Andalusia News

In a ceremony that emphasized its many traditions, Andalusia High School graduated 86 members of the Class of 2012 in commencement exercises Friday night.

The City will hold its annual Memorial Day service, Sat.,a SMay 26 at 9 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park.

Drug Task Force agents arrested a man Tuesday after he allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover officer near an Andalusia city school - twice.

In addition to approving an amended school calendar that mirrors new calendars adopted by the Andalusia and Opp city schools, the board voted on the following personnel changes: At Pleasant Home, to transfer Sherry Kelley from fifth grade teacher to first grade teacher as well as Jamie F. Kelley from library media specialist to kindergarten ... (more)

There definitely was a fire in Christian Wossilek's heart Saturday as he performed Adele's hit song "Rolling in the Deep" and left Birmingham as the overall state winner in the Alabama Talent Hunt.

Progress is being made in a "rail to trail" mission that would convert 42.9 miles of abandoned CSX railway lines in Covington, Coffee and Geneva counties into a recreational trail.

"Explore, grow and go out," is the message being sent to campers participating at this year's Blue Lake camps, said director Phyllis Murray Friday.

Mount said it has been a pleasure to represent a district comprised of people who care about the city and who are willing to work to make it a better place.

LBW president Dr. Herb Riedel is so confident the college's accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools , will agree to the plan, that the courses are listed in the fall schedule and the school is advertising for an instructor.

Andalusia area residents will find fliers in their utilities bills this month promoting the sales of memorial bricks at a new national apparel workers monument.

Thomas K. Frye and Kathy M. Frye, husband and wife, and residents of Andalusia, Ala., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced.

There's no place like home, and that's why newly appointed Regions Bank Branch Manager Kiel Odom came back to Andalusia.

A bevy of ball players, set to arrive in June and July, is expected to generate enough an estimated $25,000 lodging tax revenue and allow the county to help host its second Babe Ruth World Series event in 2013.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Manning Jackson III of Opp are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Anne Jackson, to Steven Blake Odom, son of Mr.

The Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation last night recognized the City of Andalusia with its 2012 Preservation of Small Towns Award.

Gasoline prices likely won't reach a record high this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil.

Most military promotions are awarded at military installations. However, Lt. Col. Ben Bowden received his promotion to colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve before a hometown crowd in Andalusia on April 27.

A man who was in a 2 1/2-hour standoff with Andalusia police is being treated at a local hospital.

The former Andalusia police officer who pleaded guilty to unlawful distribution of a controlled substance last May is now behind bars, serving a one-year jail sentence.

Even though the take in an alleged robbery outside an Andalusia convenience store Tuesday was only four $1 bills, it could cost a local woman up to 10 years in prison.