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Exodus of Sheffield School Personnel?
We've received several communications concerning the state of Sheffield City Schools. These range from non-support of resource officers to failing to back up teachers in decisions relating to...
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Who Was That Muscle Shoals Police Hand Jiver?
Who can identify this Muscle Shoals police officer? Might as well say it: That took cajones. Now altogether...War Eagle!(Muscle Shoals has now removed the original from its Facebook page and...
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Thank You, Dr. Tim/Namaste? Watch Your Mouth!
In case any of our readers are not aware, Tim Melson is a physician who resides in Florence and is the area's state senator. He has almost single handedly brought medical marijuana to the suffering of...
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New Blog Dedicated to Derek Logue
Over the years, former Sheffield resident Derek Warren Logue has published several blogs dedicated to helping those who sexually molest children...or have at least done so in the past. According to...
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Saluting Our Mothers...or Most of Them
It's Mother's Day again. Today marks our second such day in at least a partial lockdown of regular life. We salute all mothers for getting through this, but...But we're going to be slightly more...
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Campaign Against Rogersville Speed Limit
There's now quite a campaign against the 45 mph speed limit just east of Rogersville. If you're interested in knowing more about the move to raise the limit or make other changes in Rogersville, you...
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Is Shawn Childers' Killer Now Dead?
Robert DeShawn Childers disappeared from north of Florence over four years ago. While his body has not been found, many in his family sadly believe he's deceased, murdered by an abuser.This...
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Sheffield Man Rapes, Threatens to Kill Daughter
A Sheffield man is currently in jail in Metro Nashville after he allegedly raped his own 14 year-old daughter and then threatened to shoot her dead if she told anyone. Are all our readers sick...
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Time to Pay a Decent Wage/FB Page
First, our blog Facebook page is again accepting posts. Apparently we had to authenticate again, even though we had done so a few years ago. All unposted blogs from Shoalanda and Shoals Crime are now...
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No Gasoline? Don't Blame the Former Mayor...
Before COVID, we'd reconciled ourselves to a possible life changing event. After all, short, fat Korean man might eventually get a bomb that would make it to Guam. Our lives would change, perhaps...
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The "Gay" Tea Video
We're not going to speak for all who blog here from time to time, but Shoalanda herself will admit to often being about as hip as a Festrunk brother. So when we began receiving copies of a new video...
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An Erudite Take on a Living Wage
A very savvy take from a reader:I read your recent post "Time To Pay for a Decent Wage". This concept has been bugging me lately too.My entire industry is still shut down from the pandemic. I was...
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Tripping Along the Sidewalks of Florence
We know of more than one person who has e-mailed or called Florence District 2 councilman Dick Jordan concerning the state of sidewalks downtown. It's a bit like Inspiration Landing...still waiting...
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No Obscenity, Just COVID Neuropathy
Several days ago, a Muscle Shoals reader sent us a meme/graphic involving a police officer seemingly making an obscene gesture in public. Several readers wrote to defend the officer with some rather...
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Lauderdale Terminates Nine Teachers
Let the petitions begin: The Lauderdale County Board of Education is not renewing the contracts of nine teachers for next year. Some parents are irate, while others are pleased. Of the nine, we've...
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Tenure & Racism
Tut, Tut. The Person Who Wrote This May Have Been Fired Due to Grammar!From a reader:I have a good friend who was let go from Lauderdale County. This was her 3rd year no complaints, this would have...
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Why Is Florence Painting Southern Pipe's Wall?
On Tuesday, the Florence City Council authorized a total of $27,000.00 to paint a mural on a wall at the rear of property belonging to Southern Pipe and Supply, home office in Meridian, Mississippi....
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Inspiration Landing Concerts: Half Truth, Half Hoax?
Quite the schedule, isn't it? We have no idea who put this together; it's just floating around Facebook.The first two dates? Apparently, they are valid, plus one more that is actually selling tickets....
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Phalanges Follies - Part III
If you tuned in late, a Muscle Shoals resident forwarded a meme to us in which a Muscle Shoals police officer displayed an "obscene gesture" while standing next to Nick Saban. Needless to say, the...
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Discontent at Florence City Hall
Several employees at Florence City Hall have expressed unhappiness with recent events, or lack thereof. In the past, e-mails and newsletters have mentioned deaths of family connected to elected...
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