River Falls News

Some of Zachannia s pot. There was nothing sophisticated about the exterior appearance of a shed on Willie Frank Road in which members of the Covington County Drug Task Force found what they called the a oemost sophisticated indoor growa theya ve ever seen.

Mayor Earl Johnson said that by this time next year, the current city administration will be a oeclosing ina on the major goals it set for the city.

A triple-digit high-speed pursuit between a motorcycle and sheriffa s deputies landed a Red Level teenager in jail Tuesday night.

The River Falls Street project is still on track to be bid in the next four to six weeks, and actual work should begin in the first quarter of 2010, Tim Ramsden of CDG Engineering reported to the Andalusia City Council Tuesday night.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday at Fort Lewis for a soldier who died of an illness not related to combat.

An army soldier that died from a tick bite was laid to rest today in Covington County.

All Covington County flags will be lowered to half-mast today in honor of the local U.S. Army soldier who succumbed last week to a virus he contracted from a tick bite while serving in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: As of Friday, at least 760 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to the Defense Department.

An area soldier fighting in Afghanistan has died, not from the war, but from an insect bite.

Army officials say a Stryker Brigade soldier who fell ill in southern Afghanistan has died at a military hospital in Germany.

Mayor Earl Johnson will execute the final documents for a $6 million bond issue today, as authorized by the city council Tuesday night.

Peeping through my Venetian blind, I noted my yellow spider lilies had come up. Usually spider lilies are red; these I ordered years ago from a catalogue.

Merchants across Covington County are preparing for the wave of customers who will take advantage of the sales tax holiday this weekend.

An Andalusia man remains in jail on a host of charges Thursday after being tasered by a Sheriffa s deputy when he allegedly fled from law enforcement Tuesday night.

Merchants across Covington County are preparing for the wave of customers who will take advantage of the sales tax holiday this weekend.

Ofelia Quesada, owner of Ofelia's Italian Restaurant, serves dessert to Hillary Young of Opp as her son, 15-month-old Skyler, watches.

Arrested and booked into the Covington County Jail by the Covington County Sheriffa TMs Office a ' including the Florala, Lockhart, Red Level, Opp and River Falls Police Departments Mon., July 13, 2009 a John William Ryken, 43, on charges of driving under influence and possession of controlled substance and held on $17,500 bond.

Tuesday was a great day for property owners and residents with an interest in River Falls Street in Andalusia, as the city council agreed to proceed with seeking the funding needed to completely refurb the street and authorized Mayor Earl Johnson to borrow $2 million from a local bank to purchase the old Alatex property.

Federal stimulus money has a oepaveda the way for at least four new resurfacing projects in Covington County, said Bill Wofford, district supervisor for the Alabama Department of Transportation.

A Crestview, Fla., couple was jailed Monday after a traffic stop yielded the largest cocaine find by the River Falls Police Department this year.