Lowndes County News

Thousands braved chilly weather under sunny skies Thursday to watch as the three-hour Turkey Day Classic Parade worked its way down Dexter Avenue.

LOGAN -- "Turkey" tends to have a negative con notation in our country, but Bill Bates sees it as one of the highest possible compli ments anyone can receive.

The subject of bingo - specifically electronic bingo - is no stranger to Alabama or the residents of Covington County, and it remains in debate throughout Alabama.

SELMA - Cecil Williamson has had four careers - religion, politics, law and education - and those who know him wonder how he's found the time to do so much, often at the same time.

Wednesday evening, owners of the White Hall Bingo facility in Lowndes County voluntarily closed their doors indefinitely.

White Hall Resort and Entertainment Center will close temporarily until it can bring its electronic bingo machines into compliance, an attorney for the Lowndes County bingo hall said today.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:49 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:49 p.m. Attorney General Troy King is leaving it to district attorneys to determine if bingo operations in their counties are legal in light of last week's Supreme Court ruling on bingo.

A Friday decision from the Alabama Supreme Court was the first topic of discussion today in a Jefferson County courtroom, where a judge was set to hear arguments about the definition of bingo.

Reaction continues to pour in the newsroom Saturday following the Supreme Court decision on electronic bingo.

Timber theft is becoming a growing problem in the woodlands of Alabama. In 2008, the Alabama Forestry Commission received reports of more than $500,000 in timber theft.

There are new developments in the legal battle over the future of electronic gaming in Alabama.

LOWNDESBORO -- Why should wetland in Lowndes County be worth $285 an acre less than similar prop erty in neighboring Wilcox County? That's a question Lowndes County resident Rick Pate and several of his farming friends are asking.

Bingo halls across Alabama have continued to be on the forefront of hot debate in courtrooms and in the community.

A Mississippi casino group has begun airing ads deriding bingo halls and urging would-be gamblers to come to "real" casinos.

Even before the long-awaited Alabama Supreme Court ruling involving electronic bingo in St.

Bold burglars are terrorizing dozens of neighbors in rural areas from Montgomery County to Lowndes County, targeting homes in broad daylight.

Hasan Kwane Jeffries, a scholar on the Black Power movement, spoke to an almost capacity crowd in Gorgas Library's lecture hall.

Remembering Alabama's civil rights history is important, but it should not overshadow one of the movement's most important lessons, a state leader said Thursday.

Water gushes as Richard Holladay walks through his corn and soy bean fields. "This is definitely a time of year when we're not used to seeing this much water in our crops," he says.

WHITE HALL -- Controversy has been John Jackson's constant companion ever since he helped create the little Lowndes County community of White Hall 30 years ago and served as its mayor until midnight last Tuesday.