Colbert County News

Colbert County investigators have uncovered a huge marijuana patch. They received a tip about where the plants were growing.

Officials at the Alabama Forestry Commission say the rainfall deficit and a holiday weekend with fireworks and cookouts could become a recipe for danger.

TUSCUMBIA, AL It has been seven months since a Colbert County man was killed in a violent home invasion.

The Hellen keller Festival begins tomorrow in Colbert County. This year marks the 31st year of the week-long event.

A Colbert County man has been arrested for firing a gun in downtown Leighton. The gun and ammunition he used was very powerful.

The driver of a tractor trailer involved in a collision with a train Wednesday afternoon has been released from the hospital.

The state unemployment numbers for May were released Friday, and they do not look good.

A train and an 18-wheeler collided in Colbert County late Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred on Old Alabama Highway 20 just outside of Leighton about 3 p.m., when investigators said the truck hit a diesel tank on the train.

Alabama is second in the nation when it comes to gun-related deaths. Colbert County Coroner Carlton Utley said he wasn't surprised at the statistic and believes most of the deaths were suicides.

Alabama Marine Police say a body found on the shoreline of Pickwick Lake in March has been identified as that of a man missing from Olive Branch, Miss., since December 2008.

Published: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. There are a few subtle differences between 18-year-old twins, Nathan and Kevin Freeman.

Q: My daughter got married about two months ago and it just didn't work out from about two days later.

An update to a story about a series of deadly crashes on a dangerous corridor in the Colbert County.

A 30-year-old wastewater treatment plant in desperate need of repair and one Colbert County town is hoping to get an upgrade.

COLBERT HEIGHTS - Two men and a teenage boy were killed in a one-car wreck in Colbert County after the driver lost control of the vehicle after going around a sharp curve.

Alabama State Troopers are investigating a wreck that killed three people south of Tuscumbia.

It's official. The city councils in Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia approved the sale of draft beer.

Draft beer is only a few votes away from being sold in Colbert County. The three major cities there are voting on the ordinance Monday.

Two women from Georgia say they're out several hundred thousand dollars after they bought into a franchise owned by a Shoals man.

Governor Riley signed a bill last week that will allow the sell of draft beer in the county, but there's a catch.