MUSCLE SHOALS — Northwest-Shoals Community College is the recipient of a $100,000 grant through the Metallica Scholars Initiative.

FLORENCE — The first time David Hood met Jimmy Johnson he was a junior high school crossing guard, wearing a yellow helmet and holding a flag.

FLORENCE — Lorali Hulsey spent decades in the workforce, but she never lost sight of her goal of one day getting her degree from the University of North Alabama.

The easiest way to memorialize Jeff McIntyre is to start from the professional side and these seven words:

TUSCUMBIA — Ignoring the literal red flag flying at the beach, warning of dangerous conditions, four members of the Deshler baseball team waded into a choppy Gulf of Mexico on

TUSCUMBIA — The city's school board in a called meeting Thursday hired Justin Cantrell as the new Deshler High School head baseball coach.

Having won its first three games, Wilson High was in danger of losing its unbeaten mark in late September at West Limestone. The Warriors were down three points with time

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North Alabama safety D'Andre Hart started his career with the Lions as a walk-on tryout. Two years later, he's the leading tackler, a "physical force" and a leader for the

Dylan Burleson, after building Haleyville into a boys basketball power, hopes to do the same at Florence.

Ashley Cozart’s coaching tree quietly has been blooming in bunches.

Carson Villalta could feel his poker face slipping.

FLORENCE — Florence schools received what AdvancED officials called the best evaluation report in the state, and Superintendent Jimmy Shaw said it's simply "A matter of our team addressing what

North Alabama men’s basketball coach Tony Pujol called the signing of three players Wednesday on the first day of the national signing period ‘a collective effort.’

VALDOSTA, Ga. — It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t pretty, but Chris Willis earned his first win as North Alabama’s head coach Saturday night as the Lions held on to

CENTRAL HEIGHTS — Central High School math teacher Dennis "Chad" Butler is one of the state's five finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

FLORENCE — Tina Kitchens doesn't know Jason Isbell personally, but she'd like to think he's pleased with the results of the music festival he helped bring to the Shoals on

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KILLEN — A week after teaming with his father to win a national Special Olympics golf tournament, the smile, one of those that goes ear-to-ear and you can’t help but

BIRMINGHAM – North Alabama has been picked to repeat as Gulf South Conference football champion in the annual preseason coaches poll.

TUSCALOOSA — John Trousdale grew up dreaming of playing for the Alabama baseball team.

A former Lauderdale County High player was hired today as Decatur High's new girls head basketball coach.

TUSCUMBIA – When Brandon Davenport started attending Deshler football games as a boy, he learned how much they mattered.

FLORENCE — When the Florence football players gathered in the locker room before their first game of the year, they hoped the season would lead to a playoff victory.

Who were the best of the best in Shoals-area high school girls basketball over the last decade?

FLORENCE — The University of North Alabama is ranked among the best public regional universities in the South, according to the newly released 2021 list by U.S. News and World

Loretto baseball keeps pumping out standout players, and Blade Tidwell is the current star for the Mustangs.

With Ted Borden about to try a 42-yard, last-second field goal in Florence’s first round playoff game against Mountain Brook at Braly Stadium, senior Dee Beckwith looked Borden in the

TUSCUMBIA — Local musicians who remember working with Jerry Carrigan said he was one of THE top sessions drummers in Nashville, Tennessee, who had impeccable timing.

SHEFFIELD — Members of the Dead South could have recorded their third album at home in Canada, but the sessions would have lacked the solitude and inspiration they enjoyed while

TUSCUMBIA — Deshler High School recently had a first: the high school held an official signing ceremony for a marching band scholarship.

FLORENCE — More than 45 high school teams from across north Alabama, western Mississippi and southern Tennessee took place in the first University of North Alabama Robotics Competition on Saturday.

This is Barry McFall’s 27th year as a head basketball coach at Waterloo High School, but tonight’s game will be unlike any other in his career.

MONTGOMERY — Russellville won its fourth state baseball championship in seven years, finishing a Class 5A sweep of Pike Road with a 3-2 victory Tuesday.

When Avery Moates was younger, he considered trying to play college baseball. But plans change sometimes, and Moates instead will stay in Florence and play football for North Alabama.

Zac Curtis wants to be like the best teachers and coaches he had growing up, the ones who never gave up on him.

FLORENCE — Longtime Sheffield educator Eric Kirkman is returning to his college roots with the University of North Alabama at the end of this school year as he has been

For new North Alabama wide receivers coach Tyler Rice, joining the Lions’ program was a decision characterized as a “no-brainer.”

It’s been clear for a while that Florence pitcher Cole Henry, an LSU commit since his freshman year, had some great potential in baseball. A season-ending arm injury as a

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Wilson High's Tucker Brown edged another quarterback, Deshler's Channing Marmann, to win the Fans' Player of the Week in online voting.

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When North Alabama traveled to Samford for its first Division I basketball game a year ago, Payton Youngblood was firmly entrenched in the starting lineup.

Nearly two weeks into preseason basketball practice, second-year North Alabama coach Tony Pujol likes what he’s seeing from the Lions.

MUSCLE SHOALS — Hit record producer Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals and the man responsible for the Muscle Shoals sound, died today at the

Haleyville’s Bryant James and Deshler’s Chloe Siegel were voted this week’s Fans’ Favorites.

Russellville offensive lineman Edgar Amaya announced Friday afternoon he has committed to play football at the University of Kansas.

TUSCUMBIA — Kam Pritchard and his 200-yard rushing performance Friday helped send the Deshler Tigers to the Class 4A state championship game.

Any child who thinks you have to be a star at a young age to excel in sports later should ask Megan Warhurst how her softball career started, when she

CEDAR CITY, Utah — Add one more to North Alabama’s list of historic victories.

FLORENCE — Jerry Hill has been teaching, coaching or working in administration at Brooks High School since 2001.

Muscle Shoals sophomore Jackson Bratton verbally committed Saturday morning to play football at the University of Alabama.

Mason McCormack struck out 12 and combined with Ryan Lindsey for a 5-inning no-hitter as Deshler blanked Colbert Heights 10-0 to improve to 3-0.

MUSCLE SHOALS – Though Saturday night's Class 6A Area 16 title game was not a must-win moment for either Muscle Shoals or Hazel Green, it came with a reward usually

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Brooks senior Kameron Stutts, Wilson senior Tucker Brown and Rogers senior Caleb Storie are finalists for the 2017 Mr. Football award.

Florence’s Caleb Mahan and Central’s Kinsley DiStefano were voted this week’s Fans’ Favorites.

FLORENCE — State Sen. Tim Melson was back in a familiar spot Monday, chairing a meeting of the Lauderdale County Agricultural Authority just weeks after suffering a cardiac arrest while

The 2019 Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State high school football teams, honorable mentions and coaches of the year.

FLORENCE — John Paul White wasn't on a quest to reinvent himself when he began writing tracks for his latest album, "The Hurting Kind," but he did want to explore

As Grant Taylor warmed up in his familiar spot at the Florence baseball field, he noticed every pitch went where he wanted it to go.

MUSCLE SHOALS — Muscle Shoals High School science teacher Kathy Eldridge has been selected as a Grosvenor Teacher Alumni Fellow to participate in an expedition to the Galapagos Islands through

Fresh off a MVP season in 2019 with the Miami Marlins Single-A affiliate Jupiter Hammerheads, Florence graduate Braxton Garrett was invited to big-league spring training, excited for a new opportun...

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FLORENCE -- Step Sing performers sang and danced Friday night at Norton Auditorium in hopes of taking home a prize in UNA's annual Step Sing competition.

A summer full of memorable moments continued Sunday and Monday for Ryan Weathers.

The days of Sara Puckett blending in within her Muscle Shoals teammates ended long ago, and the 6-foot-2 junior has spent the last year getting more comfortable as a verbal

FLORENCE — Taylor Brown was a big part of a lot of big Wilson wins this past season.

HANCEVILLE — Sheffield’s finish was much better than its start today, and as a result the Bulldogs are one win away from a trip to Birmingham for the Class 2A

Florence senior Dee Beckwith, Muscle Shoals senior linebacker Jackson Bratton and Mars Hill senior lineman Mack McCluskey are among the 48 finalists for the Mr. Football award, the Alabama Sports

Twenty-two high school baseball players from the TimesDaily’s coverage area were named to the all-state team by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, and seven others earned honorable mention.

The Colbert County Children's Policy Council recently announced its first semester of winners of the Character in Action program in the four Colbert school systems.

For many of the top players in North Alabama’s women’s basketball history, as the saying goes, “there’s no place like home.”

North Alabama basketball wrote another chapter in the program’s history on Friday night.

Carson Casteel has wrestled since early in elementary school, but he said he truly embraced the sport as part of Florence High’s first varsity team when he was in seventh

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For the first time since 2016, Florence High has advanced to the state baseball tournament.

When the Florence baseball coaching job came open before the 2020 season, Zeke Bishop and several other Falcons talked to athletic director Byron Graham and advocated for then-assistant JR Myers

Ashley Berryman finished with 10 strikeouts and earning a complete-game win for Hatton as the Hornets defeated Lauderdale County 5-3 in area softball action Tuesday.

North Alabama added another piece to its 2019-20 men’s basketball team Wednesday, announcing the signing a junior college forward from Georgia.

Jonathan Coleman and Levi Glover combined to knock in nine runs for Brooks as the Lions pounded Deshler 14-1 in area baseball action Thursday.

KILLEN – Like a lot of juniors at Brooks High School, Kameron Stutts cleared his schedule the second weekend in March for the prom.

CLINTON, Miss. – The Christmas break did nothing to slow down the North Alabama women.

FLORENCE — Flip through the pages of Bethel’s football record books and Brent Dearmon’s name pops up more than a few times.

FLORENCE — For Jimmy Shaw, being named the District 8 Superintendent of the Year isn’t an excuse to slow down.

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