Monroeville News

Dec. 7 -- The three young men accused of gang rape are asking for youthful offender status.

A Monroe County grand jury has indicted three young men on charges of rape and sodomy involving two 14-year-old girls last month.

Bob Riley, as governor of Alabama. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. a ' There is a report that Gov.

MONROEVILLE, Ala. - A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, a district attorney said.

Nov. 20 -- A stunning development in a story that's had our community on edge this week.

Fruitcake isna t among my must-have holiday favorites, but a short story about making fruitcakes is very high on my holiday list.

DeShon Riley stands charged with felony rape in Monroe County. Justin Williams stands accused of felony rape in Monroe County.

Nov. 19 - It's a crime sending shockwaves throughout a South Alabama community: two teenage girls allegedly gang raped.

Nov. 18 - Two teenage boys and a young man are accused in the gang rape of two 14 year old girls.

Nov. 18 - Two teenagers and a man are accused of gang raping two 14-year-old girls.

One Monroeville-area teenager was being held in the Monroe County Detention Facility and authorities were seeking two others in connection with the alleged gang rape Monday of one 14-year-old girl and the attempted rape of a second, authorities said.

Alabama Southern Community College announced late last week that it would not provide its classes at the Demopolis Higher Education Center for the Spring 2010 semester.

A 30-year-old Beatrice man, charged with capital murder, remained in the Monroe County Detention Facility without bail Tuesday after an 81-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

In 1966, Truman Capote recorded the narration for the television adaptation of "A Christmas Memory" that appeared on the weekly series "ABC Stage 67." It's fruitcake weather in Monroeville.

ThyssenKrupp Steel USA and ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA will hold a job fair Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Wilcox Central High School in Camden, Ala., the steelmaker said.

Fruitcake's just a big joke -- until you taste a good one. No, really. Fruitcake mak er extraordinaire Aubret H. White of Autauga County coaxed me into sampling his fruitcake just before Christ mas of 2008, and I was pleas antly surprised with the de licious blend of fruit and nuts.

Dallas Voice :: Sweet homo Alabama : "In tiny Monroeville, Ala. , Sandy Smith, executive director of the towna s Chamber of Commerce, wears a Truman Capote T-shirt. She stands proudly in a section of the towna s museum dedicated to the gay author who spent his early childhood there.

PASA hosts a traveling theatrical version of To Kill a Mockingbird Sunday at the Heymann Performing Arts Center while Lafayette reads the best-selling novel by Harper Lee as part of Acadiana's 'Big Read.' To glimpse into the history of the Pulitzer Prize-winning tale and its legendary author, travel to Monroeville, Ala., where you can enter the ...

Harper Lee grew up with Truman Capote in small-town Alabama and wrote the bestselling novel of the 20th century.

A cold front will move through the area bringing cooler and less humid air to the region beginning tonight and continuing through Thursday.