.

The U.S. Forest Service's Shoal Creek Ranger District hosted its annual Youth Catfish Derby on Saturday, June 14 at Coleman Lake.

Heflin resident Jack Coefield and his daughter Dixie sat in their yard under the shade of a small tree Monday and watched as the family home of 52 years was taken down to make way for construction of a new one.

Collis Smith, 48, of Heflin, was arrested by Oxford Police in connection with an attempted armed robbery early Sunday.

Following discussions Monday night with Cleburne County Volunteer Firemen Association members Chad Roberts and Larry Addison, the Cleburne County Commission approved a "one more time" payment of $6,000 to the ...

Cleburne County officials have been meeting with state and federal officials this week in order to seek outside assistance for victims of the May 11, F-1 tornado that impacted the City of Heflin and other areas ...

“To see this much damage, I'm so thankful that nobody was hurt”

Taylor Pappas lost the Mother's Day card she had bought when a tree slammed into her mom's bedroom early Sunday morning and landed inches from her face. via Anniston Star

“We expect to have the bulk of them back on by the end of the day”

Posted by Jeremy Gray -- The Birmingham News May 11, 2008 7:48 AM Storms that swept through over night left 17,502 Alabama Power customers across the state without power this morning. via Everything Alabama

“This grant will take us one step closer to helping our downtown merchants attract more business and give the City a much needed facelift”

Mayor Anna Berry received a letter from Governor Bob Riley this week, awarding the City of Heflin a $330,339.00 transportation grant for the phase two plan of the downtown revitalization project. via Cleburne News

“They overstepped their bounds”

In a meeting last week, members of the Cleburne County Hospital Board said they were "offended" and saddened by recent action of the county in temporarily placing garbage dumpsters on their property in ... via Cleburne News

In their regular meeting Tuesday night the Heflin City Council adopted a resolution to purchase the joint city/county industrial park near the junction of Hwy. via Cleburne News

“There just wasn't enough property for two buildings”

Cleburne County commissioners extended a hand of cooperation Monday night to representatives of Gadsden State Community College as they seek assistance in maintaining a proposed $600,000 ... via Cleburne News

Compared with thousands of other communities across the nation, Heflin has received several favorable ratings by the CityTownInfo.com. The Internet site rated Heflin in categories such as demographics, housing, ... via Cleburne News

“The county did everything we could to get this. We liked what we saw. We just knew that was the thing to do”

Citing an inability to work with the present administration at Heflin City Hall, the Cleburne County Commission, in a work session Monday, asked that Ex-Officio Chairman Ryan Robertson write a letter to Mayor ... via Cleburne News

“They don't get down to where the rubber meets the road.”

In a small office overlooking downtown Anniston, one business shuffles 300 million eggs a year between farmers and consumers. via Alabama Live

“Under the Alabama Improvement District Act, counties and municipalities may form improvement districts, which are public corporations authorized to issue bonds backed by assessments on the real estate located within the district.”

A validation hearing on a planned Improvement District at the junction of Hwy. 46 and I-20 is set for April 11 at 10 a.m. at the Cleburne County Courthouse. via Cleburne News