Colbert County News

A bizarre turn of events left one man dead, after he drove an RV off a ravine in Colbert County.

FLORENCE - Impassioned west Florence residents spent more than two hours pleading with City Council members to vote against or delay the purchase of the Florence Golf and Country Club, saying plans to expand the city's landfill along Cypress Creek defy common sense.

A Florence man has been arrested and charged on sodomy and sex abuse charges that involve a 4-year-old girl, the TimesDaily reports.

A roundup in Colbert County nets 39 arrests. On Friday, eight different law enforcement agencies came together to try and get accused drug dealers and drug users off the streets.

A 23-year-old Sheffield man accused of sodomy told police he doesn't know how he wound up naked in bed with the 21-year-old woman he is accused of sexually molesting, authorities told the TimesDaily newspaper.

Arrangements are complete for the 13th Annual Veterans Day Parade and Program, according to Richard Sheridan, adjutant for Colbert County Memorial Post No.

Here's a look at the high and low scores in this week's WAFF 48 Restaurant Scorecard report.

Shoals This Week Seasoned Veteran is Grand Marshall By: Richard Sheridan Published: 11-04-2009 World War II veteran Edward P. Hodge will serve as Grand Marshal of the 13th Annual Veterans Day Parade in Tuscumbia at 11am on Wednesday, November 11.

Three north Alabama county health departments still have some H1N1 vaccine. That vaccine will be given out at the Lauderdale and Colbert County clinics Wednesday and at the Franklin County Health Department Thursday.

After Wednesday's first series of swine flu vaccine clinics ended with left over shots, Franklin, Madison, Lauderdale and Colbert Counties have announced they'll hold a second day of vaccinations Thursday.

The speed limit in Zip City is a modest 45 mph. Burnout has a volunteer fire department.

In the Shoals, going smoke-free is the new trend. Recently, the city of Florence started a smoking ban for restaurants and parks.

BIRMINGHAM - The federal Environmental Protection Agency has fined a Shelby County developer and a Colbert County public utility as part of a crackdown on smaller polluters.

A fire gutted a mobile home in Colbert County on Monday morning. Just after 8:30 a.m., the Leighton Fire Department, assisted by the Muscle Shoals Fire Department, arrived to find it engulfed in large flames and thick smoke.

Crews are still cleaning up in the aftermath of severe storms that swept across North Alabama.

One person was found with a gunshot wound Tuesday morning on Wildwood Street in Muscle Shoals in Colbert County.

LEIGHTON, AL Emergency officials in the Shoals are keeping a close eye on several rural roads.

The weather may have been a factor in an 18-wheeler crash in Colbert County. The big rig lost control on Highway 43 south of Muscle Shoals.

Here's some of your favorite restaurants stood up to inspector's scrutiny. Madison County: Liberty 2000 on Highway 231/431 north in Meridianville- 83 Tate Farms on Moore's Mill road in Meridianville- 98 New Hope BBQ on Peter Lane in New hope- 98 Colbert County: East Colbert Church of Christ River Road in Muscle Shoals- 100.

Attorney General Troy King has asked judges in five counties to throw out what he says are meritless suits brought by the district attorneys in the counties.