Florence and Lauderdale County schools plan to seek guidance from state superintendent, Dr. Tommy Bice, then vote on the calendar for the upcoming school year.

Florence City Schools say the calendar committee will meet Thursday afternoon after hearing from Dr. Bice.

Employees will be allowed to vote on the plan they prefer on Friday.

Florence superintendent anticipates a board meeting to be called on Tuesday to vote on the new calendar.

Lauderdale County Schools reworked the calendar to go before the board for a vote on Thursday evening.

The school boards decided not to make a decision about next year's calendar before getting guidance from the State Board of Education.

FLORENCE, AL (WAFF)- The Florence City Council voted to rezone land in Florence for during a meeting Tuesday evening.

The area is near the intersection of Cloverdale Road and Cox Creek. The land will eventually pave the way for a new Walmart.

Since January, the "CAUS" group has been very vocal on their stance against rezoning.

Dozens of people attended the meeting to discuss their opinions on rezoning. The crowd overflowed into the streets and police were on hand to deal with crowd control.

The meeting took nearly four hours. The council heard from both sides on the issue.

One resident in favor of the decision said Walmart will bring jobs for minorities that the mom and pop stores can't.

Another resident against the decision said she doesn't want the noise and traffic of Walmart so close to her home.

FLORENCE, AL (WAFF)- An elderly man was killed by a passing truck in Lauderdale County Tuesday morning.

The vehicle struck him on Alabama 157. Troopers said that Ozie Tucker, 91 was killed at around 3:40 a.m.

His body was found in the roadway and pronounced dead on the scene.

The driver was Ronald Liles of Florence. He was uninjured.

Authorities said Tucker was wearing dark clothing and it was foggy which could have lead to the accident.

The case is under investigation.

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