Obituaries and Tributes

3+ day, 4+ min ago   (52+ words) Across Connecticut and the country, 9/11 remembrance ceremonies took place, including in Madison on Friday afternoon as local heroes lost in the attacks were honored. Across Connecticut and the country, 9/11 remembrance ceremonies took place, including in Madison on Friday afternoon as…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (426+ words) It’s now been a quarter of a century since the attacks on the people of the United States by Islamic radicals — September 11, 2001 to September 11, 2026. The people of Alabama will never forget. Alabama is one of the most patriotic states, one…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (378+ words) Alabama National Cemetery will hear the sound of live Taps every day throughout September as a Samford University professor leads a monthlong effort honoring the veterans buried there. Matt Burford, a Samford alumnus and adjunct professor, organized “30 Days of Real…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (40+ words) The Decatur Police Department is teaming up with the Food Bank of North Alabama to help feed families in need. The Decatur Police Department is teaming up with the Food Bank of North Alabama to help feed families in need....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) Services for the Citizen of the Century in Cullman, Alabama have been set. Visitation for Roy Drinkard will be Thursday, August 27 in Drinkard’s famous home, the Borkenau, 405 9th SW in Cullman. Everyone is invited for a 2 to 6 p.m. receiving line. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (487+ words) Dolly Parton, the country music singer and songwriter whose Imagination Library has mailed more than 2 million free books to Alabama children, died Tuesday in Nashville. She was 80. Her nephew Bryan Seaver, her head of security for more than two decades,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (154+ words) After 21 years on Noble Street, Wigley is being recognized for his longtime commitment to downtown Anniston and the cycling community. Wig’s Wheels owner honored as Main Street Anniston Hero Patrick “Wig” Wigley, owner of Wig’s Wheels, was…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (580+ words) Charles Whatley, a dairy farmer from Beauregard and builder who served in the Alabama House of Representatives and helped feed hundreds each year at his family’s Whatley Stew, died Monday, Aug. 24. He was 81. He was the father of former state…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (341+ words) CULLMAN, Ala. (WIAT) -- The oldest living veteran of the U.S. Marines has died at 106 years old. Roy Drinkard, of Cullman, is being remembered as a hero and a great businessman. Drinkard lived in the Borkenau home in Cullman since 1949. "Anybody that's…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (640+ words) It’s the close of a chapter in American history that connects 2026 to World War II. Cullman businessman Roy Drinkard died Sunday night in Cullman at age 106. Among his other accomplishments, Drinkard was the oldest living U.S. Marine. Semper fi. The…...