Washington County News

A poll commissioned by the Washington County Citizens for Economic Opportunity shows 57% of county residents would vote wet, or to allow the sale of beer, wine, and liquors in Washington County.

The outrageous situation in which state and local taxpayers are still paying an Alabama teacher her full salary while she sits in prison on a conviction related to having sex with a student is even worse than when we first wrote about it a few weeks ago.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is looking for an escaped inmate and his alleged accomplice.

June 17 - An escaped inmate from Washington County has been arrested in Mobile County.

June 16 - Washington County authorities say they believe a man facing drug charges helped an inmate escape.

The 2009 real estate valuation notices have been mailed. We have until July 7 to contest these valuations.

Bush Hog has notified the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development ita ll lay off 141 workers at its Washington County site, but no word has been released here at headquarters in Selma, Ala.

An official with the state pension plan says if convicted sex offender Charlene Schmitz staves off termination from her Washington County teaching job for another 2 1/2 years she will be able to retire with pension benefits for life.

Alabama's job protections for teachers have produced some pretty bizarre stories.

Last Wednesday's Birmingham News contained an article by The Associated Press that should have been on the front page of every newspaper in this state and the lead story of every TV and radio news broadcast.

Washington County school officials thought it was bad enough that a bus driver they terminated for testing positive for marijuana two years ago is still on their payroll because he's appealing the firing.

A Louisiana couple paid $1.05 million for a 6,100-square-foot duplex with 70 front feet on the canal at Cotton Bayou on Marina Road in Orange Beach, according to Regina Faggard of REMAX Realty Centre, who represented the buyers.

Sometimes it takes a truly outrageous example of a problem to spur government to act.

Voters in eight counties in southwest Alabama are going to the polls to elect a state senator for District 22.

More than year after a jury convicted her of luring a student for sex, a former Washington County teacher continues to draw a salary from the school system.

A former county commissioner in rural soutwest Alabama has pleaded guilty to a felony ethics violation and intimidation of a witness.

April 20- You could describe the video as startling, dramatic, even eye-catching, but Henry Brewster, lawyer for Rondald Reed calls it a civil rights violation.

April 16 - Border patrol agents have detained around twenty illegal immigrants who worked at the new ThyssenKrupp construction site.

Water levels in the Choctawhatchee River have decreased in the past few days. Thursday's off-and-on rainfall county officials are now concerned about road conditions.

A Washington County man has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of his friend, authorities said today.