Covington County News

The Covington County Sheriff Department has charged a husband with murder in the death of his wife.

A Covington County man has been arrested for the murder of his wife. Sixty-nine-year-old Bobby Wayne Copeland is being held without bond in the Covington County jail on murder charges.

With the Fourth of July only days away, local residents were turning out in droves at local retail establishments to prepare for the upcoming holiday.

Donald Dozier, Dewayne Dozier, Byron Dozier, Randall Helms and Clint Veasey hoist the 15-by-25-foot flag.

Twelve people have applied for the Emergency Management Agency director position.

A two-vehicle accident in Covington County killed an Andulasia man and injured another.

William Barnes, 66, Andalusia, was traveling south on County Road 85 in a 1996 Cutlass Cierra when it was struck in the passenger side by a 2000 Ford F-150 driven by Christopher M. Watson, 35, of Andalusia.

Alabama athletic director Mal Moore speaks at the Covington County chapter of the Alabama Alumnie Assocation's annual scholarship reception.

Electronic bingo has been brought up as a revenue cure for Covington Countya s cash strapped budget.

An inmate who escaped from the Escambia County Jail was captured early Saturday in Covington County, Ala.

A Covington County grand jury has returned a 10-count indictment against a U.S. Navy man who confessed in April to raping and sodomizing a girl under 12.

Sales tax collections are holding strong throughout Covington County, with the area showing an increase in collections of nearly 2 percent through the 2009 fiscal year.

A former Covington County, Alabama, commissioner and his wife are accused of stealing an estimated $230,000 in fuel from an Opp distributing company.

When Speaker of the House Seth Hammett, D-Andalusia, announced at the end of this year's legislative session that he doesn't plan to seek re-election in 2010, he took much of the state by surprise.

NC babysitter, infant, found safe in Opp Updated: A teenage babysitter who authorities believed had run away from a North Carolina home with a 9-month-old girl has been found safe with the baby in Alabama.

Local non-profit agencies that wish to receive funding through the 2010 Covington County United Fund must return their applications by Friday at 5 p.m., CCUF secretary Heather Murphy said.

An Andalusia man was arrested Monday for allegedly robbing a female acquaintance at gunpoint earlier last week.

An estimated 550 households in Covington County have the opportunity to receive summer cooling assistance through the Organized Community Action Program, and residents are urged to apply now.

A former judge warned Covington County commissioners Monday that they could lead the county into a legal quagmire if they adopt rules governing electronic bingo, and a former commission chairman said electronic bingo is needed to a oesave the county.a After listening to the two men for 45 minutes, county commissioners only said theya ll discuss it ...

This year's local Click-It-Or-Ticket blitz was deemed a productive one by area law enforcement.