Fayette News

Published: Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:49 p.m. Tuscaloosa metro's unemployment level dropped to 9 percent in November, a three-tenths-of-a-point decrease from October.

Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. SUNDAY ARTS Third annual Festival of Trees opening reception: 1:30-3 p.m. at the Fayette Art Museum.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 11:32 p.m. TUSCALOOSA The Tuscaloosa area is one of only 14 in the country selected to participate in a project to reduce hospital readmissions.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. MONTGOMERY Democratic and Republican legislators swapped charges Tuesday over unaudited state money spent by economic development agencies in Fayette and Marion counties that are controlled by a powerful Democratic senator.

Two nonprofit corporations created by three legislators in 2006 have received hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars but have yet to undergo a required state audit.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. TUSCALOOSA The list of people eligible to get the H1N1 vaccine has grown longer.

By Martha Barkdale and Mary Moore Local students at Brooks Elementary and Fayette Middle took time out yesterday to honor local Veterans on their national holiday.

A man wanted on drug charges in Tuscaloosa County was tracked down and captured today.

Fayette County Administrator John Gordon, center, shows off his facility to Morgan County District 3 Commissioner Don Stisher, left, and District 4 Commissioner Greg Abercrombie, right, during the recent visit.

This year marks a very special year for the Fayette, Ala., Arts Festival. We will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary.

After a summer vacation that was extended by a day thanks to furloughs, Fayette teachers are now officially back in their classrooms and preparing for the new school year that begins Monday.

Police in Fayette say two people have been shot to death near the rural community of Studdards Crossroads.

Forty-six year-old Carol Lynne Maner spent most of the afternoon on the stand Monday testifying in often tense and quiet detail that former Beaumont Junior High School science teacher Jack Russell Hubbard raped her, "taking her virginity," when she was 15, a charge that dates to the 1970s.

Limestone County District Attorney Kristi Valls, one of three female district attorneys in the state, has been named president of the Alabama District Attorneys Association.

Fuller Kimbrell is a legend in Alabama politics. He turns 100 years old this Saturday, June 20 and a party is planned for him in Tuscaloosa.

Fuller Kimbrell is a leg end in Alabama poli tics. He turns 100 years old this Saturday, June 20, and a party is planned for him in Tusca loosa.