GADSDEN POST—At approximately 9:49 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division was notified that a fallen tree has caused road blockage. All lanes on Alabama 117 near Valley Head city limits, in Dekalb County are currently closed and will be for an undetermined amount of time. Troopers…
FORT PAYNE, Ala. – It is with great sadness that the remains that were located in Valley Head, Al on March 23, 2023, have been identified by the Alabama Department of Forensic Science Laboratory in Huntsville, Al, as those of 19-year-old Makenna Joy Purvis. Makenna was reported missing in September of 2022. An extensive search…
03/23/2023 Human Remains Found in Valley Head Area FORT PAYNE, Ala. – Earlier today, human remains were found in a wooded area in the Valley Head area. The remains were located in a thick wooded area on the forest floor by Huntsville Search Dog Unit. JSU Center for Applied Forensics responded to assist and then transported…
VALLEY HEAD, AL – A single-vehicle crash at approximately 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, has claimed the life of a Valley Head woman. Yuliana O. Meza, 35, was fatally injured when the 1988 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 in which she was a passenger traveled off the roadway and struck a tree. Meza was not using a…
HUNTSVILLE —The Alabama Department of Transportation will close Alabama 117 betweenMentone and Valley Head about noon today as a precaution, pending further investigation and repair of a landslide below the roadway on the side of Lookout Mountain. Official detours for commercial traffic are below. Northbound AL 117 traffic (traveling toward Valley Head): AL 117 SB…
