Marion County News

The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake has hit a tiny Alabama town. The 2.0 earthquake happened about 12:23 p.m. Saturday in the town of Gu-Win, which has about 200 people living between Guin and Winfield in northwest Alabama.

Kris Webb, 42, of Guin spends Monday through Friday inspecting repairing layers of military garments at the Tullahoma Industries manufacturing plant in the Marion County town of Guin.

In the war on legal medications that can be used to make illegal stuff, the illegal stuff makers have found a loophole in the law: Only a few years ago, making meth required an elaborate lab - with filthy containers simmering over open flames, cans of flammable liquids and hundreds of pills.

A.P. reports that legal restrictions on sales of cold and allergy remedies containing pseudoephedrine, aimed at suppressing methamphetamine production, have helped popularize the "shake and bake" method of making meth, which is less complicated and requires fewer pills: The new formula does away with the clutter of typical meth labs, and it can ...

A $500,000 project to construct curbs and gutters on J.L. Chestnut Jr. Boulevard is among several projects announced by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs for stimulus money.

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.

A North Alabama man is accused of beating another man several times in the head.

A father taking his six year old son to school in Marion County was met by robbers.

A Marion County, Alabama, man and a Mississippi woman are in custody for posing as police officers after they were accused of abducting the man's estranged wife from a motel where she worked.