Elkmont News

Karen Abernathy of Elkmont held back tears Friday as she described her daughter as "outgoing" and "free-spirited." Abernathy's 21-year-old daughter, Jessica Lynne Braithwaite, mother of a young son, was killed at about 7:40 Thursday night in an all-terrain vehicle crash on Spence Cave Road, seven miles west of Ardmore.

ARDMORE a ' An Elkmont woman died in a four-wheeler accident Thursday night near Ardmore.

An Elkmont woman is dead and an Ardmore man is in the hospital after an ATV crash Thursday night.

Jeff Roberts said although it's been 3 1/2 years since his son, 13-year-old Clinton Kirby Roberts of Elkmont, died when he was struck by a motorcyclist while riding his skateboard on a county road, it's only been recently, "That I had enough sense to talk about it." Roberts said he wonders why the city does not provide a skateboard park.

If you've been looking for fun stuff to do this summer, but you don't want to break your budget, you're in luck.

Three local area business and community leaders recently joined the United Way of Athens Limestone County board of directors.

Five bands and numerous volunteers are coming together next week to help a 7-year-old Elkmont boy and his family.

Until autopsy results are released, authorities can't officially say what killed an Elkmont man found dead in a burning home Friday but they believe he probably died of smoke inhalation.

Five men and a woman from four cities were rounded up Monday by Limestone County Sheriff's investigators for failure to pay child support.

The state fire marshal is trying to determine the cause of a Friday afternoon house fire that killed a man on Leggtown Road, northwest of Elkmont, an official said.

An Elkmont man accused of fondling a 20-year-old convenience-store employee has been charged with first-degree sexual abuse, according to the Limestone County Sheriff's Department.

An Elkmont man could spend life in prison after pleading guilty to reckless murder in the death of a young mother last year in a head-on collision on Alabama 127, said Limestone County District Attorney Kristi Valls.

Pettusville Cemetery homecoming and decoration day will be today, beginning with an 11 a.m. church service led by former pastor Andrew Dressler.

An Ardmore man led Limestone County authorities on a 20-minute chase through Alabama and Tennessee on Monday morning, reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per hour before he crashed and was captured.

The Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests Monday: * Delana Elizabeth Goodwin, 40, of 17064 Cross Key Road, Elkmont, second-degree manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia * Anthony Houston Green, 33, of 7019 E. Alabama 36, Lacey's Spring, failure ...

A state fire marshal collected carpet and floor samples from the bedroom of an Ardmore home that burned Friday to determine if the fire was set.

Alabama Sen. Tom Butler has asked the governor and the head of the state Department of Transportation for immediate safety improvements at the intersection of U.S. 72 and Hardy Road.

More charges have been filed against four Alabama fugitives captured a week ago after a standoff in southwestern North Dakota.

The Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests Monday: * Jennifer Marie Frazier, 33, of 1033 Bell Meade Ave., Florence, negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument * Wilbur C. Steele, 63, of 1242, Beltline Road, Apt.

The Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests Tuesday: Donna Hargrove, 38, of 27238 Salem Minor Hill Road in Lester, an employee at Piggly Wiggly in Elkmont, was arrested and charged with theft and fraudulent use of a debit or credit card.