Andalusia News

Proration at 7.5 percent and then 12 percent in the Alabama state education budget means zero funding for the Andalusia Elementary School library for books and zero funding for teacher supplies.

Andalusia Homecoming 2010 organizers are trying to schedule the U.S. Navya s a oeBlue Angelsa for a show next year.

Straughn and Andalusia will be region opponents in football for the next two years, according to the Alabama High School Athletic Associationa s new 2010-12 realignment, announced Wednesday.

A Covington County employer has announced it is laying off more than 150 people.

Mayor Earl Johnson said that by this time next year, the current city administration will be a oeclosing ina on the major goals it set for the city.

Organizers hope the weather won't dampen the fun at Saturday night's Halloween on the Square, but they have a back-up plan in place if the weather forecasters predicting rain for Saturday are correct.

Police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for assaulting and robbing an 84-year-old Andalusia woman after breaking into her Eighth Avenue home during last weeka s homecoming parade.

Prosecutors plan to seek multiple life sentences if they get a conviction against a former Andalusia pastor accused of sexual abuse and torture of young boys on camping trips.

County health officials said they had enough H1N1 vaccine for 400 doses at Wednesday's clinic.

Grace Christian Fellowship Church is one many families in Andalusia praised at on Sunday mornings.

Shocked and stunned in Covington County. "Makes me really want to protect my two children even more," said Anthony Faircloth.

New details are emerging in the sex abuse case against a local pastor, as Sheriff Dennis Meeks confirmed Friday there are a oemultiplea child victims in this a oelarge-scalea investigation.

Two of the three school systems in the county reported an overall decrease in student enrollment, according to average daily membership reports sent to the state education department.

Saturday, an Andalusia couple, disenfranchised with a oemainstream mediaa will host a demonstration on the Court Square in honor of nation protest day.

For Andalusia High School graduate Donna Taylor, U.S. Hwy. 84 is more than just a route to travel back to her childhood home - it's become a metaphor for life.

Special needs preschoolers serviced by the Covington County School System will soon have a new place to learn, thanks to a nearly $250,000 renovation project at the system's central office.

This yeara s homecoming antics are steadily creeping upwards in severity as reports come in of homes being vandalized in areas throughout Andalusia.

This Christmas, stores throughout the nation will get a taste of Covington County as 17,000 of Chrissie Schuberta s Treatsa sugar cookies make their way into HomeGoods stores.

The River Falls Street project is still on track to be bid in the next four to six weeks, and actual work should begin in the first quarter of 2010, Tim Ramsden of CDG Engineering reported to the Andalusia City Council Tuesday night.

Two Pensacola, Fla., men are facing a multitude of charges, including two counts of attempted murder, after they allegedly attempted to sell illegal drugs to a group of young adults on the Court Square.