Marion County Historical Society awarded $6,000 RC&D grant

Marion County Historical Society President Mike Williams thanked officials with RC&D for their recent $6,000 grant award.

Marion County Historical Society President Mike Williams thanked officials with RC&D for their recent $6,000 grant award.

HAMILTON — Marion County Historical Society President Mike Williams stopped by the Journal-Record lately wanting to acknowledge a $6,000 Northwest Alabama Resource and Conservation Development grant awarded for 2026.

Former Hamilton PD officer arrested on a felony charge

Mardrea Massey

Mardrea Massey

HAMILTON — A former Hamilton Police Department officer has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor child exploitation charges. Mardrea Dashawn Massey, also known as Drea Massey, 31, of Sulligent, was arrested on Tuesday, April 21, on a felony charge of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student who is under the age of 19 years, along with a misdemeanor charge of, being a school employee, distributing or transmitting obscene matter that depicts sexual matters. Massey was placed in the Marion County Jail.

15th Annual Pine Hills & Oak Hollars Child’s Classic is blessed; provides bountiful blessings

Several hunters and volunteers gathered for a group photo on Saturday, Jan. 10, after the last hunt of the special weekend. Shown from left are David Cochran, Trenton Palmer, Joseph Aycock, Kenneth Cooper, Justin Kerr, Zane Kerr, Jake Robinson, Huckleberry Cooper-Booth, Brian Gentry, Easton Carter, Dale Raper, Roy Galbraith, Karston Cook, Jordan Humphres, Zach Taylor, Ayden Ortiz, Hunter Carter, Dalton Davis, Bobby Joe Childers and Noah Carter.

Several hunters and volunteers gathered for a group photo on Saturday, Jan. 10, after the last hunt of the special weekend. Shown from left are David Cochran, Trenton Palmer, Joseph Aycock, Kenneth Cooper, Justin Kerr, Zane Kerr, Jake Robinson, Huckleberry Cooper-Booth, Brian Gentry, Easton Carter, Dale Raper, Roy Galbraith, Karston Cook, Jordan Humphres, Zach Taylor, Ayden Ortiz, Hunter Carter, Dalton Davis, Bobby Joe Childers and Noah Carter.

HAMILTON — The weather forecast for the 15th Annual Pine Hills & Oak Hollars Child’s Classic on Jan. 8-11 wasn’t very hopeful, but hunt originator Jeff Carter noted the Good Lord had other plans.

For safety’s sake: New firearms, Tahoe to be purchased for Hamilton Police Department

Hamilton Police Chief Jordan Carter spoke to the city council at its March 16 meeting on the need to rotate firearms periodically for safety’s sake.

Hamilton Police Chief Jordan Carter spoke to the city council at its March 16 meeting on the need to rotate firearms periodically for safety’s sake.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton City Council approved two police department related matters at its Monday, March 16, meeting. Twenty new firearms will be purchased for the Hamilton Police Department, as well as a new Tahoe.

Northwest Gas moves to four-day work week for spring, summer seasons

Shown at their April 2 meeting are members of the Northwest Alabama Gas District Board of Directors, from left, NWAGD General Manager Heath Reed, Haleyville Mayor Ray Boshell, Winfield Mayor Randy Price, Hamilton Mayor Tami Lewis Williams, Hackleburg Mayor Darryl Colburn (president), Sulligent Mayor Scott Boman (secretary) and Guin Mayor Bobby Bellew.

Shown at their April 2 meeting are members of the Northwest Alabama Gas District Board of Directors, from left, NWAGD General Manager Heath Reed, Haleyville Mayor Ray Boshell, Winfield Mayor Randy Price, Hamilton Mayor Tami Lewis Williams, Hackleburg Mayor Darryl Colburn (president), Sulligent Mayor Scott Boman (secretary) and Guin Mayor Bobby Bellew.

HAMILTON — Northwest Gas, also known as the Northwest Alabama Gas District, has recently moved to a spring and summer schedule where the office will be open on Mondays through Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

DHR staff wears blue in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month

MARION COUNTY — The Marion County Department of Human Resources is feeling very blue, but in a good way. DHR employees recently came together dressed in blue to draw attention to National Child Abuse Prevention Month observed every year in April. The official “Wear Blue Day” was Friday, April 10.

Hamilton’s ‘Dinner on First - Best of Hamilton Business Awards’ set

Dinner on First, Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce, 2026 Dinner on First - Best of Hamilton Business Awards

Attendees are shown enjoying last year’s “Dinner on First - Best of Hamilton Business Awards” dinner event. This year’s special evening is set for Thursday, April 23.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to invite everyone to the “2026 Dinner on First - Best of Hamilton Business Awards” dinner event!

Miss Hamilton shares platform with city council; ‘Bullying Prevention Day’ proclaimed

Miss Hamilton Liliana Geier (left) and Hamilton Mayor Tami Lewis Williams hold a proclamation declaring March 16 as “Bullying Prevention Day” in the City of Hamilton.

Miss Hamilton Liliana Geier (left) and Hamilton Mayor Tami Lewis Williams hold a proclamation declaring March 16 as “Bullying Prevention Day” in the City of Hamilton.

HAMILTON — At its Monday, March 16, meeting, the Hamilton City Council welcomed Miss Hamilton 2026 Liliana Geier, who presented information on her anti-bullying program and a proclamation the mayor signed designating that day as “Bullying Prevention Day” in the City of Hamilton.
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