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- Great '08? The year held bonuses for several acts from our state
Modesty be darned. It's time to puff out those chests, let heads swell and acknowledge the achievements of musicians with Alabama ties.
- Memorial held for Air Evac crew
This evening family and friends remembered the three crew members who died a year ago in an Air Evac Helicopter crash in the Shoals.
- Shoals businesses hit by burglars
New Year's Eve was a busy night for criminals in the Shoals, with six businesses in Muscle Shoals burglarized during the evening.
- Lawrence County Drug Agents Make Startling Arrest
Lawrence County drug agents say they've arrested a man who claimed he was delivering newspapers, but instead had guns and cocaine in his car.
- Genealogy Query - ADAMS : NESBITT
I'm looking for any information on the Family of Nesbitt that lived in late 1800 in Cherokee Alabama and then moved to Muscle Shoals.
- Shoals airport has new commercial
Email MUSCLE SHOALS - Shoals leaders are working hard to get people to fly from the local airport.
- Henry Forda s vision for Alabama
In 1921, Henry Ford, accompanied by Thomas Edison, came to North Alabama with a vision of transforming it into "a 75-mile city" from Muscle Shoals eastward.
- Right place, time for Tricksters lead
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay has made a habit of being in the right place at the right time since she started singing into studio microphones in the '60s. Born and raised in Alabama, Godchaux-MacKay may not be a ...
- Shoals storm damages elderly woman's home
Wednesday afternoon's storms caused some minor damage in the Shoals. It wasn't as severe as the destruction in Limestone County, but was enough to frighten an elderly Muscle Shoals woman and cause about $1,500 ...
- Recording engineer tunes up for downtown Sheffield
SHEFFIELD -- Jimmy Nutt is bullish on Sheffield. The recording engineer who has worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffett and The Drive-By Truckers is doing what the city's redevelopment authority would like to ...
- Economy not effecting area health clubs
The bad economy is not effecting one Tennessee Valley industry -- the gym. On Friday, WAFF-48 News visited several gyms in the Shoals to see why people keep spending to stay in shape.
- Chemicals in Shoals town's water linked to cancer risk
Many of the people who live in one Shoals community said they had not heard of a warning printed in an area newspaper recently warning that their water supply contains possible carcinogens.
- State spending cuts to total $554 million
Prorating the education budget 12.5 percent and cutting non-education agencies by 10 percent will decrease spending in the two state budgets by $554 million this fiscal year, an amount the Legislature will find ...
- New music studio being built in Shoals
The Shoals has always been known for music. That scene is getting a big boost thanks to a recording producer from Texas.
- Alabama continues to improve from drought conditions
The U.S. Drought Monitor says most of north Alabama has broken out of a drought that lasted more than two years.
- 3 Burglary suspects caught, Muscle Shoals Police looking for one more
Muscle Shoals police are looking for one of four suspects involved in a robbery at a local jewelry store.
- Early 'mother map' of county uncovered
Times Business Writer gina.hannah@htimes.com Local history buff finds neglected document in library A few months ago, David Robb had a couple of hours to kill in Nashville and, being a history buff and map ...
- Sister Grace usher in Christmas at Red Caboose
Christmas festivities in Elkmont continue tonight with two shows by the all-girl gospel group, Sister Grace, at The Red Caboose.
- The Dexateens May be a Part-Time Love, But They're More Faithful Than a Lot of Other Bands
"Dreams, they seem to cost money," The Hold Steady recently observed, "but money costs some dreams." It's a sentiment The Dexateens are familiar with as a part-time endeavor, but while many musicians share the ...
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City DescriptionMuscle Shoals is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. As of 2007, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population of the city to be 12,846. The city is included in The Shoals MSA. It is famous for its music and contributions to American popular music.
Indians first inhabited the lands bordered by the Tennessee River. There is no record of when the name Muscle Shoals was first used for the area. However, there are many theories of where the name originated. One theory is that at one time there were piles of mussel shells found along the shoals of the Tennessee River. Another theory is that the shape of the river looks like the muscle in a man’s arm, therefore, Muscle Shoals. The last theory comes from several booklets that were published before Muscle Shoals incorporated. This theory states: “Muscle Shoals, the Niagara of the South, derives its name from the Indians, who, attempting to navigate upstream, found the task almost impossible because of the strong current.” Thus came the word muscle, symbolic of the strength required to “paddle a canoe up the rapids.” The Shoals area, including Florence, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia, was first known as the Muscle Shoals ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Northwest Shoals Community College
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