Lauderdale County News

Jury selection is scheduled to begin July 20 in Lauderdale County in the trial of a former Clements High School teacher on charges of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse, records show.

WAFF 48 News is covering the Heart of the Valley. Today on WAFF 48 News at 5. Someone's getting away with murder.

Limestone County rescue crews were aiding teams from Lauderdale County to search Tuesday for a man believed to have drowned where the Elk River meets the Tennessee River.

Cadaver dogs narrowed the Tennessee River search area to within 50 feet for a missing Giles County, Tenn., man who disappeared beneath the water Tuesday afternoon on a fishing trip near the mouth of the Elk River.

Lauderdale County authorities are searching for the men who robbed a gas station Monday night.

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

FLORENCE, AL Law enforcement agencies from across North Alabama gathered in the Shoals Thursday, as a new training center was opened that will benefit everyone.

Monday night's storms hit Lauderdale County hard. Hundreds of trees were uprooted, and some residents did not have power until Tuesday.

Alabama Sen. Tom Butler has asked the governor and the head of the state Department of Transportation for immediate safety improvements at the intersection of U.S. 72 and Hardy Road.

FLORENCE -- A Brooks High School history teacher has avoided assault charges when a jury instead found him guilty of misdemeanor harassment for the punches he landed on a school administrator in February.

The fate of a Brooks High School teacher is decided. Allen Wilson was found guilty of attacking a Lauderdale County school administrator in February.

FLORENCE - Testimony has began in the trial of a suspended Brooks High School history teacher charged with assault in a fight with a school administrator in Lauderdale County.

Temp: 90.0 F Heat Index: 95 F Although many of the initial fears about the swine flu are gone, health care officials say the virus itself should not be forgotten.

A convicted sex offender reported missing three years ago is now back behind bars.

PETERSVILLE, AL Lauderdale County officials are putting the breaks on four-wheeler operators who they say are damaging parts of the Lauderdale County Landfill.

A neighborhood in the Shoals has been hit hard by burglars, and residents are tired of not feeling safe.

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.

Lauderdale County authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man over the weekend to see if self-defense was the motive, but the family of the victim disputes that claim.

Police say 40-year-old Homer Wood Jr. of Lexington was shot and killed in an argument with another man who has not been charged.

An altercation between two Lauderdale County men this afternoon lead to a shooting that is now under investigation.