FLORENCE — The Lauderdale County License Commissioner's Office is raising the cost of mailing out a license plate beginning Feb. 1.

CHEROKEE — A Huntsville geotechnical firm on Wednesday dug several test pits around Cherokee High School, and explored areas beneath the auditorium floor to help determine the source of water that has been infiltrating school buildings.

FLORENCE — North Alabama Medical Center was brimming with babies in 2022, setting a record for the most births in a single year since the 1980s.

MUSCLE SHOALS — The city is resurrecting a drainage project it had proposed several years ago that would help alleviate street flooding along John R. Street.

HELP FOUND?

MONTGOMERY — Parole has been denied for a man serving a life sentence for a 2006 Lauderdale County murder, authorities said.

MUSCLE SHOALS — A project to construct a new sidewalk along Ford Street from Second Street near Southgate Mall and the Walmart Supercenter is underway.

CENTER STAR — A Center Star woman is charged with attempted murder and shooting into an occupied dwelling in the attempted shooting of her brother.

CENTER STAR — Micah Holden could only watch Monday as a fire gutted her two-story home.

TUSCUMBIA — Becoming a judge is something Tuscumbia attorney Mitchell Hays has considered for years, but he said it's more about his service to the community than personal ambition.

Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on some of the newly elected officials in Colbert and Lauderdale counties.

FLORENCE — Several Parks and Recreation employees, including Director Bill Jordan and City Councilman Jimmy Oliver, who is chairman over the council's Parks and Recreation Committee, met with some skaters at the park on Monday to hear their recommendations.