Florala News

Today is expected to be the last workday at the Florala Habitat for Humanity home before it's turned over to its new owners.

In 2009, a 100-year-old Florala church was destroyed by fire. Since then, the congregation has been working to raise money to rebuild.

Members of the Walton County, Fla., Sheriff's Office proved Thursday that generosity doesn't stop at the state line when four employees shaved their heads to raise more than $2,300 for this year's Cancer Freeze event, set for today in Florala.

The Opp Bobcats held the Florala Wildcats to one point in the third period, and went on to claim a 39-28 victory on Thursday night at home.

The district attorney's office reported that Christopher Dave Hughes, 32, of Florala, pled to sex abuse II and was sentenced to one year in prison.

They're workin' on a building - or at least that's what was happening Tuesday at the former Westside Baptist Church site in Florala.

Florala city officials say they've seen a decrease in stray and abandoned animals since enforcing a decade old ordinance.

Florala only had one player score in double figures against Laurel Hill on Tuesday night, and that wasn't enough as the Wildcats suffered a 58-31 loss at home.

"Today is Fri., Jan. 20, and I learned to cook hamburgers with a pan on the stove," said Saranel Brundidge, an Andalusia Head Start student.

Anticipating that the new challenge was going to be "old signs on fences or walls in older rural towns" June and I recently headed off to Florala, Alabama, on the Florida-Alabama line .