It was very disheartening. At times, you just wanted to break down in tears.

In a couple of years, you'll be driving on new road from 248 to Arkansas, ... It will be more efficient and safer.

We ended up feeling like prisoners at sea. It was awful.

We are expecting another outstanding group of musicians to compete again this year. The music and the arts and crafts make this one of the biggest events held annually in North Alabama.

They may be a big company but they have to stand up and pay attention now. They know they did something they shouldn't have done and hopefully it doesn't happen again.

It went pretty smooth, ... We hardly had to impact the traffic. We had good cooperation from the Hollister Police Department in getting traffic around.

(Wednesday) night, our longest stop was about 20 minutes, ... Then we were able to open one lane.