An After Hours Utilities Emergency in Sheffield?

 

If you live in Florence and have an after hours utilities emergency, don't be surprised when the listed number connects you to 911. At least it's in Lauderdale County and the person on the other end knows where Slaughterneck Road is. 

How about Sheffield? No, you don't get 911 or any place in Colbert County...or even Alabama. You get a call service located in another state where the attendant will tell you to hold on - she's doing the best she can.

For anyone who doesn't know, Sheffield has the highest overall utility rates in the Shoals. Yet you don't even get any homegrown emergency service?

It could be worse; you could be asked to leave a message for someone to get back to you...as your kitchen floods or a geyser spouts from the pothole-filled lane in front of your home.

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In case you're wondering what damage the 2025 Alabama legislative session will bring, at least ten city mayors are requesting that online sales tax be increased. They're not greedy, of course. They just want brick and mortar stores to have an even playing field with online merchants in their humble little towns.

Really? We bet most residents of Shoals towns (think Sheffield) would rather pay an even higher sales tax than have to go downtown to shop.