The Band Loula to headline CoalFest this Saturday: festival kicks off Friday night
CoalFest
CoalFest
Marive Machbanks is the manager of the Marion County/Hamilton Farmers Market located on Bexar Avenue.
Courtesy of the Hamilton Fire Department, this photo shows first responders on First Street Southwest looking toward Elder’s as smoke fills the air.
John McAdams
Special CoalFest 25th Anniversary T-shirts are now on sale. Shown displaying a couple are town clerk Jessica Lee, right, and water clerk Candie Linley. Extra small kids’ sizes to adult XL sizes are $10. Sizes 2XL and 3XL are $12. Shirts are available in light purple, light pink, lime green, royal blue, charcoal gray and black colors.
Marion County Schools: (All on Thursday, May 22)
Brilliant High School, 7 p.m., Dickinson & Walker Memorial Stadium (Rain location - high school gym);
Hackleburg High School, 6 p.m., Hackleburg high school gym;
Hamilton High School, 8 p.m., Sargeant Stadium (Rain location - HHS gym);
Marion County High School, 7:30 p.m., Rayburn Stadium (Rain location - J. Shelton Akers Gymnasium); and
Phillips High School, 7 p.m., Phillips High School gym.
Winfield City: Friday, May 23
Winfield City High School, 7 p.m., Estes Hudson Stadium.
The pool at Hackleburg is scheduled to open May 30 with a Summer Bash.
Ana Kathrine Whisnant
Shelia Whitfield, clerk, and Hackleburg Mayor Daryl Colburn look over election results for the wet/dry vote. Hackleburg voted to sell alcohol in the city limits with 186 yes votes and 134 no votes.
A resolution adopted by the City of Hamilton will enforce a new policy on public records requests and sets fees for the same.