Samson News

Growing up in Samson, Shane Owens always saw a future on the gridiron rather than on a stage.

AlterNet Editor's Note: The shocking transfer of public wealth to Wall Street's pockets is illustrated vividly in Mark Ames' article below, which covers some very disturbing recent events in Alabama, where billionaires and banks are squeezing the locals so hard that they're literally going bankrupt just for flushing their toilets, where violence ...

There's no doubt about the intent behind the decision to send U.S. Army military police into Geneva County during Michael McLendon's murderous March 10 rampage through two counties.

Walton County sheriff's deputies helped track down five robbery suspects from Alabama on Wednesday.

On 10/21/09 the Holmes County Sheriff's Office received a , Be On The Lookout, for a vehicle headed toward Holmes County on SR 81 from Samson, Alabama.

Law enforcement officials, shown in this file photo, from across Alabama investigate one of the shooting rampage sites in Samson, Ala., on March 10, 2009.

A desire to be close to family and the opportunity to work with outstanding physicians are among the reasons Samson native Dr.

Did you know that the law requires the American flag be lowered in tribute on only a few days each year? Quite appropriately, one of these days is the observance of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.

FGHR (Flat Creek) Volunteer Firefighters will be cooking up Hamp Pridgen's famous BBQ Pork Ribs on Saturday, September 26th.

With the State of Alabama implementing a New Statewide Trauma System it is the goal of EMS workers to get any patient who meets the "State Trauma Criteria" to be transported to a trauma center within 60 minutes.

Ms. Connie Caraway, of Geneva, is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Tara Walls Brackin to Franklin Doyle Jones Jr., son of Mr.

Walton County shares a common Stateline with Geneva and Covington County, Alabama.

Walton County shares a common Stateline with Geneva and Covington County, Alabama.

Dothan schools met their goals in the Adequate Year Progress for Alabama, but some Wiregrass schools did not make the grade.

A judge gave a Kinston man a 12-year prison sentence Thursday for the shooting death of a 21-year-old man over the Christmas holiday in 2007.

Walton County shares a common Stateline with Geneva and Covington County, Alabama.

As Samson continues to recover in March deadly shooting, $78,000 in grant money is going to make much needed improvements around the town.

What happened in 1950 the year you were born , or was 1950 the year you graduated.

Special Deputy Ray Dillon was honored at a luncheon at the Sheriff's Office on July 28th for his service in the March 10th tragedy.

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions says he doesn't think Sotomayor has the convictions to resist the pull of judicial activism once she becomes a justice.