Lowndes County News

Two Fort Deposit police officers are facing a robbery charge after allegedly robbing a man they stopped on Interstate 65.

Two Fort Deposit police officers are in jail accused of robbing a citizen. District Attorney John Andrews tells WSFA 12 News the Alabama Bureau of Investigation arrested the officers after they allegedly stopped a citizen on Interstate 65 and robbed that person.

The Georgia State Patrol says a highway dispute could have led to a fiery three-vehicle collision that killed four Kentucky residents on Interstate 75.

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is submitting a list of 16 community-enhancement projects for approval by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

There he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Nonviolent Action Group .

Barbara Evans of Lowndes County will seek the District 69 seat for the Alabama House of Representatives in 2010.

The feuding between the governor and his hand-picked attorney general over electronic bingo gambling machines has become so intense that the Alabama Supreme Court is having to sort out who's right.

TRIBUTE: Mukasa Dada addresses the audience during the Kwame Ture Memorial Lecture Series on Thursday at Lions Centre in Woodbrook.

Gov. Bob Riley already has found himself at odds with Alabama's attorney general over the issue of gambling.

Gov. Bob Riley has accused Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb of judge shopping by removing one judge and appointing another to oversee the legal fight over electronic bingo in a Lowndes County gambling hall.

HAYNEVILLE - It's nice to live long enough to "smell the roses" during an extended, productive life.

Unemployment in the Montgomery area fell in April and the state's rate paused at 9.0 percent after 18 months of increases.

Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden is never at a loss for words when it comes to chasing the bad folks in the county but today the high sheriff is choosing to be quiet because he is the victim in the latest crime in Butler County.

James 'J.T.' Thomas Jr. pushes hard during an immunity challenge called 'Tarantula' in Sunday night's final episode of 'Survivor: Tocantins -- The Brazilian Highlands.' Thomas, of Mobile, told the Press-Register in an interview that he plans to continue his life as a cattle rancher and hopes to keep us his friendship with his ally and rival on the ...

A single-vehicle crash in Lowndes County leaves one person dead and another person fighting for their life after both were ejected from the vehicle.

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 4:23 a.m. Alabama state troopers say a Hayneville man was killed and his son was injured in a traffic accident in Lowdnes County.

WSFA 12 News has confirmed one person is dead and another person is hurt after a deadly crash on Highway 97 in Lowndes County.

In just a few months time, the bill with its star-studded ad campaign appears to have died in the State Senate from lack of support.

The topic of gambling in Alabama has heated up in recent months. Current legislation in Montgomery would expand gambling to several locations around Alabama, including in Jefferson County.

Gov. Bob Riley's deputy legal advisor said that the Sweet Home Alabama bill proposed in the current legislative session came as a direct result of the governor's gambling task force.