Centre News

The Cherokee County Board of Education, during a recent meeting, approved five transfers for the 2009-2010 School Year.

PLASTICULTURE PROJECT. Local educators, extension service personnel and other community representatives gathered recently at the residence of James Gilliland, County Road 116 in Centre, for a plasticulture demonstration.

CENTRE, Ala. a ' A Rome woman and a man wanted in Floyd County were arrested Friday in Centre, according to a report from the Cherokee County Sheriffa TMs Office.

Rain chances are decidedly lower today as a high pressure ridge in the upper atmosphere builds in across the area.

MARKED FOR CUTTING: A large "X" and an orange ribbon indicated the tree to be cut by a county highway department crew.

Athlete Desmond Brown from Cherokee County High in Centre, Ala., said he wants to play for Tennessee.

SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. A group of parents, grandparents and other supporters gather to urge the Cherokee County Board of Education to re-hire Greg Curley, band director at Cherokee County High School, during a recent board meeting.

The Cherokee County Class of 1959 will have a 50-year reunion in the Centre Middle School Library.

A preliminary report from the NTSB shows a mechanical problem led to a deadly plane crash last month in Cherokee County.

Although school officials remain cautious, the Cherokee County School System is slowly returning to a normal schedule following interruptions posed by the recent arrival of the swine flu in Alabama.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD. Luanne Hayes, volunteer director, presents Alex Teague with the Youth Leadership Award during the recent Youth Leadership Cherokee Class of 2009 Graduation Banquet.

From $10,000 to celebrate unidentified flying objects in Fyffe to $300,000 for the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, the $2.5 billion General Fund budget that is on Gov.

Just about everyone is familiar with the Boy Scouts of America and former Alabama head football coach Gene Stallings.

Brewton, Camden, Clanton and Dadeville, Alabama each offer one location for drug and alcohol rehabilitation for those with substance abuse problems at various drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers.

Johnny Childers of Toney, Ala., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Choo Choo Division tournament on Wheeler Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 19 pounds, 9 ounces.

The Cherokee County Sheriffa s Office has arrested a Leesburg man who had outstanding warrants.

An Alabama woman was arrested in Floyd County on Tuesday on charges that she was a fugitive from justice in her home state.

TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. Local law enforcement agents assisted in arresting a Rome, Ga.

Federal authorities in Alabama say they've arrested a Georgia man accused of trying to have seven people murdered.

The burned out remains of a small personal aircraft that lost control near Centre Municipal Airport in Centre, Ala.