Valley News

A downtown "Winterfest," highlighted by the annual Christmas parade, will get the holidays started in Hogansville on Saturday.

Donations and volunteers are needed for the 19th annual Thanksgiving dinner at Cannon Street Elementary School, sponsored by Jake Sessions' "Up All Night" show on TV-33. About 1,200 mostly homebound residents were served in 2008, and 2,000 or more are expected this year.

The east Alabama town of Valley is ending a furlough program for city workers. Mayor Arnold Leak began the furloughs in January because the city was having financial problems.

The 12 Regional Championships within the 7 different regions across the country provide the second and final stage of the qualification process to the National Championships held at the famed Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., August 2-7, 2010.

Dr. William B. Fackler took this photo of Dr. John T. West, during their recent "Honor Flight" visit to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. West's reflection on the visit is printed here.

If you look closely, you can still see the Bill Heard name on the signs at Legacy Automotive.

Almost three-quarters of American colleges and universities are reporting cases of influenza-like illnesses among students, with the highest rates in the Southeast and Midwest, the American College Health Association says.

Black ribbons hang on the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity sign at Troy University in memory of 18-year old Andrew Salter of Valley, Alabama.

Trials are scheduled to begin this week for two people charged in Chambers County with capital murder in the killing of a Valley teenager.

A Lanett, Ala. man died early Thursday when the SUV he was driving crossed the center lane and collided with a dump truck in Valley, Ala., police said.

Imagine this. You're all dressed up and in a very expensive restaurant with romance oozing from the dcor to the subtle music in the background.

Twitter CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL - Chambers County Drug Task Force were alerted when two people went into a local business trying to buy items commonly used to produce meth.

Former President Jimmy Carter says he's honored to speak at ceremonies Aug. 30 that officially will kick off the Fuller Legacy Build in Lanett, Ala.

Wednesday evening in Valley, Ala., 3-year-old Braydon Moss was killed, it is believed, when a car rolled down the driveway at his home and struck him.

A 3-year-old boy found not breathing Wednesday afternoon in Valley, Ala. may have been run over by an unattended vehicle, police said.

The Valley City Council is expected to approve an employment contract with its current director of emergency medical services Monday.

SPRING VALLEY, AL Thursday a Colbert County man was struck by a vehicle while he was working.

Write a good set of patriotic lyrics and your audience will be wiping their eyes with red, white and blue handkerchiefs.

The next police chief in Valley will be a familiar face. City council members narrowed their search for a new chief during a work session Friday to Valley Capt.

Eric Jones, 28, and Teresa L. Wilkerson, 48, both of Valley, Ala. have been arrested and charged with drug possession.Jones was arrested for unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of psuedoephedrine.