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🌱 Hanceville landline customers: Check whether AT&T's changes affect you

Hanceville, Alabama Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Hanceville! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Hanceville landline customers: Check whether AT&T's changes affect you
  • Mud Creek festival brings crafts and holiday cheer downtown
  • Family and DHS dispute circumstances of Wallace State brothers' arrests

Also on today's calendar: Cullman City Planning Commission.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 68 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 59, low: 37.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and cool, with a high of 51 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. AT&T authorized to discontinue some landline service starting this weekend (rocketcitynow.com) — Some AT&T landline customers in Hanceville could face service changes starting Nov. 15, after federal regulators authorized discontinuing certain traditional telephone services. The approval covers only portions of designated service areas, not every customer, and does not require an immediate shutoff. Customers should contact AT&T to check their address and replacement options.
   

2. Hanceville holds 16th annual Mud Creek Arts & Crafts Festival (cullmantribune.com) — Downtown Hanceville filled with handmade crafts, holiday gifts and families browsing booths during the 16th annual Mud Creek Arts & Crafts Festival on Nov. 7. Along Commercial Street, vendors offered everything from upcycled wooden Christmas trees and custom ornaments to gaming cards and sweet treats.
   

3. DHS and family respond to ICE arrests of two Wallace State student-athletes (abc3340.com) — Wallace State is expressing concern for brothers Carlos and Luis Orta-Santoro after ICE arrested them Nov. 5. DHS says they overstayed their temporary authorization, while their family says they have Temporary Protected Status and valid work permits. DHS did not specifically address those claims and says an immigration judge will hear their cases.
   

4. Jackson County 2026-27 Varsity Girls Basketball Preview (jcsentinel.com) — Defending Class 2A champion North Sand Mountain begins a new chapter under coach Cole Birchfield as Jackson County's girls basketball teams open their seasons. The seven-team preview also follows Scottsboro's move back to the Northeast Regional bracket at Jacksonville State after two seasons assigned to the Northwest Regional in Hanceville.
   

5. Obituary: Bennett Wayne Tucker (cullmantribune.com) — Bennett Wayne Tucker, 77, of Hanceville died November 8 in Birmingham and is remembered by his daughter Stacy as a gentle, kind father. Visitation is Thursday, November 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at North Point Community Church in Kimberly, followed by the funeral at 1 p.m.
   

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  • Show us your smile!
    ADPH's Oral Health Office is having the 10th Annual Share Your Smile With Alabama Photo Contest. Your child must be in third grade and live in… (Nextdoor )
  • People who get all their MMR shots are 97 percent protected and probably won't get measles.
    If you don't know if you got the MMR shots, ask your doctor. Learn more at alabamapublichealth.gov/immunization/measles.html. (Nextdoor )
  • Hanceville Nursing Home Inc posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Hanceville. Apply here.
  • Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Hanceville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hanceville here.

Ok Hanceville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Hanceville

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