Crenshaw County News

People everywhere will be celebrating the Fourth of July this holiday weekend, but for the city of Luverne, that is going to mean some changes - no fireworks' show.

The Choctawhatchee, Pea, and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority provided $500 to the South Crenshaw County Water Authority for the Crenshaw County Groundwater Festival.

Pike County Veterans Affairs Service Officer Randy Ross was selected the 2009 State Veterans Affairs Service Officer of the Year.

A request for a lounge liquor license was voted down Monday night by the Crenshaw County Commission after no one showed up for the public hearing at 5:45 p.m. The application for the license was put in for 909 Tucker Road in Grady, a residential area, according to Commissioner Charlie Sankey, Jr.

There will be a Rabies Vaccination Verification Program starting in Crenshaw County the week of June 25.

The number of unemployed in Pike County has risen in the last month, but ita s still well-under a state average that has exceeded national rates.

Crenshaw County teachers Connie Jacobs of Highland Home and Lisa Lawrence of Luverne Elementary were among more than 90 educators attending the 2009 Alabama Agriculture In The Classroom Institute in Prattville on June 16-18. During the three-day workshop, teachers toured area farms, participated in hands-on activities and discovered ways to educate ...

Sadie Jones, the daughter of Mike and Stephanie Jones of Luverne, was crowned Crenshaw County's Junior Miss 2010 Saturday night at the CCA gymnatorium.

Pictured above are the 2009 Troy Regional 4-H Round-Up winners from Crenshaw County.

Crenshaw County students were among about 100 outstanding young people from across the state who attended the Alabama Farmers Federationa s Youth Leadership Conference June 12-14 at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana.

Many African American educators and parents in Crenshaw County feel that they are being a oeless than adequately representeda within the Crenshaw County School System, according to Chuck Person, who addressed the Board of Education at its June 1 meeting.

Prattville businessman and first-term city councilman Ray Boles stayed out of politics for all but a few months of his first 35 years.

A Dozier man was arrested Friday night, May 29, and charged with domestic violence and assault after he hit a woman in the head with a hammer.

Two men from Ramer, Ala., pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental defect or disease Tuesday morning for the murders of Charles Doug Kelley and Patricia Anne Barginere last summer in Highland Home.

The notoriety of Bama Jam Music Festival in Enterprise has been growing by leaps and bounds since it made its debut last year.

Josephine Moore, who was among the last tobacco farmers in Alabama, stands in a curing barn.

May is "Older Americans Month" and the Furman G. Mitchell Multipurpose Center celebrated with its annual fish fry on May 29.

U.S. Congressman Bobby Bright has been spending quite a bit of time in Crenshaw County these last few days, as he works his way through 92 incorporated municipalities by the end of the summer.

Marvin's Building Materials and Home Center is now open for business. First announced in February, the store is located in a 36,000 square-foot portion of the old Wal-Mart building.

With all of the fears surrounding education layoffs and budget cuts, the Crenshaw County School System will only see the loss of two teacher units and one instructional aide for the next school year, and this was due to decreased enrollment, Schools Superintendent Kathi Wallace said.