Courtland News

A person has died of swine flu at a hospital in Scotland in the first death from the illness reported in Britain, officials said Sunday.

MOULTON The Tennessee Valley Air Center is pleased to announce the return of the Courtland Airshow to Lawrence County.

A North Courtland officer arrested the chief executive officer of Lawrence Medical Center after he refused to take a sobriety test, according to Lawrence County sheriffa s More>> This item is available in full to subscribers.

WHNT NEWS 19 is tracking several reports of damage from storms moving across the Tennessee Valley.

Residents in the rain-soaked Tennessee Valley region are bracing for flood waters.

Flood warnings have been posted for river systems across Alabama. The National Weather Service said a storm system early Thursday dumped at least several inches of rain.

Around 150 Lawrence County residents packed the third floor courtroom of the Federal Courthouse in Decatur Wednesday night.

Congressman Parker Griffith was in Lawrence County earlier to tour the air park in Courtland.

MOULTON a ' Lawrence County Commissioner Bradley Cross said he will present his idea to control dangerous or stray dogs at a work session Tuesday.

An intense investigation by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Human Resources into incidents of child abuse netted one arrest,41-year-old Gregory Lee Terry of Courtland.

Flooding is still a problem around the Valley, several roads in and around North Alabama are still impassable and flood waters are still encroaching on some homes.

Lawrence County drug agents say they've arrested a man who claimed he was delivering newspapers, but instead had guns and cocaine in his car.