Clanton News

The body of Bobby Bolden, 43, of Birmingham was found inside a burning car on Christmas Eve of last year.

Cedar Grove Volunteer Fire Department in Clanton has been awarded a $223,250 grant for the purchase of a new fire truck.

The Alabama Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency recently opened five Disaster Recovery Centers in Chilton County to help survivors of the Jan.

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby will visit with Chilton County residents on Saturday, Feb.

Clanton attorney Elizabeth "Liz" Huntley was one of nine people nominated Monday, Feb.

Absentee ballots for the March primary election are available at the Chilton County Circuit Clerk's office, at Room 304 in the county courthouse, and at the state secretary of state's web page, www.sos.state.al.us. a The person works a shift which has at least 10 hours coinciding with the hours the polls are open at his or her regular polling ... (more)

This singing, we see here, was on Sunday evening January 29, 2012, at a small rural church in Choctaw Country, Mississippi,just off the Scenic Nachez Traceway Parkway,south of Jeff Busby Park.

Park Manager Gerald Arrington's efforts to have the blue, state-issued "Attractions" signs placed near Interstate 65 Exit 219 in Jemison may finally pay off.

While municipalities work to clear fallen trees and limbs after last week's storms, residents may be wondering about how to tackle tree cleanup in their yards.

The Chilton Autism Network will hold a meeting Feb. 9 at the First United Methodist Church of Clanton in the Crossroads Cafe at 6:30 p.m. CAN's February program is titled "A Father's Dream" and will focus on the men's side of autism.

Candace Pierce of Clanton did something she has never done before this past weekend - she competed in the 2012 Miss Alabama USA Pageant.

The first Clanton Advertiser employees to arrive into work Monday were greeted by a big surprise.

"As far as I know, all power has been restored," Haigler said. "The only reason that someone's power may not be restored would be if the power box pulled away from the house." The town has started cleaning up the roads.

Habitat for Humanity of Chilton and Autauga counties will hold an application fair for a home Thursday, Feb.

The tornado that raked across Maplesville and along Alabama 22 into Clanton and Lomax brought 130 mile per hour winds.

Emergency officials in Maplesville have set a dusk to dawn curfew for the town after severe storms caused major damage this morning .

CLANTON, Alabama -- Robert King lives next door to WKLF radio station in Clanton, Alabama and awoke this morning to the sounds of crashing trees in his living room and discovered the radio transmission tower folded from an apparent tornado.

Residents of Smitherman's Mobile Home Park near Clanton were surprised that no one was killed or seriously injured today when a tornado struck in the early morning.

Damage in Maplesville and Clanton has been reported after severe storms passed through the area early Monday morning, according to the Clanton Advertiser.

What comes to mind when you think of Chilton County? For residents, no doubt their homes are high on the list.