Holly Pond News

The Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce 2009-10 Youth Leadership students recently held their monthly session, "Volunteerism Day," which strives to teach the students the importance of giving back to our community.

Jerry Parker knows there is more to the job of Associate Commissioner of Cullman County than just the question of where Cullman County residents should get water.

Officials say a Holly Pond woman with powder methamphetamine has been arrested after riding an all-terrain vehicle from Cullman County to Moulton in the cold, wind and rain.

Cold, wind and rain didna t keep a Holly Pond woman from riding an all-terrain vehicle from Cullman County to Moulton on Tuesday night, Police Chief Lyndon McWhorter said.

"After Wallace" is a serious book and an unusually interesting one, but not light reading for a cloudy Sunday afternoon.

Dust. Desert. Danger. RP3 Daniel Stricklin of the Fleet Marine Force has known little else during the last seven months in Afghanistan.

Big things are happening for some small towns in Cullman County. Holly Pond is starting work on the Guy Hunt Memorial Library and Museum, and Vinemont is in the first stages of a municipal park.

A new cafeteria for Garden City Elementary School is currently under consideration, though plans will not go forward until at least April 2010.

The trial of a Cold Spring High School teacher accused of extortion and possessing child porn will begin today.

April Tucker has been approved as the new Good Hope Middle School principal, following the recent retirement of longtime principal Wayne Weissend.

Poultry farmer Terry Carr adjusts the watering system in his chicken house Monday morning.

Five area football games have been rescheduled for Thursday night from Friday night due to the threat of rainy weather.

Joseph White has taken up smoking again since he left prison. He has worked odd jobs in construction since he was released 12 months ago because DNA evidence proved he didnA A A t commit the rape and murder that put him behind bars.

RANT: For the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals allowing the criminal case against former Secretary of State Nancy Worley to drag on for far too long.

The town of Holly Pond plans to build a Guy Hunt Library and Museum adjacent to the town park.

Board members of the North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments approved a $92,000 salary for their new executive director Friday.

Approximately 25 percent of the Cullman Electric Cooperative members will lose power for approximately 30 minutes tonight at 11 p.m. The north Cullman substation will be shut down due to a "hot spot" being found via infrared thermography.

A Cullman County man is behind bars tonight for allegedly shooting at a truck full of teens this weekend.

A Holly Pond man is behind bars on 10 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly fired four rounds from a pistol into a vehicle full of local teenagers Saturday.

For more than 200 Cullman County citizens with disabilities, Thursday was a day they looked forward to for a long time.