Brewton News

In an area where severe dog abuse has generated headlines, an Escambia County couple left $200,000 in their will for animal care at the local shelter.

The Brewton Standard : A group of 47 women spanning a five-county area are working toward making Christmas merry for nearly 500 residents in the area.

Downtown Jay will be blocked off and packed with people shuffling through arts and crafts booths looking for the perfect Christmas presents, listening to live music and awaiting the annual Christmas parade that strolls down Commerce Street.

A University of Montevallo freshman and Sparkman High School graduate died in a multi-car accident Monday night.

Two brothers died in a two-vehicle collision Friday afternoon on a residential street in Guntersville, police said.

'Big Brother is watching.' When I was forced to read Orwell's book, 1984 was still 12 or 13 years in the future.

Two men were killed in a car crash in Guntersville Friday afternoon. Police say 25-year-old Jonathon Corley Pendleton of Brewton and 23-year-old Sean Christopher Pendleton of Guntersville were killed at the scene when the Mazda RX-8 they were riding in crashed into a Ford Ranger truck.

A sampling of noteworthy exhibits. Paper Dolls Showing through November 28 at 2nd Row Studio, Roam Projects presents Southern Belles and Childhood Tales: New Works by John Westmark .

The city of Montgomery's prostitution stings continue. This time eleven suspects have been arrested on charges of solicitation.

BREWTON, AL, November 2, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Billy D. Blair, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in law enforcement & intelligence.

BREWTON, Ala. - Escambia County Sheriff's deputies arrested school board member Richard Hawthorne on Friday after a grand jury indicted the former corrections officer on seven charges in connection with allegations that he fondled female inmates under his control, according to Escambia County Sheriff Grover Smith.

HUNTSVILLE - Huntsville police arrested 13 students and one adult after a fight at Johnson High School.

The following suspects were charged with felonies Friday at Escambia County Jail.

One shot to the head was all it took for an elderly gentleman to bring down a home intruder.

There's one thing you have to say about Alabama's first lady, Patsy Riley: 'If she hosts it, they will come.' And come they did, as she joined Gov.

Bishop State Community College. Colleges around the state have seen enrollments rise as the economy has soured.

Georgia-Pacific's Naheola mill, near Pennington, Ala., shown here in 2002. Standard & Poor's has upgraded the credit rating of Georgia-Pacific LLC to BB+ from BB-. Standard & Poor's upgraded the credit rating of Georgia-Pacific LLC to BB+ from BB-, saying that the paper and building products has reduced debt, and that S&P expects relatively steady ...

The man shot to death while trying to break into an Escambia County, Alabama home had an accomplice.

A 24-year-old man was in the Escambia County Jail on Thursday charged with joining in a failed burglary that left his alleged crime partner shot to death.

An Atmore man says he is not a killer as he turns himself into the Escambia County, Alabama sheriff.