Powell News

DeKalb County investigators are working to solve a series of burglaries that targeted area churches.

Wanda Furgerson, 70, of Rainsville, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at St. Vincent's East Hospital.

If the weather cooperates, construction on Sylvania Gap Road will start sometime in the foreseeable future.

The Rainsville City Council continued discussion Monday about the possibility of allowing Geraldine to tie onto a sewer line in Fyffe that runs from there into Rainsville's wastewater management system.

About 41 local farmers will receive funds to help clean up after a tornado struck Sylvania and Powell in April.

A Rainsville man injured in a 2007 head-on collision in Rainsville during a high-speed police chase filed suit last week in DeKalb County against several DeKalb County, Jackson County and Tennessee law enforcement agencies.

The DeKalb County Commission is expected to hear from Solid Waste Supervisor Rhonda Jackson about annual garbage exemptions available.

A joint investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, DeKalb County Drug Task Force and Powell Police led to a marijuana bust Wednesday in Pleasant View.

Agencies helping in response to the April tornado that caused extensive damage in Sylvania and Powell are experiencing hardships of their own.

Officials in DeKalb County are warning people in the Powell area about a phone scam involving sanitation bills.

The water that flooded Dothan streets nearly two months ago has forced one Dothan healthcare clinic to permanently change addresses.