Lawrence County News

" A tip that a former drug dealer had changed counties led to authorities arresting six people Wednesday on trafficking charges and confiscating 48 pounds of marijuana.

Lawrence County has a new Special Victims Unit. Sheriff Gene Mitchell says in the three years he's served as sheriff, he's seen the number of children in dangerous situations increase.

Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell announced Tuesday he is forming a Special Victims Unit for the Criminal Investigations Division.

A meth bust in Lawrence County ends with the arrests of three people. Acting on tips, sheriff's deputies discovered five one-pot meth labs and drug paraphernalia inside a home on County Road 327 in Moulton on Monday.

LawA rence County commissioners and County Administrator Peggy King spent Tuesday afternoon reading minutes of meetings dating to September 2007.

A Lawrence County man asked for a mental evaluation before his trial for bank robbery in Morgan County Circuit Court Tuesday.

MOULTON, AL (WAFF- Two new deputies will make up a new special victims unit for the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office.

Superintendent of Schools Heath Grimes will recommend that Lawrence County spend its interest-free stimulus bond money on projects he said will significantly impact the system.

With vials containing the H1N1 vaccine in stock, area clinics braced for a crowd.

MADISON a ' Gov. Bob Riley gave out $34 million in federal stimulus money Thursday to school systems in Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties.

MOULTON a ' A tip from a citizen led to the arrests of a Moulton man and woman who face charges of using and storing drugs near children.

The Lawrence County Commission will vote on months of meeting minutes in November, Chairwoman Alma Whitlow said.

The premier time for fall foliage viewing is nearing, said Jeremy McDonald, fall color coordinator at Bankhead National Forest.

A shooting early Wednesday sent one Lawrence County man to the hospital and another to jail without bail.

There were three arrests in the Tennessee Valley in the last two days on child sex abuse charges, and one expert credits the uptick on a program that helps children in schools speak out.

After a small tornado rips through Lawrence County last week, there is some question about the weather sirens working.

Lawrence County sheriff's investigators arrested a man early Monday morning for theft of property.

Decatur police said they caught a Trinity woman hiding behind a business Saturday with a van parked nearby full of stolen metal.

Parents who have invested in Alabama's Pre-Paid College Tuition Program, or PACT, are worried they could lose their investment.

MOULTON a ' Lawrence County Commissioner Danny Kerby broke two tied votes at his first commission meeting Monday.