Carbon Hill News

A judge ruled Monday that bingo halls in Walker County that use electronic player stations are illegal and has ordered the halls to shut down immediately.

Residents in the Walker County city of Carbon Hill will vote Dec. 8 to decide whether they want to allow alcohol sales in their city, the Daily Mountain Eagle reports .

We like to keep track of the local music scene - and in December of 2005, we featured a Birmingham musician with a soulful sound who had been working the clubs for a few years.

Birmingham's Boatright Cos. plans to expand into Chilton County with a $40 million crosstie plant in Clanton that will create 60 jobs.

Shane Boatright, owner of Boatright Enterprises. View Larger Boatright Enterprises Inc.

A JUDGE RULES SOME BINGO OPERATIONS IN WALKER COUNTY ARE ILLEGAL. JUDGE ROBERT VANCE RELEASED THE RULING TODAY.

Posted by Kent Faulk and Chuck Dean -- The Birmingham News August 25, 2009 2:32 PM A judge this afternoon ordered six Walker County electronic charity bingo halls to close by 5 p.m. Friday, after ruling they were not operating under state and local laws.

The Alabama Legislature demonstrated this past week that it really can be efficient.

Where you can't make this stuff up. Walker County's Rep. Ken Guin last week cast a crucial "yes" vote in the Alabama House of Representatives, giving Jefferson County's controversial occupational tax the legs it needed to pass -- 17 to 15.

A state representative who was at home sick more than 150 miles from Montgomery was recorded as voting in favor of a Jefferson County occupational tax that passed the House by just two votes.

Key legislative leaders questioned Wednesday whether the Jefferson County legislative delegation is as united as it needs to be to warrant calling lawmakers back to Montgomery in a special session over the county's occupational tax.

Key legislative leaders questioned Wednesday whether the Jefferson County legislative delegation is as united as it needs to be to warrant calling lawmakers back to Montgomery in a special session over the county's occupational tax.

State health officials warn... there's an increasing prevalence of whooping cough in Alabama... which is potentially fatal to infants.

Authorities say Walker County has reported 21 cases of pertussis - or whooping cough - so far this year, with the worst outbreak in the Carbon Hill area.

Twenty-one cases of pertussis, a highly infectious disease commonly known as whooping cough, have been reported so far this year in Walker County, with the worst outbreak in the Carbon Hill area, authorities said Monday.

The fate of the latest Alabama House resolution concerning the state Constitution has left many shaking their heads in wonder at what passes for the legislative process in Alabama.

The No. 1-ranked Pisgah Eagles scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat Carbon Hill 5-0 to stay alive in the Class 3A state softball tournament Friday night.

State troopers say a Walker County woman died in a single-vehicle crash on Scott Cemetery Road, 8 miles west of Jasper, around 7:41 a.m. today.

Joe Reed's name was taken from the ASU Acadome after he criticized school trustees.