Coffee County News

Alabama investigators said Wednesday they were closing in on a motive for the U.S. state's deadliest-ever shooting, in which a man killed his mother, grandmother and eight others before taking his own life.

While unemployment is wreaking havoc on home throughout the state, Pike County is experiencing the opposite.

A financial institution with branches in three major locations in Coffee County was selected Monday as the depository for Coffee County funds.

The Coffee County Family Service Center has received a grant to fund programs that aid about 150 families at any given time.

Between the Coffee County Sheriff's Office and the Enterprise Police Department there were 85 drug related arrests in the month of October including five meth labs.

"Our goal every day is public safety, effective prosecution. " That's the focus at the 12th Judicial Circuit District Office, according to Tom Anderson.

A New Brockton woman was taken into custody by police Monday in a Coffee County courtroom for allegedly taking $93,000 from Tri-County Property Management in Enterprise, where she was employed at one time.

A man acquitted in Dale County earlier this month for felony sodomy and rape charges now faces similar charges involving the same victim in Coffee County, according to authorities.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for a few good men and women to whom the agency owes money.

This is an undated family photo of former Coffee County Sheriff C.F. "Neil" Grantham holding his grandson Sean.

Brundidge City Councilman Arthur Lee Griffin was found guilty of assault third degree by a Coffee County District Court judge Thursday.

Brundidge Councilman Arthur Lee Griffin was found guilty of third degree assault Thursday in Coffee County District Court, but he will not be serving any jail time.

The husband and wife team of Dan and Pat Presley, Coffee County Extension Coordinator Stan Windham and Christian Mission Executive Director Johnny Belcher were honored for outstanding community service at a Farm City Week ceremony Thursday.

After three continuances, Brundidge City Councilman Arthur Lee Griffin will stand trial Nov.

Enterprise police made a drug arrest Wednesday after finding marijuana hidden in a Cheetos bag in a vehicle.

Coffee County was in the hands of 27 high school students Monday as the Youth Leadership Team took the reins of government for the day.

Participants attending next week's grower seminars sponsored by the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association will get a little something extra - three hours of continuing education credit toward their Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation requirements, according to Johnny Adams, AP&EA's executive director.

Come 2010, there could be no seated judge in the Pike County Courthouse after Circuit Judge Robert Barr hangs up his coat.

The Coffee and Geneva County Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities presented annual awards Tuesday to outstanding educators, businesses, social agencies and individuals who help people with disabilities become an integral part of the community.

An Army investigation found that soldiers should not have been sent to man traffic stops in a small Alabama town after 11 people were killed in March during a shooting spree.