Chilton County News

It's been more than 60 years since Peach Week started in the Chilton County. Just a few years ago, the Chilton Co.

A Verbena teenager was arrested Wednesday morning after apparently breaking into Action Motorsports in Clanton.

Alabama state troopers are investigating a one-vehicle crash that occurred on Alabama 22 in Chilton County at about 7:45 a.m. today, according to a news release from the Alabama Department of Public Safety.

There's a lot going on this weekend. Tons of free activities. Here we go... Love peaches? Head south on I-65 for the final day of the Chilton County Peach Festival .

Arrested warrants have been issued for a north Chilton County man believed to be involved in a string of purse robberies targeting older women in Helena, Calera and Montevallo in Shelby County on Friday.

People calling to schedule a haircut soon learned that one a oebarber shopa offered quite a variety of other services and products.

A Montevallo man was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in Chilton County Saturday.

Be prepared for lane closures along one part of Highway 31. According to information from the Alabama Department of Transportation, an ALDOT resurfacing project will start on June 23, 2009 on U.S. 31 in Chilton County, from the Autauga County Line to the I-65 overpass, exit 205.

A Chilton County man died Friday when a lawnmower overturned and landed on him. The Thorsby city employee was cutting grass around the city baseball field when the accident happened.

A Montevallo man was killed Saturday when his vehicle struck a tree on Highway 155 in Jemison.

Thorsby Police and city officials are continuing to investigate the tragic death of Thorsby city employee Jeremy McDonald on Thursday.

Coordinators of Chilton Countya s annual Arthritis Walk are looking to recruit fundraising teams for the event.

Chilton County Commissioners are preparing for a new budget year which begins Oct.

Lines of people with baskets filled to the brim with glistening blackberries and blueberries waited under tents and on porches to buy their finds or to wait out the rain.

Authorities with the Moulton Police Department are still investigating an accident Thursday afternoon that reportedly claimed the life of a Chilton County man.

Apparent confusion on the outline of the glide path at the Chilton County Airport has led to a debate between the city of Clanton's planning commission, the airport authority and the Chilton County Commission.

Jason Powell strolls among the rows of blackberries, eyeing every trellis for the perfect, plump berry.

Chilton County Sheriff Deputies arrested a man late last month for selling marijuana, and in the process of the arrest, discovered he was in possession of 90 individual bags of pot.

According to Jemison authorities, two men in Dixon Circle were shot at around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, the result of "an earlier altercation." Jemison Chief of Police Shane Fulmer said a car, with four occupants, drove up to the Dixon Circle address and fired at least three shots at the two victims who were outside.

In just over one year, Alabama voters will head to the polls to participate in the 2010 Democratic and Republican primaries.