Sumter County News

Sumter County School District broke ground Tuesday for its new consolidated high school, that will combine Livingston High and Sumter County High.

Six people are accused of attempted murder for a shooting July 4 at Anthony's Lounge in Sumter County.

Sheriff Martin Pace tells the Vicksburg Post that Jerel Deon Young of Boligee, Ala., was arrested Tuesday after a tip from the U.S. Marshals Service that Young might be traveling by tugboat.

One woman is dead and dozens of students have been taken to west Alabama hospitals following a school bus crash near York Thursday morning.

Several children were injured after an accident between a school bus and car in Sumter County this morning, state troopers report.

One person was killed and 34 Sumter County students were taken to hospitals following a head-on collision between a car and a Sumter County school bus at about 7 a.m. Thursday.

Alabama State Troopers are investigating a deadly accident involving a Sumter County school bus this morning.

Showers and thunderstorms continued to pound central Alabama Monday as forecasts called for more rain throughout the week.

Minor's Christion Jones is all alone as he runs for a second-quarter touchdown against Sumter County in Adamsville, Ala., Thursday, Aug.

Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 6:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 10:28 a.m. Sitting in his office amidst boxes of election signs and t-shirts, Councilman Bobby Howard of District 1 explained how he intends to improve the quality of life of District 1 citizens if he is re-elected to a second term.

Alabama has experienced positive political changes since Reconstruction, but race continues to be an overriding issue in many parts of the state, especially the Black Belt region, historian Samuel Webb said Thursday.

School starts Tuesday in Sumter County, Ala. And preliminary work has already begun on a new consolidated high school there, slated to be finished in a couple of years.

The York, Alabama, branch of Regions Bank has teamed up with the Sumter County Board of Education to get "Tools for Schools". It's collecting supplies like paper, notebooks, and pencils through Friday.

UNIONTOWN -- Two-lane roads lined with weeds and trees seem to stretch forever in Perry County, where thousands of residents are poor even by Alabama stan dards and they don't produce much for the outside world besides timber and catfish.

The sponsoring program, called a oeBlack Belt 100 Lenses,a began two years ago as a partnership between the Center for Community-Based Partnerships at the University of Alabama and the Black Belt Community Foundation.

Published: Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. In the aftermath of the recent tragedy of a Sumter County toddler strangled to death in her crib by her family's pet python comes the inevitable question of whether, and to what degree, her parents will face criminal prosecution.

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Yarbrough is charged with sodomy, first degree, and he could be in west Alabama.

Revs. Bob Little and Chris Spencer share a laugh after visiting their churches in Sumter County, Ala.

It takes you back to a time that younger generations didn't even know existed. A twang from a banjo from the 1800s playing a song that was popular way before many of us were alive.

Here's a bright ray of sunshine where clouds too often blanket government agencies: The Alabama School Community Information Network, with March's national Sunshine Week in mind, reviewed every public school district in the state to see what kinds of information their Web sites make available to the public.