During the recent Scottsboro City Council meeting council members voted to allocate $10,000 in tourism grant funds to the Scottsboro BBQ Festival.
A ruling was made in the case of Jerry Hicks, Jr. on Friday, September 6, 2024, almost one year after the Stand Your Ground hearing that was held on October 12, 2023. Hicks was arrested and charged with the April 7, 2023 shooting death of Aaron Morris Nix at a local Scottsboro restaurant.
Section High School recently learned that it is one of 50 high schools across the country to receive $5,000 as part of T-Mobile’s “T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights”.
During last Tuesday’s Scottsboro municipal election, 2,678 voters voted. That is only 22.49 percent of Scottsboro’s 11,905 registered voters.
Fall A-rig Fishing
by Mike Gerry
A bait that has proven very effective in the fall over the past several years is commonly known as the Alabama Rig (A-Rig.) As the baitfish schools up and chasing becomes more the norm in the fall the A-Rig has become a very effective fall bait.