Bernie Delinski

FLORENCE — Everyone using an agent to help buy or sell a house has more input in the process from the onset, thanks to policy changes enacted this month by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

TUSCUMBIA — The bond for a woman convicted of 37 counts of animal cruelty in Colbert County has nearly doubled to $150,000, according to court records.

FLORENCE — Abigail Turner and Hanna McCaw were among a throng of University of North Alabama sorority members waiting Monday to welcome their newest sisters.

CHEROKEE — If anyone is thinking the weekend rainfall has dampened the threat of outdoor fires getting out of control, the Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department has a message.

FLORENCE — The city council approved rates for the new downtown parking deck this week while also discussing hopes for providing a break in costs for some downtown employees.

SHEFFIELD — A Wednesday afternoon fire sent flames and smoke throughout a home and vehicle but the only person in the house escaped unharmed after a neighbor banged on the

FLORENCE — The Florence-Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau is renting electric bikes out of its office at McFarland Park.

FLORENCE — A W.C. Handy Recreation Center project that was approved this week is the final step in renovating the entire facility.

FLORENCE — The University of North Alabama campus and Court Street are adorned with a touch of gold these days.

MUSCLE SHOALS — Police arrested a Tennessee man this week in the Aug. 20 armed robbery of Little Caesar's Pizza after a Howell Graves Preschool school resource officer spotted his