Clayton News

DELICIOUS AND PROFITABLE A baking team from the Sardis United Methodist Church in Hartford, Ala., makes fruitcakes and sells them to raise funds for church activities.

School personnel, local civic leaders, and 36 energetic Pre-K students participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony recently at Barbour County Primary School for the school's new playground.

A local organization is helping reduce the number of unwanted cats and dogs in the area.

Monday, November 30, Barbour County Sheriff Leroy Upshaw made a personal donation of $500 to the Barbour/Pike/Dale County Toys for Tots Program.

Former Clayton Police Chief Robert Charles Patrick will seek the office of Barbour County Sheriff, according to a recent press release.

Some may wonder about the importance of naming a Clayton street after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Four part-time positions as security officers at Barbour County courthouses in Eufaula and Clayton could become available in January.

A continuum of acetylation was observed, covering both genes and intergenic regions.

Three Barbour County men face a total of 48 charges after victims at a local residence were raped, robbed and kidnapped early Monday morning.

Hope Hill District Association is funded by 16 churches in this area. A Time to Share provides a means for others to give back to the community through mentoring teens, helping others and providing a Christian example for others to follow.

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Barbour County is collecting food for their annual "Fill the Pantry" drive to benefit Harvest Time Ministries in Clayton.

Melissa Boutwell of Boutwell Farms in Clayton raises grass-fed cows and pastured chickens and pigs.

There he fell in love with a slave named Georgia Tompkins. He bought her freedom for her and they were subsequently married.

Please help us make sure that no child in need goes without basic back to school supplies this year! The inaugural "Rock The Block" event will be taking place in Scottsboro, Alabama on Saturday, August 1st.

Ray Charles McCloud, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Barbour County Sheriff's Deputy and Chief Deputy Ronnie Benefield, was arrested Thursday by the Eufaula Police Department.

Barbour County Sheriff Leroy Upshaw said Tuesday that video evidence will dispute recent allegations in a federal lawsuit claiming several of his deputies assaulted a man during a racially-motivated attack.

It is believed Wayne Sr. fell asleep at the wheel on the way to a first-time family reunion in Clayton, Alabama.

A Queens, New York couple and two of five children died in a North Carolina car wreck en route to a family reunion in Clayton, Alabama.