The News Courier

1 week ago | enewscourier.com | Jake Winfrey

Published 2:38 pm Thursday, April 17, 2025 Zak Cain punctuated his exceptional prep career with one final accolade. The East Limestone senior was honored at Thursday’s Alabama Sports Writers Association’s annual banquet as one of three finalists for Class 5A Boys Player of the Year, which was ultimately awarded to Russellville’s EJ King. Ramsay’s Jayden Williams was also a finalist.

1 week ago | enewscourier.com | Jake Winfrey

Published 10:31 am Wednesday, April 16, 2025 The Limestone County Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors recently announced its Class of 2025 inductees. This year’s induction ceremony will be held on June 14 at the Alabama Veterans Museum in Athens. Tickets for the event, which begins at 6 p.m., can be purchased through the United Way of Athens-Limestone County.

1 week ago | enewscourier.com | Jake Winfrey

Published 5:43 pm Saturday, April 12, 2025 See scores and stats from games Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12 below.

2 weeks ago | enewscourier.com | Tom Mayer

Published 8:32 am Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Heather Casillas has been promoted from group advertising director to general manager overseeing The Cullman Times, The Athens News-Courier and St. Clair News Aegis publications for Carpenter Media Group. Rebecca Alexander, vice president and regional publisher for Carpenter Media Group — the parent organization of  the Alabama group of newspapers — made the announcement effective April 11.

2 weeks ago | enewscourier.com | Benjamin Bullard

Published 11:07 am Wednesday, April 9, 2025 A trio of measures aimed at facilitating ongoing expansion work at the county jail was approved this week by the Limestone County Commission, including the removal of a pricing bottleneck that offers commission chairman Collin Daly increased flexibility in expediting project change orders.