Choctaw County News

Scattered power outages and downed trees were reported tonight in Jackson as a line of storms rolled through four southwest Alabama counties.

Williams Cos. announces federal approval for pipeline expansion and new compressor station in Choctaw County, Ala.

A storm that dropped an estimated six inches of rain flooded roads and threatened property in southern Choctaw County today, officials said.

A landslide in Choctaw County, Ala., is threatening a road. No one was hurt, but the damage it caused could be long lasting.

Authorities say a 61-year-old Butler man has been killed in a single-vehicle accident on a country road in Choctaw County.

Choctaw County, Alabama is an impoverished, rural region of the Deep South, far out of the eye of the public because of its low population and destitute economy.

Gregory Manning, a member of the Kenyetta Dance Company, performs during last year's African-American Heritage Banquet in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King, Jr.

Williams Cos. Inc. opened its bidding season Thursday for natural gas providers wanting to move product on the proposed Mobile Bay South II pipeline expansion project.

By Brian Livingston blivingston@themeridianstar.com Choctaw County, Ala., authorities have charged a Lauderdale County man in connection with a recent burglary there.

Thanks to a $5000 grant from Georgia-Pacific, the fire department will be able to place a down payment on a new air compressor to fill air bottles.

Usually, when you think about "military kids," you think of the children of soldiers who move from base to base, but since the conflict in Iraq began in 2003, there has been a new level of military kids.

Investigators in Choctaw County believe they may have found the remains of a man who has been missing more than five years.

At the councila s regular meeting on Thursday night, DFD chief Ronnie Few told the council that the department understood the citya s financial crisis and was willing to forgo the raises for now, but keep the ...

A bus with 15 computers connected by satellite to high-speed Internet will be in Choctaw and Clarke counties to help seniors compare Medicare plans.

A Lisman man was sentenced today to life in prison for attempted murder in an attack that left a Choctaw County deputy badly burned.

Elderly people comparing Medicare plans will have access to a mobile broadband center arriving in Choctaw County on Thursday and Clarke County on Monday.