DOUBLE SPRINGS - A Roaring '20s interactive murder mystery dinner event will be held at Looney's Tavern Entertainment and Cultural Complex on Friday, June 9, at 7 p.m., benefiting the renovations at the entertainment complex. 

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Nearly 500 seniors graduated from high schools across Walker County on Friday, May 26. Graduation ceremonies were held at Dora High, Carbon Hill High, Sumiton Christian School, Oakman High, Cordova … more

In early May, Lupton Junior High School seventh graders came together for a Good Characters Expo to share powerful service projects with community members, mentors and peers.   After weeks … more

A walk was recently held in honor of Zayda Short, a first-grader at Sumiton Elementary School. Zayda has cystic fibrosis, and May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. The young girl raised $665 to … more

Oakman Middle School students participated in a "Bite of Reality" event in early May. The event serves to teach students about the responsibilities they will face once they are adults. Oakman … more

Jasper businesswoman Cindy Key’s functional pottery studio and retail store JuneBug Pottery is nearing its one-year anniversary. JuneBug Pottery, named after Key's sister who passed away from … more

CURRY — Amberly Brooks is no tennis player. Not yet at least. But the Curry High School salutatorian is ready to give it a try. The senior, whose athletic prowess usually involves the hurdles as a … more

OAKMAN — Oakman senior Brooklyn Caffee wants to see the world and it's one reason she has chosen to join the United States Air Force. Caffee will travel to Texas for basic training in June where … more

A Cordova High School student was named the first recipient of the "Buddy" Beasley Memorial Scholarship, paid for through a ride held by a motorcycle club for first responders.

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Larry Leeth, a certified recovery support specialist and certified case manager in Jasper writes his first book entitled “Misfit” to tell others about his troubled past and to encourage them that … more