Barbour County News

Last week, a federal judge in Montgomery ordered Barbour County Sheriff Leroy Upshaw and Chief Deputy Ronnie Benefield to stay away from Benfielda s daughter and her boyfriend.

Barbour County Sheriff Leroy Upshaw said Tuesday that video evidence will dispute recent allegations in a federal lawsuit claiming several of his deputies assaulted a man during a racially-motivated attack.

One of the three people who recently filed a lawsuit against members of the Barbour County Sheriff's Department, claiming deputies were involved in a racially-motivated assault, is currently being sought on felony drug charges in Dothan.

Tucked away on county road 12 in Russell County just a few miles north of Eufaula live the Screws family.

A federal judge in Montgomery has ordered Barbour County Sheriff Lee Roy Upshaw and Chief Deputy Ronnie Benefield to stay away from Benefield's daughter and her boyfriend after what the daughter says was a racially motivated assault.

Eufaulian Dr. Robert Bennett, the president and chief executive officer of Farmers Exchange Bank, will be the Barbour County Coordinator for Tim James' gubernatorial campaign.

The New Angels of Alabama recently performed at the B.B. King Showcase in Nashville.

A rare opportunity to view one of Eufaula's most outstanding assets is available to the public this Saturday in conjunction with the Jefferson Davis Celebration honouring Davis' birthday and Kolb's Battery of Eufaula and Barbour County.

Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson watched Jonathan Tishnell rise from a beginner jailer to a transport officer who worked hard to be his best.

Barbour County Coroner Chip Chapman has confirmed that Jonathon David Tishnell was found dead in boat at White Oak Shores in Barbour County.

If you hunt, you're going to have streaks of good and bad luck. I'm currently enjoying the former, having taken two awesome Alabama whitetails over the past two seasons.

After more than two years of trying, the city has acquired an old downtown property that is a key element in the revitalization of North Foster Street.

We don't envy our local officials. School board members, city council members, county commissioners and water board members are beginning work on their respective budgets for Fiscal Year 2010.

Arson and cruelty to animals were reported from the Clearing House of Barbour County, located on Jackson Street in Eufaula.

MAY 15 THEATER "Greater Tuna" will be performed by the new Featured Players Theatre at 137 N. St.

This isn't your typical flight. Instead of getting from point A to point B, Mike Mullen with the Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper is scouring the Choctawhatchee River looking for trouble.

An Alabama man who busted out of jail 16 years ago and fatally shot a police officer and another man in the midst of a crime spree is set to die by lethal injection Friday in South Carolina's execution chamber.

Press Release April 30, 2009 Sheriff Leroy Upshaw announced the arrest of a Eufaula resident on rape charges.

Forty-one-year-old Michael Vincent Vaughn of Eufaula is charged with two counts of sodomy with a child under the age of 12.

Sheriff Leroy Upshaw announced the arrest of a Eufaula man on sex charges after a three week investigation.