U.S. Sen. Doug Jones visited the Model City, and reinforced the notion that his moderate approach to politics is something that’s not only appreciated, but needed in today’s world of

A sign familiar to Alabama motorists is serving double-duty in Jacksonville by covering the roof of a home damaged in last week’s tornado.

Trey Higgins will go down as one of Calhoun County’s most decorated multi-sport athletes. It’s only fitting that he would celebrate his college-baseball future with Mississippi State on football’s...

Tornado damage in Ohatchee along Mudd Street and vicinity

It has been almost six years since someone who played his high school baseball in Calhoun County has been selected in the annual Major League Baseball (MLB) first-year player draft.

OXFORD — Walters State pitcher Tori Coffman couldn’t help but smile when talking about striking people out.

Jackson Stephens will always be able to say he won the first major league baseball game in which he pitched and that he struck out the first major league batter

A newly announced $80 million expansion of the residence halls at the Jacksonville State University stadium will add 348 rooms and a new dining hall, among other features.

Wes Brooks’ love for coffee is surpassed only by his cerebral approach to baseball, and the veteran Oxford coach needed extra shots of Starbucks in 2019.

The Calhoun County Board of Education on Tuesday suspended its search for a new superintendent and hired the interim for the permanent job.

Mama Brooks has her name on a baseball park in Calhoun County, and it couldn’t be more appropriate.

Production on a film called “The Devil All the Time” is set to begin in late February in Anniston and Jacksonville, according to city officials and location managers for the

ALEXANDRIA — Todd Ginn knows all too well what his last name means in Alexandria. At 24 minutes, 50 seconds and enough Larry Ginnisms into a 31-minute interview, the son

Chandler Tyree has seen a high school community get feelings about a coaching transition.

For leading Oxford to a 32-7 finish and its deepest playoff run since 2016, Wes Brooks is The Anniston Star’s Calhoun County Class 4A-6A coach of the year.

Sam Adams: “These kids, they’ve been doubted, they’ve been questioned — vocally, in some cases, by some people around town — but they did nothing but focus on the task

Oxford's Carter Johnson has made the most of his summer on baseball fields across the country, most recently earning a spot as one of 40 players across the country to

Images from the Kwon Alexander Foundation Football Camp at Choccolocco Park in Oxford.

TUSCALOOSA — Alabama senior Retin Obasohan has spent the past couple weeks traveling across the country searching for a new home.

Zerrick Cooper found Damond Philyaw-Johnson for a 59-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-10 with six seconds to play to lead JSU to a 20-17 victory over Florida State at Doak Campbell

As Jacksonville State held its first scrimmage of the season Thursday, one player who was seen playing all over the field was redshirt freshman quarterback Carter Lambert, who threw deep

A judge on Wednesday sentenced an Anniston man to life imprisonment for the 2015 shooting death of an Oxford teen.

A day after former Oxford linebacker K.J. Britt was named All-SEC first team by The Associated Press, the Auburn standout landed on the coaches' all-league team.

OXFORD — There’s few things that would make someone think to move over 1,800 miles away from home.

A recent poll of Alabama Republican Primary voters shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leading former President Donald Trump by almost 20 points in a hypothetical matchup.

Oxford High School announced on Tuesday morning that former Austin Peay coach Travis Janssen will serve as the Yellow Jackets' next baseball coach.

AUBURN — A house fire forced Zay Britt to move to Oxford in 2018. How fitting that he put out the fire for the Yellow Jackets on Friday.

As if Kevion Nolan didn't already have back-to-back AHSAA Class 1A state championships, the rising senior is now an AAU national champion.

Brennan McCullough, a former Oxford High School baseball standout, has signed to play at NCAA Division I Murray State of the Ohio Valley Conference.

OXFORD — Second-ranked Oxford needed only 22 plays to score 42 first-half points as the Yellow Jackets opened up Class 6A, Region 7 play with a 42-14 blasting of Scottsboro.

Corley Woods is listed at 6-foot-0 and 160 pounds, but both figures seem a bit generous.

The 6-foot-3 junior averaged 23.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 2021-22. He holds the Piedmont all-time scoring record with 2,457 points, but he’ll play the point in JSU

For coaching Piedmont to its first state-tournament berth in the program’s fast-pitch era, Rachel Smith is The Anniston Star’s Calhoun County Class 1A-3A coach of the year for the third

New location, same big numbers for Jake Spivey in 2019.

MONTGOMERY — On the wall of a second-floor room not far from where Alabamians once traded in human chattel are 358 glass jars of soil scooped up from all corners

Keith Etheredge, who led Oxford to a Class 6A football title in his first season as the Yellow Jackets’ head coach, will serve as Alabama defensive coordinator in the Alabama-Mississippi

Change isn't necessarily a bad thing.

CULLMAN — With conviction in his voice, Keith Etheredge made a strong statement about star running back J.B. Carlisle following Oxford’s 35-0 win over Cullman Friday night.

The Anniston Star can now confirm that the NCAA approved Zion Webb’s eligibility waiver, which will allow him to return for a seventh year at Jacksonville State.

“We have a saying that when it is too tough for everyone else, it’s just about right for us,” Jacksonville State coach Rich Rodriguez said. “And our guys were saying

Steve Gendron has coached Donoho into becoming a playoff regular in baseball, and 2019 saw the Falcons make history.

"People don't even understand the feeling you get just to walk out here and be in front of everybody, especially having as supporting of community as we've got," Oxford's Jaydon

Hundreds of residents have volunteered so far to help with tornado disaster relief in Jacksonville today, but more will be needed in the coming days.

For leading Oxford to a region title and a first-round playoff win after losing 42 players to graduation and transfer, Sam Adams is The Anniston Star’s Class 4A-6A Calhoun County

Images from the celebration after JSU won their fifth consecutive OVC Championship.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this perspective are my own.

Rich Rodriguez will be introduced as Jacksonville State University's new football coach at a 2 p.m. news conference Tuesday, three sources have told The Anniston Star.

Oxford wide receiver Camare Hampton led the North team’s receivers with five catches for 68 yards in the AHSAA North-South all-star game on Saturday.

For three of the last four years, judges at annual competitions have named the 18-year-old best choir accompanist in the state. She’s top, they say, among the pianists who play

JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville State's Jana McGinnis says she tells her staff that if they want to see what their players are made of, just squeeze. Put them under pressure.

Oxford got off to a six-run start in the first inning, allaying any bus-lag concerns, and beat White Plains 14-4 in Saturday night's Calhoun County quarterfinals on Choccolocco Park's signature

John Grass has called Dabo Swinney a "true friend," and now the former Jacksonville State head coach is going to join Swinney's football staff at Clemson as an offensive analyst.

To appreciate Sarah Howell as a softball hitter watch video and ask the question ... how many high school players have that kind of bat speed through the zone?

Malcolm Carlisle scored a game-high 28 points, including a key flurry at the end of the third quarter, and Anniston beat Booker T. Washington-Tuskegee 54-52 in Thursday's 4A final in

“He's got a big skill set, and he's kind of underestimated a lot of times by opponents," Oxford coach Sam Adams said of Nick Richardson. "He’s shown time and time

Oxford High’s Camare Hampton has been selected for the 65th AHSAA North-South All-Star Football Game, which will be played at Mobile’s Hancock Whitney Stadium on Dec. 15.

One Alabama congressman — Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Fairhope — plans to lead 11 town-hall meetings over four days this week.

Here's the members of the 2024 Calhoun County baseball tournament all-tourney team, along with best offensive player, best defensive player and overall MVP.

The victory avenged last year’s loss for a then-injury-battered Piedmont team in the same game, same round. The Bulldogs also clinched their fourth berth in the Class 3A finals and

Jacksonville High's Ky'Dric Fisher is headed North for the opportunity of a lifetime. He'll play football at Dartmouth College, an Ivy League School. His high school celebrated his accomplishment...

Spring Garden junior Ace Austin is a basketball ace, no doubt. She's already a three-time first-team all-state player and owner of two state championship rings. But she's more than an

Alexandria’s Dalton Dodd has quite the legacy to live up to.

Hudson Gilman threw five shutout innings and allowed just two hits and no walks while striking out two in Oxford's 10-0 win over Opelika on Tuesday.

Piedmont basketball standout Alex Odam is one of three finalists for the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s player-of-the-year award in Class 3A, and Jacksonville Christian’s Chase Vinson is a...

Oxford can make the argument that no other team in the state opened the 2020 high school football season with a more difficult schedule.

Jacksonville State has re-hired Kelvin Sigler as a defensive assistant, according to a source within the program.

About 15 people stood beside Oxford's Leon Smith Parkway on Friday, holding signs and chanting “black lives matter.” “You don’t have to support us, but you’re going to see us,”

Jacksonville State University celebrated its graduates Saturday morning with a commencement ceremony featuring television personality and true crime expert Nancy Grace as its keynote speaker.

Nate Pike didn’t get to play with his teammates on this glorious day, but he rode with them from Handley to Tuscaloosa. He rode with them for the first time

Piedmont coach Matt Deerman earned his 200th win as the Bulldogs downed Sardis at Jacksonville State. White Plains, Wellborn, Pleasant Valley, Ohatchee, Jacksonville, Faith Christian and Alexandria...

In her return to her home state, Leeds native Julia Petty has starred in the circle for Northwest Florida as the team clinched a spot in the championship game of

Leah Strain knows that awful place too many nurses know during the COVID-19 pandemic. She’s been de facto family, the last face a dying patient saw.

Carter Johnson kept the house locked Friday, finishing off a no-hitter with nine strikeouts as Oxford won Game 2 1-0 to finish a sweep. The Yellow Jackets won Game 1

Craig Kiker’s offseason program for Alexandria’s girls’ basketball team was simple … get better on the fundamentals.

PIEDMONT — Replacing a legend is hard, even for one of the legend’s proteges. Jonathan Odam did it well for Piedmont’s boys basketball team in 2018-19.

Piedmont’s Sean Smith has picked his college sport, and it involves a bat.

BIRMINGHAM — Anniston’s girls basketball players have stared longingly at a picture in the school’s trophy case. The picture shows the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s “blue map” state-ch...

Wellborn’s Blake Hanson loves basketball.

OXFORD — For one night, at least, Oxford’s highly decorated football coach wasn’t the biggest of big men on campus named Etheredge.

Piedmont’s baseball team scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to beat Mars Hill 13-12 on Saturday then beat Central Florence 8-5 in a nine-inning thriller.

Luke Rhinehart's two-point conversion catch lifted Piedmont to a 22-21 overtime victory over Hokes Bluff on Friday night and punched the Bulldogs’ ticket to the Class 3A playoffs.

Basketball scoring records maintained online by the AHSAA show that Calhoun County has never had a player score 3,000 career points. That changed Friday night at White Plains during Alex

Trey Mooney pitched a complete game, allowing five hits with six strikeouts, and Carter Johnson had two of Oxford’s six hits as the Yellow Jackets opened the high school baseball

Camare Hampton, a transfer from Lincoln, electrified the crowd at Lamar Field on Friday night with several highlight-reel plays in Oxford's 35-6 win over Huntsville.

Anniston held a parade down Noble Street to celebrate the Bulldogs first-ever state championship title. The girls basketball team traveled to Legacy Arena in Birmingham and defeated Deshler in the