Lowndes County News

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.

The "Southern Showcase Marching Band Invitational" was held at Rip Hewes stadium all day Saturday.

Today, Congressman Bobby Bright questioned two USDA officials on the specifics of certain conservation programs contained in the 2008 Farm Bill.

Attorney General Troy King this morning will personally protest the possible early release of two Alabama inmates, including one convicted of kidnapping and sodomy in Madison County.

Cherie Hagman of Meridianville told the state Board of Pardons and Parole Tuesday she'll never forget Billy McBride's words as he lay on the ground in handcuffs.

Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced Monday the conviction of White Hall Mayor John Jackson for violating the state ethics law.

An early morning tractor trailer fire on I-65 North between mile markers 141 and 142 in Lowndes County caused traffic to remain backed nearly all day.

Local and area residents are pinching -- some of them rolling -- their pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters as they prepare to forget a continuing economic re cession, at least for a little while.

Hayneville police chief John Mitchell was arrested in Butler County on Tuesday on charges he threatened Lowndes County Sheriff Charles "Chip" Williams.

In what has become a law enforcement merry-go-round the sheriff of Lowndes County has been arrested.

The Hayneville police chief was arrested and charged in Butler County. Chief Kelvin Mitchell is out on bond after being booked for menacing and harassment.