Piedmont News

Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 9:55 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. A Piedmont man died Tuesday when the log truck he was driving was involved in a wreck on a dangerous two-lane stretch of U.S. Highway 278, Hokes Bluff Police Chief Mitchell Hill said.

Behavioral Health Systems, Inc. a Birmingham-based company administering behavioral health programs, has promoted Mekesa Johnson to director, data processing, and Beth Srygley to director, administrative services.

Carolyn Minerich has come a long way since she was a young woman growing up in Mobile.

A defense attorney says the trial of a Piedmont woman charged with killing her mother in 2007 is at least six months away.

The Pine Hill Municipal Airport is one of several under study as state and local officials in Alabama's Black Belt seek to build a regional airport to spur economic development.

Memorial Day and all its visual images - the U.S. flags and military tributes, the festive picnics and family-time leisure - represent many things to many people.

Alabama state troopers are investigating separate traffic fatalities in Elmore and Calhoun counties.

When Kaylon Gilley was 3, he learned he could sing. At least in the bathtub. For the next two years he sang often at home.

Imron Nimron Shortte, 32, of Duluth, Ga., entered a plea of guilty to manslaughter before Circuit Judge David Rains Monday, May 11.

The Cleburne County Commission voted this week to establish additional criteria for liquor licenses.

Easter Sunday at our church was awesome. The message was so profound and spirit-filled. As well as all of our family, we were blessed to have with us for dinner, Arelon Sheppard, Sarah Bennett and Joe and Gwen McCurry.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PIEDMONT NORTH CENTRAL CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 320 PM CDTTHE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 13 MILES ...

Piedmont resident Floyd Jennings was recently presented a U.S. flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in his honor for his military service by Congressman Mike Rogers.

Spring is here. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, people are heading for the outdoors.

HOKES BLUFF a ' Lauren Millsaps did a little bit of everything Monday when the Cherokee County Lady Warriors traveled to Hokes Bluff.

A murder trial for 31-year-old Derrick Scott Thompson in the alleged 2007 slaying of his girlfriend begins in Calhoun County with jury selection.

Jerry Glenn McIntyre of Piedmont and Charles Donald and Marilyn May Hudson of Jacksonville announce the engagement of their son, Christopher Michael McIntyre, to Ashley Loraine Morris.

Calhoun County is cashing in on a new one cent sales tax. When you add up the revenue brought in during the first two months of the tax it totals more than $1.1 million - all for schools.

In a work session this week, Cleburne County Engineer Shannon Robbins told commissioners that he expects the highway department to receive $265,000 in federal stimulus funds - enough to pave about three miles of county highways.

On Friday, April 3, around 4 p.m., the Cherokee County Narcotics Unit along with Sheriff Jeff Shaver, deputies, and Alabama State Troopers executed a search warrant at the residence of Clifford Anyour Wright of Cherokee County Road 14 in the Ellisville Community.