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Graduating future leaders: Chamber celebrates Limestone L. E. A. D. class of 2025-2026
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (164+ words) Published 7: 07 am Sunday, May 31, 2026 While area high school seniors were marking this spring's recent graduation milestone, up-and-coming sophomores and juniors were celebrating a different graduation of their own "each having just completed their 2025-2026 stint in the Athens-Limestone Chamber of Commerce's…...
Athens City Council: Residents seek timeline update for Strain Road sewer project
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (253+ words) Published 7: 31 am Saturday, May 30, 2026 By Tanjie Nash for the News Courier It's been nearly three years since a September 2023 community meeting in which Strain Road residents in Athens say that an Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) representative informed them…...
Ivey announces road improvement grant to boost Athens" Food City project
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (291+ words) Published 5: 39 am Saturday, May 30, 2026 Alabama Governor Kay Ivey this week announced $266, 660 in federal grant funding for the city of Athens, with the money to be used for road improvements near the site of the new Food City grocery store under…...
Postponed due to weather: Fridays After Five rescheduled for June 12
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (213+ words) Athens The News Courier Postponed due to weather: Fridays After Five rescheduled for June 12 Published 7: 01 am Thursday, May 28, 2026 With weather forecasts calling for showers and thunderstorms, event organizers are tapping the brakes on this month's Fridays After Five community street…...
Pryor Field announces new flight training partnership
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (165+ words) Published 7: 30 am Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Pryor Field Regional Airport (DCU) announced this week that a north Alabama company specializing in single-engine aircraft flight training is expanding the airport's service offerings." The Pryor Field Airport Authority said in a release that Rocket…...
APD asks public's help in identifying alleged hit-and-run driver
5+ day, 17+ min ago (193+ words) Athens The News Courier APD asks public's help in identifying alleged hit-and-run driver Published 9: 38 am Tuesday, May 26, 2026 In social media postings, local law enforcement amplified the request for public assistance in identifying the driver of a vehicle who allegedly fled…...
PREP SOCCER: Tanner's Leon headlines All-County team; Swaim named Coach of the Year
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (142+ words) Published 11: 52 am Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Jonathan Leon played a key role in Tanner's success this past season. The junior standout garnered 12 goals and four assists for the Rattlers, who went 7-1 against Limestone area competition " the lone loss coming to East Limestone…...
LOCAL SPORTS: Lockett set for Hall of Fame induction
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (555+ words) Published 11: 20 am Tuesday, May 26, 2026 By Special to The News Courier Leon Lockett first burst onto the Limestone County sports scene as a baseball pitcher. A 12-year-old Lockett helped lead his Limestone County All-Star team to a runner-up finish in the…...
(The Owl's Eye) Margraten Cemetery
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (180+ words) Published 12: 45 pm Saturday, May 23, 2026 By John William Davis We Owls can be solemn. Memorial Day is such a day to remain so. Fewer Americans these days visit our war dead buried in Margraten Cemetery. 8, 000 American dead from World War II…...
Election 2026: Daly edges commission field; Democrats eye runoff in U. S. House race
1+ week, 1+ day ago (197+ words) Published 7: 30 am Saturday, May 23, 2026 Incumbent Limestone County Commission Chairman Collin Daly finished this week's Republican primary election with just enough of a narrow margin to appear to avert a needed runoff in the three-way race to retain his seat " though…...