Ashland News

Ashland, Alabama AL Hwy 9 South toward Ashland, go through Ashland to Clay County Road 5. Turn Left on Clay County Road 5. Go 1/2 mile and turn left at the Enitachopco Ceremonial Grounds.

ASHLAND - A man who was shot and killed after cutting off the hand of an east Alabama deputy sheriff during an arrest is being described as a minister who started a church and sang gospel music with his family.

The Curtis Watts that James Crawford knew wasn't the sort of a man who would cut off a Clay County deputy's hand.

Members of the Cheaha Regional Mental Health Center Board toured Clay and Randolph counties Tuesday to get a big-picture view of the facilities and the region's mental health needs.

The fifth annual 'We are All Related' Native American Powwow took place over the weekend at the Whippoorwill Hollow Farm, giving local residents the opportunity to learn more about the Native American culture.

State transportation officials say they will give out $12.2 million in stimulus-funded grants to 10 Alabama airports by Sept.

Bishop James A. King Jr. was 14 when he answered a call to preach. It was at a place called Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Ashland, Ala., hometown of the 19th-century statesman and orator Henry Clay.

Alabama's first lady Patsy Riley says one of the best parts of traveling through small towns on her book tour is they take her back to her roots.

Decoration at Littlejohn Cemetery is to be today. Call Garland Estes at 447-8724 or Nancy Harris at 447-2807 to make donations or for more information.