Monroe County News

Fruitcake isna t among my must-have holiday favorites, but a short story about making fruitcakes is very high on my holiday list.

DeShon Riley stands charged with felony rape in Monroe County. Justin Williams stands accused of felony rape in Monroe County.

One Monroeville-area teenager was being held in the Monroe County Detention Facility and authorities were seeking two others in connection with the alleged gang rape Monday of one 14-year-old girl and the attempted rape of a second, authorities said.

A 30-year-old Beatrice man, charged with capital murder, remained in the Monroe County Detention Facility without bail Tuesday after an 81-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

In 1966, Truman Capote recorded the narration for the television adaptation of "A Christmas Memory" that appeared on the weekly series "ABC Stage 67." It's fruitcake weather in Monroeville.

Fruitcake's just a big joke -- until you taste a good one. No, really. Fruitcake mak er extraordinaire Aubret H. White of Autauga County coaxed me into sampling his fruitcake just before Christ mas of 2008, and I was pleas antly surprised with the de licious blend of fruit and nuts.

PASA hosts a traveling theatrical version of To Kill a Mockingbird Sunday at the Heymann Performing Arts Center while Lafayette reads the best-selling novel by Harper Lee as part of Acadiana's 'Big Read.' To glimpse into the history of the Pulitzer Prize-winning tale and its legendary author, travel to Monroeville, Ala., where you can enter the ...

The Alabama River Group plans to convert part of its Perdue Hill mill to make "fluff pulp." The company won't say how much it will spend on the change at its 550-employee complex in Monroe County.

Two very different groups ought to be thrilled Bryan Stevenson, Alabama's pre-eminent anti-death-penalty lawyer, won an international justice award last week.

Hundreds of people with widely varying job skills filed into the Cooper Center at Alabama Southern Community College on Tuesday, each hoping for a shot to work at the 1,400-employee ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless plants in Calvert.

Sept. 22- Much of Monroe County was built with wood, the lumber industry. So when the housing market went sour, many companies had to shut their doors.

Gulf Lumber Co. Inc. and Scotch Lumber Co. Inc. are discussing a merger, Gulf Lumber Chief Financial Officer Sandy Stimpson confirmed Wednesday, providing few details.

Authorities say a fire that caused moderate damage to a church building in southwest Alabama was deliberately set.

Municipal Judge John Brock could lose his law license after he pleaded guilty to perjury Thursday in connection with the mishandling of a $3.2 million estate case.

Aug. 7 - A Monroeville woman is accused of shooting her brother in the face. Monroe County Sheriff's deputies say Carolyn Hutcherson shot her brother, Daniel Hutcherson, at their parents' home Wednesday.

Aug. 7 - A Monroeville woman is accused of shooting her brother in the face. Monroe County Sheriff's deputies say Carolyn Hutcherson shot her brother, Daniel Hutcherson, at their parents' home Wednesday.

Aug. 7 - A Monroeville woman is accused of shooting her brother in the face. Monroe County Sheriff's deputies say Carolyn Hutcherson shot her brother, Daniel Hutcherson, at their parents' home Wednesday.

The Sowell family name is fairly common at present in Covington County, but this family was one of the earliest ones to settle in this area.

The Sowell family name is fairly common at present in Covington County, but this family was one of the earliest ones to settle in this area.

July 9 - More than a month after a man's body was found slumped over in a parked car at the Frisco City Baseball Complex, police say they have charged a 17 year old with his murder.