Many little boys want a treehouse and some even have one. But few have one like Rylan Hughes.

Tracy Stephens was named Patriot of the Year for his work with various veterans groups including WWA and Flags for Vets.

The decision was made due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and related illnesses.

The EMA reports more than 43 new cases a day in the last six days with a total of 60 deaths, eight deaths in just the last week.

Investigators say while agents were trying to come through the front door, Battles fired several rounds from a shotgun.

Three Etowah County men face drug charges after multi-agency investigations involving large amounts of Methamphetamine, firearms, and other drugs.

A court hearing in December could decide whether a fantasy football business in Gadsden will ever open its doors.

Fresh-Value will open a location in Canterberry Station, a shopping center in the part of Gadsden known as Alabama City.

A public hearing on an Alabama Department of Environmental Management permit for the closing of a coal ash pond in Gadsden is now scheduled for next week.

Local animal rescues are working together after discovering a tragic hoarding situation in Randolph County that ended in a horrific way.

It wasn’t to bring bingo to the area, but to clear up the language in an earlier law that had the effect of threatening numerous bingo operations.

Organizers used the self-administered tests developed at UAB. The tests will also be sent to UAB for results.

Minh Ngoc Tran was arrested at his place of business in Sylacauga. Tran is accused of the unwanted touching of a juvenile female.

Oxford Police Chief Bill Partridge said the man pointed a .45 caliber Glock pistol at a uniformed Oxford Police Officer in a marked SUV at the intersection of US 78 and Al. Hwy 21 on Monday, November 2.

Crews working on behalf of Alabama Power are making progress getting electricity back on in east Alabama.

Students at Verbena High School will remain out of school Tuesday as crews continue work to restore power at the school site. The rest of the county schools will re-open Tuesday after sites were closed for several days as the community dealt with the impact of Hurricane Zeta.

Anniston’s new city council members say they’re willing to work with others for Anniston' future.

Chilton County Officials expect to have all polling precincts open Tuesday for voting after Hurricane Zeta knocked out power to more than half of the buildings.

The move may be particularly helpful to some as many are still without power following Tropical Storm Zeta last week.

Green and musical guests will take the stage on Burgess-Snow Field in JSU’s football stadium. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m.

Numerous school systems across Alabama will remain closed Friday, October 30.

Power and water were affected.

The calls were for trees and power lines down across the county. Power outages were widespread as well.

Gadsden’s CommUnity Thanksgiving may be off for this year, but churches and community groups are stepping up to provide meals.

Whether Halloween will be a safe activity this year is at the heart of one of Anniston’s most beloved traditions.

Gadsden’s big, annual CommUnity Thanksgiving has been canceled for this year due to concerns for COVID-19.

A Phenix City man is dead after an overnight shooting on Victory Dr. in Columbus.

A big economic boost for one of Alabama’s historically Black colleges as Talladega College announced a new $3 million partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture Thursday.

A suit was filed alleging the city council has relationships with the county commission which call the fairness of the election into question.

The event will take place at the Walgreen’s in Jacksonville and on Quintard Avenue in Anniston, and at the CVS in Oxford.

The fire destroyed buildings number four and five at Pine Ridge Apartments in East Gadsden.

The fire at the Pine Ridge Apartments started Tuesday morning

Officials with the Southside Fire Department say they responded to Little Bridge Marina on the corner of Hwy. 77 and Whorton Bend Road early Tuesday morning and found heavy fire showing.

Police say Coshatt admitted to holding the store clerks at gunpoint with a toy gun.

Monday JSU’s President and it’s board of trustees cut the ribbon on Mason Hall, the music building, which had been damaged in the March 2018 tornado that left widespread damage across the campus.

Barton urges Calhoun County residents to continue taking preventive measures such as wearing masks and social distancing.

The International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. (IAC) plans to invest over $55.9 million in expansion projects that will create 182 jobs at two Alabama facilities.

Gadsden’s Public Library did something two weeks ago it hadn’t done in six months.

Jacksonville State University Head Football Coach John Grass announced Thursday evening he recently tested positive for COVID-19.

City officials are asking volunteers to meet up and tackle projects that will improve the city.

Library patrons can now leave a rock in the library’s rock garden to honor someone who has passed away.

October is National Respiratory Therapy Month.

Anniston city officials are looking for some folks to take pride and help make some improvements in their community.

It depicts a postcard design with an area landmark inside each letter. They include the Broad Street Bridge, the Citizenship Monument, Noccalula Falls, a botanical garden, a steam locomotive and the Pitman Theater.

Each suspect will be charged with robbery and receiving stolen property.

About 300 of the orange Home Depot barrels have been filled with cleaning supplies, such as garbage bags, paper towels and bottled water.

Janney Furnace Park, which includes a furnace once used to make cannonballs, will be renamed Eli Henderson Memorial Park.

Two 16-year-old twin girls missing from East Alabama were found safe.

Authorities say approximately ½ pound of methamphetamine, approximately 29 grams of cocaine, and three guns were seized during the investigation.

The program that exams the movements of the human body cut the ribbon Thursday on its new home in Stephenson Hall.

A local civic group gives the Calhoun EMA a new piece of equipment it’ll share with the rest of the county’s first responders.

Calhoun County’s Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention has something new to make their point about the fight against opiate abuse.

Students currently on a two-day a week schedule will attend classes each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Fire Chief Stephen Carroll said the fire appeared to be set, and two homeless men were known to stay there.

The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Calhoun County EMA teamed up for a drive-thru flu shot clinic in the city.

Ameir Sherrod Townsend was shot and killed on September 28.

The Gadsden City High School Marching Band took a chance this fall, and it is really paying off!

COVID-19 has forced the postponement of another big event in east Alabama.