Moulton News

MOULTON, AL (WAFF- Two new deputies will make up a new special victims unit for the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office.

Calhoun Community College's Center for the Study of Southern Political Culture is the recipient of a significant donation of books and artifacts for its archive.

" A tip that a former drug dealer had changed counties led to authorities arresting six people Wednesday on trafficking charges and confiscating 48 pounds of marijuana.

A meth bust in Lawrence County ends with the arrests of three people. Acting on tips, sheriff's deputies discovered five one-pot meth labs and drug paraphernalia inside a home on County Road 327 in Moulton on Monday.

MOULTON a ' Christopher Steven Jackson, 38, of 3323 Alabama 101 posted $30,000 bail and is out of the Lawrence County Jail after deputies arrested him Sunday on a charge of first-degree assault of a Town Creek man, according to a press release from Sheriff Gene Mitchell.

Superintendent of Schools Heath Grimes will recommend that Lawrence County spend its interest-free stimulus bond money on projects he said will significantly impact the system.

After weeks of getting the school prepared for demolition, the old Moulton Middle School came tumbling down Wednesday.

MOULTON a ' A tip from a citizen led to the arrests of a Moulton man and woman who face charges of using and storing drugs near children.

The premier time for fall foliage viewing is nearing, said Jeremy McDonald, fall color coordinator at Bankhead National Forest.

For the first time Wednesday, the man at the center of the executive director controversy sat down with North-central Alabama Regional Council of Governmentsa personnel committee.

MOULTON a ' Authorities have released the name of the man who died in a one-vehicle wreck in Lawrence County.

A shooting early Wednesday sent one Lawrence County man to the hospital and another to jail without bail.

Former bank executive Wally Terry of Decatur said a search committee never said his salary would be $100,000 if he became the next North-central Alabama Re-gional Council of Governments director.

MOULTON a ' Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell says a Trinity man confessed to stealing a four-wheeler Monday in the East Lawrence community.

MOULTON a ' Lawrence County Commissioner Danny Kerby broke two tied votes at his first commission meeting Monday.

At noon, the sound of cannons raced through the air here, as it had a little more than 145 years ago.

Police are seeking the identity of this man and woman allegedly involved in the kidnapping of a three-year-old boy from Walmart in Florence.

The North-central Alabama Regional Council of Governmentsa personnel committee will recommend that the organizationa s new executive directora s beginning salary be $84,073. The group decided Monday to make that recommendation after receiving the results of a salary survey Condrey and Associates of Georgia performed.

MOULTON a ' The Lawrence County Commission voted Wednesday to postpone action on a Lawrence Medical Center Healthcare Authority Board appointment.

Although the damage and destruction is not as widespread as that caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Ivan, flooding in North Georgia last week was just as intense.