County Fair opens Thursday | Oktoberfest lights up Cullman | CASA funding appeal


Cullman Today – October 7, 2025

Here’s what’s making news in Cullman this morning:
🎉 Oktoberfest highlights — Music, costumes and four-legged “racers” lit up downtown
🎡 County Fair starts Thursday — Oct. 9–18 at the Cullman County Fairgrounds with rides, pageants, livestock, shows and exhibits
🧡 CASA urgent appeal — Local advocates ask for help to keep serving children

➕ Plus:
🩺 Cullman’s Dylon Wallace named UA Rural Medical Scholar
🧑‍🏫 CCPS students build “Hay People” in a hands-on Oktoberfest lesson
🔥 Hanceville Fire Chief Bart Absher hosts Fire-Safety Storytime — Wednesday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m., Shirley Burden Public Library
🏈 Youth football Week 7 snapshot across the county
🐘 Alabama 30–14 over No. 16 Vanderbilt — Ty Simpson 340 yards and 2 TDs; Jam Miller 136 rushing; defense grabs 3 takeaways; next at Missouri
☀️ Weather — Scattered midday/afternoon showers, high near 82; a few showers tonight, mid-60s. Cooler tomorrow, upper 70s, then comfortable mid-50s tomorrow night.
🕊️ Obituaries: Josephine “Jo” Warren Fowler; James “Jim” D. Kastner

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