Camden News

Fireworks explode over the USS Battleship Alabama Saturday, July 7, 2007, in Mobile, Ala.

MJP Participant Mariah Gibson talks with Tyree McCloud, a native of Camden, Alabama.

CAMDEN -- The head aches just wouldn't stop and young Ross Agee didn't know why he was so tired all the time, either.

Brewton, Camden, Clanton and Dadeville, Alabama each offer one location for drug and alcohol rehabilitation for those with substance abuse problems at various drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers.

Sgt. Stanford Mendenhalla s bones are as brittle as a mana s twice his age. He takes about 20 different types of medication each day to combat everything from congestive heart failure to full-body seizures.

More federal dollars are coming to Alabama from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Wyatt Shorter was a business leader who pursued numerous outside interests during many of his 76 years, but he was remembered most Tuesday as someone who never lost sight of the responsibilities that came with his clout.

I'm not sure when my love affair with pound cakes began, but I can sure pinpoint the exact location.

Posted by Vikki Turner Finch, Special to the Press-Register March 25, 2009 5:43 AM I'm not sure when my love affair with pound cakes began, but I can sure pinpoint the exact location.

The liquor license of a troubled Camden nightclub has been revoked indefinitely, in the wake of a recent fatal shooting outside of the club.

There's nothing really good about an economic slowdown, I suppose, but I'm determined to look for a silver lining to this cloud and I've come up with a few things that may change for the better, ...

Deeds that were transferred in Shelby County from Feb. 2-3. Feb. 2 -Haven Homes LLC to John W. Allred, Brenda L. Allred and Sheri A. Brown for $171,500 for Lot 21 at Cross Creek.

Yellow Bluff, AL., -- Yellow Bluff Mayor Glen McCord has called a noon press conference and has scheduled a Town Hall meeting.

Congressman Artur Davis will meet privately with Weyerhaeuser workers today to express his support and discuss resources and assistance available to them and their families.

"No one really knows what tomorrow's going to bring," explained Dereck Autry, one of the 327 people laid off from Pine Hill's Weyerhaeuser plant, a powerhouse for business in Wilcox County.

It may sound like a nice problem for states - figuring out how to spend the billions in infrastructure funding they'll receive as part of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.

CAMDEN, Ala. - Every weekday, a few dozen road construction workers gather at 6:30 a.m. on a dirt lot behind the offices of JRD Contracting.

JACKSONS GAP -- If Allison Wetherbee isn't Alabama's most remarkable resident she's got to be a close second.

Morgan Academy headmaster Randy Skipper on Wednesday confirmed the resignation of the schoola s athletic director and football coach Robert Gartman.

Family, friends, coaches and fellow players were shocked by the news of a Selma teen's death in a car accident.