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- Shoals airport has new commercial
Email MUSCLE SHOALS - Shoals leaders are working hard to get people to fly from the local airport.
- Elvis at My Father's Greasy Spoon Cafe.
When I was too little to remember... Elvis would come into the little greasy spoon cafe my father ran in Florence, Alabama... and the same little town in Northwest Alabama that Sam Phillips was from.
- Some Alabama families mix Christmas, Hanukkah celebrations
FLORENCE -- Eric Roddy has celebrated Hanukkah all his life. But as a child, the 14-year-old from Sheffield and his two brothers had stockings filled with treats and visits to Santa Claus -- customs associat ed ...
- 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 ...
- Speed limit changes on busy Shoals road
The speed limit is changing on a very busy road in the Shoals. The Sheffield City Council voted Monday night to increase the speed limit on Hatch Boulevard.
- Hit-and-run accident under investigation
A Shoals police department is investigating an early-Sunday hit and run accident.
- Gig review: Last Shadow Puppets, Hammersmith Apollo, London
The Last Shadow Puppetsa note-perfect gig at Hammersmith Apollo, complete with Leonard Cohen and Beatles covers, impresses Jason Tremain The venue in Hammersmith sits solemnly beside the behemoth of the flyover ...
- Alabama Habitat Home receives negative power bill
A home in Tuscumbia built by the Habitat chapter at the University of North Alabama has exceeded that mission by generating enough solar power that the power company owed the homeowner money for the first bill.
- Getting paid to save
When Diana Higley received her September utility statement from Sheffield Utilities, she thought it was a mistake.
- Shoals veterans need your help
Earlier this year we told you about a critical need with disabled veterans in the Shoals.
- Shooting under investigation
A Valley police department is investigating a shooting. The incident happened overnight Friday on Hatch Boulevard in Sheffield.
- Shoals School Systems Cope With Payroll Deficit
The Alabama Board of Education is only paying 75% of the payroll for the month of October, sticking superintendents with a hefty bill.
- Roland Trio Receives Guilty Verdicts
At the Colbert County courthouse, the courtroom was packed with people awaiting the verdict of three Sheffield men on trial for murder.
- Museums magnet for visitors, but costly to operate
Local museums, whether they're privately funded or funded by a municipality, such as the four museums in the city of Florence, are not normally known for being revenue-generating operations.
- Murder trial begins in Colbert County
The murder trial of a slain Shoals teenager started this morning in Colbert County.
- New Leads on Shoals Jet Pep Fire
Sheffield police say they have new leads on a fire that shut down a gas station a week ago.
- New park underway in the Shoals
Leaders in one city in the Shoals are getting ready to build a new park and bike trail.
- Several Defeats in Shoals Races
The mayor's race in Sheffield was expected to be close Tuesday, but after a close county former mayor Ian Sanford defeated incumbent Billy Don Anderson by about 40 votes.
- Shoals mayor's race ends with an upset
Another close run-off race in the Valley happened in the Shoals. The race was for Sheffield Mayor.
Sheffield Classifieds
Local classifieds for Sheffield, AL
City DescriptionSheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in The Shoals MSA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 9,652. Sheffield is the birthplace of notable attorney, actor, former senator and presidential contender Fred Thompson. It is also home to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where many popular twentieth century musicians recorded their work.
Sheffield is located at 34°45′35″N 87°41′41″W / 34.75972, -87.69472 (34.759721, -87.694592).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.1 km²), of which, 6.6 square miles (17.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.46%) is water.
Sheffield was the home of Muscle Shoals Sound Studios at 3614 Jackson Avenue and later at 1000 Alabama Avenue. Cher, The Rolling Stones, Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Joe Cocker and many others recorded the biggest hits of their careers in this small studio, that was well known and respected through out the music industry.
Sheffield, at the Spring Creek boat launch and park area was also recognized as one of the Colbert County sites of embarkation, by riverboat and barge from the ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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