Bridgeport News

In front of elected officials, doctors and educators, it was five fifth-graders who shined the brightest Thursday at Scottsboro City Hall.

A Bridgeport woman who walked off her work detail at a local business nearly two weeks ago was arrested Tuesday at a residence on 6th Street in Bridgeport.

A search warrant by Jackson County Sheriff's Office investigators resulted in the arrest of a Bridgeport man Tuesday afternoon.

John J. "Johnny" Walker, 72, of Bridgeport, AL, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, in an automobile accident near his home in Bridgeport.

Except for several trees and power lines being downed by strong winds just northwest of Bridgeport, Jackson County dodged severe weather that made it's way across parts of northeast Alabama Sunday afternoon Though thunderstorms with gusty winds and heavy rain did move through, the area hit hard over the past several weeks escaped major damage and ...

Submitted by Brian Smith on May 4, 2009 - 8:41am. Weather What a wet and active weekend.

The job isn't finished but the end of 18-20 hour days is. "We're hoping that everybody gets to go home at the normal time tonight," Scottsboro Electric Power Board Manager Jimmy Sandlin said Friday.

Jackson County has been declared a natural disaster area as a result of the recent tornado and gravity wave that left a path of destruction through much of the area.

A Woodville man is in the Jackson County Jail after being charged in connection with burglaries at Big Daddy's in Bridgeport, Jackson Farmer's Co-op in Stevenson and the Pure Station at Mud Creek.

Johnny Lamar Smith, 54, of Bridgeport, Alabama, and William J. Percy, 65, of Dalton, Georgia, were sentenced to prison today on a charge of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of property obtained by fraud.

It struck in the middle of the night, unpredicted, and without warning. By early Monday morning, the sound of chain saws could be heard throughout Jackson County as clean-up began from a wind storm that struck the area shortly before 1 a.m. The storm's fury continued, seemingly unabated, for approximately three hours with the highest confirmed wind ...

Jackson County escaped Mother Nature's fury once again. Storms that made their way across north Alabama Thursday afternoon into the early evening did little damage in Jackson County, according to reports from the National Weather Service Weather Forecasting Office in Huntsville.

Tom Lackey, who served in various capacities during a 23 year career, is out as Chief Executive Officer of the Jackson County Health Care Authority.

Two people have been killed and five injured in a three-vehicle wreck at the foot of the Cumberland Plateau near Scottsboro.

A Jackson County Grand Jury indictment lead to the arrest of a former Bridgeport police officer Thursday.

A former Bridgeport Police officer has been indicted on two charges of abusing his position.

The March session of the Jackson County Grand Jury resulted in several indictments against defendants accused of sex crimes against minor victims.

A Bridgeport police officer was arrested today on a charge that he had misused confidential law enforcement information, according to Attorney General Troy King.

Lew Wilson Loyd, Sr., age 96, of Bridgeport, AL died peacefully at his home on Friday, March 6, 2009.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. Residents in the Town of Sullivan will finally get a chance to vote on a proposal to build a new sewer district.