Guntersville High’s Class of 2023 that just graduated earned scholarships with a potential value of $10.6 million. It’s not known if that is a record, but it could very well be.
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Guntersville High’s Class of 2023 that just graduated earned scholarships with a potential value of $10.6 million. It’s not known if that is a record, but it could very well be.
It has been awhile since we have been in the paper but that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening
(Advertiser-Gleam columnist Sara Watkins won a 1st place award in the Alabama Press Association's Media Awards for her column last March following the passing of her mother. The column was titled "Sara Says - Reaching out matters a lot" and it is reprinted here.)
The Guntersville Rec Center will be offering two new yoga classes starting on Monday, June 19.
The Albertville Board of Education has named Todd Watkins, the district’s current Assistant Superintendent, as interim superintendent for Albertville City Schools effective July 1, 2023.
(The Alabama Attorney General's office sent out this story concerning a new piece of legislation signed in the wake of the case of Jimmy O'Neal Spencer, convicted of capital murder in a triple slaying in Guntersville that occurred while he was out on parole. He came up for parole again while…
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Year 3 of the popular "Woof Stock," a dog food drive for Second Chance Animal Shelter, has gotten off to a barking start.
An area man was arrested after having a house party where about 100 people, including several juveniles, were allegedly drinking.
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Lake Guntersville Dentistry celebrated another Reader’s Choice Best of the Best Award, their fourth in as many years.
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11-year-old Becca Butler from Boaz is truly a marvel. She’s a very special girl who enjoys music and swimming. She’s in the drama club and honor choir at Boaz Intermediate School, where she just completed fourth grade and loves science and history. She’s engaged in her community and active i…
TVA will treat these areas of Lake Guntersville for aquatic vegetation this week:
Mountain Valley Arts Council will host Albertville author Dana Pritchett for its Art Talks event on Thursday, June 15, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Attendees will also see the current Art by Men exhibit from local artists and Summer Quilts exhibit in the MVAC Gallery at 440 Gunter Avenue in Guntersville.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office has received calls from several residents about a scam.
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The Guntersville City Council has been wrestling with a bit of “sticker shock” lately.
The Whole Backstage Community Theatre and Season Sponsor Sonny Lewis announce the talented cast and crew for the summer musical production, “Into the Woods,” directed by Diane Duboise. Performances are slated for Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17, and Thursday, Friday, Saturday, June 22, 2…
EAA 683 Airport Breakfast Saturday, June 10, new time and price, 9:00 a.m. until 10:30, Bill Greenhaw Aviation Center on Highway 431. $9 per person donation suggested. Kids under 12 eat free. Free Young Eagles airplane rides for kids 7-17. Available for the first 12 kids to sign up.
Sheriff Phil Sims announced an arrest from an incident last fall. He gave this account:
Rosalinda Dominguez of Albertville recently was awarded a Study Abroad Grant worth $1,000 from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi--the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Dominguez is one of 125 students nationwide to receive the award.
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75-year-old John D. Lassiter was killed Saturday afternoon when the plane he was piloting went down in the woods in the Mt. Olive area near Pleasant Grove, off Childmark Drive.
Daisy Zurita of Albertville, AL, has been named an Emerging Scholar at Jacksonville State University in recognition of her outstanding academic performance as a dual enrollment student in Spring 2023.
The Whole Backstage Community Theatre Board of Directors will hold the annual public meeting on Sunday, June 11, at 2:00 p.m., as required by the non-profit organization status 501(c)(3).
July of 2002 was an amazing month for the Johnson family. We spent that entire month in Koln, Germany. I had the opportunity to serve an International Baptist Church in Koln while their pastor returned home to Australia. At the time I was pastor of First Baptist Church in Athens, Alabama. Th…
Snead State Community College’s incoming students have the opportunity to jumpstart their college success this summer with Parson Days.
(Becca Butler is an 11-year-old Marshall County girl who lost her sight two years ago. She has become great friends with famous columnist Sean Dietrich of Sean of the South. She wrote this personal account of what going blind was like.)
Publix Super Markets are inviting customers to donate to Children’s of Alabama by making $1, $3 or $5+ donations to Children’s in exchange for valuable coupons towards leading vendor products.
These Marshall County students were on the President’s List (All A’s) and the Dean’s List (All A’s & B’s) at Wallace State Community College for the spring semester:
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Two DAR girls in the Family & Consumer Science (FACS) program have done what no other Alabama team has been able to do in 6 years – place in the southeastern regional Jr. Chef competition.
Marshall County Coroner Cody Nugent compiled the first-ever annual report for his office. They investigated 258 deaths in 2022.
Marshall County Extension will host a homeowner pruning & chainsaw safety workshop at the Guntersville Rec Center on June 13. Check-in will be at 9:15 a.m., with presentations from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
A popular summer feature in Guntersville for many years, ARTS Spark STEAM camp for K-5th grade will return June 12-16, with sessions running from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 each day.
The Town of Grant is hosting a summer concert series every Tuesday night in June at the downtown park across from Town Hall. They’re calling it Melodies on Main.
Sheriff Phil Sims gave this account of a motorcycle chase:
State & county holiday Monday, Jefferson Davis' birthday. Most state and county offices, including the Courthouse, closed.
The Guntersville High Class of 1983 will hold their 40-year class reunion Saturday, June 17, at 6 p.m. at the Upton House at 1137 Bethel Church Road on Georgia Mountain.
Sheriff Phil Sims gave this account of a recent high speed chase involving his department:
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The Guntersville Fire Department held a birthday party a week or so back to celebrate its 130th year of continuous service to the City of Guntersville. The fire hall at Station 1 was filled with firefighters past and present and special guests.
Snead State Community College’s Dual Enrollment program has accelerated the academic journey for several students, including two recent Boaz graduates. The recent graduates received their associate degrees before being awarded their high school diplomas.
The sheriff gave this account of an arrest leading to a meth possession charge:
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The $1.9 million project to repair a potential slide on Cathedral Caverns Highway near DAR School is coming to a close, District 2 Commissioner Rick Watson reports.
To the Advertiser-Gleam:
William Damien Allred pled guilty in Criminal Court in Guntersville to possession of a controlled substance.
As Earth’s oceans warm and the calendar flips to June, so ensues the Atlantic hurricane season. These massive storms range from slow soakers to high-speed wind events capable of carrying waves of water and destruction. The best defense against these beasts of nature is preparation and respon…
Marshall County AARP Chapter 36 presents a Mackinac Island group trip through Diamond Tours for seven days and six nights, Sept. 3-9, 2023, which includes a tour of Mackinac Island by horse and carriage, a Soo Locks cruise in Sault Sainte Marie, a visit to Mackinac Point Lighthouse and a rid…
The following people were booked on these charges at the Sheriff’s Office. Please remember that a charge is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Snead State Community College students’ pass rates of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) have increased dramatically over the last year, rising over 10 percent.
This is the senior menu for June 5-9
The Guntersville City School Board approved its slate of teachers and others to work in the system's "summer camps" or summer programs.
More than 900 students were awarded degrees as part of Jacksonville State University's Spring 2023 commencement on April 29, including:
Alyssa Jones of Arab and Rhegan Watkins of Guntersville made the dean's list at Lee University for the spring semester.
It is graduation season. Social media is saturated with photos of new graduates from every institution of learning.
Premier Family Care’s Dr. Jess Youngblood is a man with vision and a drive to help young and old with their healthcare needs. Premier Family Care has branches in Guntersville (2011), Arab (2015), and Blountsville (2020) and more are likely to pop up in years to come. It was the Guntersville …
