Walker County News

A Republic candidate for governor plans to call out Gov. Bob Riley Thursday on his stance on electronic bingo.

A Sumiton man who eluded about 50 area law enforcement officers during an April manhunt, only to be arrested in Walker County in July, was recently returned to Cullman County to face charges.

Walker County bingo halls employed 839 people, and dozens of charities relied on the revenue to fund their programs.

A judge who declared electronic bingo illegal in Walker County says he will decide within days whether to allow the games to continue until a higher court rules on an appeal.

It could take the Alabama Supreme Court six months to a year to hear an appeal of a judge's decision last week declaring electronic bingo illegal in Walker County, according to an attorney in the case.

A Walker County woman was killed Sunday in a two-car accident in downtown Birmingham, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

Bingo backers plan rally as owners of the electronic bingo operations head back to court.

Supporters of electronic bingo in Walker County are organizing efforts to get the bingo halls reopened after a judge in Birmigham ruled the machines illegal.

A large crowd of electronic bingo hall workers, charity officials and bingo fans attended a meeting in Walker County on Thursday to express frustration over the outlawing of the games and to learn what happens next, the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper reports.

Officials with the Country Crossing development in Houston County are complaining that a member of the governor's staff attempted to stop the shipment of about 1,700 electronic gaming machines from Nevada.

Jefferson County Judge Scott Vowell has ordered the destruction of more than 180 seized electronic bingo machines.

So-called electronic bingo machines in one Alabama county are being declared illegal.

With recent rulings on the legality of electronic bingo across the state of Alabama, developers of the entertainment venue Country Crossing are responding to those court decisions.

The presiding judge in Jefferson County ruled today that so-called electronic bingo machines seized in 2008 from a Kimberly assembly plant are illegal gambling devices and slot machines.

A federal judge ruled Monday that electronic bingo machines in Walker County are illegal but developers of Country Crossing say they don't believe the decision affects the machines planned at the Houston County entertainment complex.

Judge Robert Vance has issued an order that determines that bingo is illegal in Walker County.

A ruling is expected to come today on whether electronic bingo is legal in Walker County.

Listen Live JURY SELECTED Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford trial begins today in Tuscaloosa, after a jury selection was made yesterday.

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

Tuesday was day two of the electronic bingo hearing to determine whether or not it's legal in Walker County.