Fort Payne News

A Fort Payne man faces serious charges after meeting a teenage girl through a family acquaintance.

Funeral services are scheduled Friday for a member of a Fort Payne-based Army National Guard unit killed in Kuwait.

FORT PAYNE - A DeKalb County preacher charged with the sexual abuse of a boy faces having his probation revoked.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 6:46 p.m. A man and woman were arrested Monday and charged with manufacturing a controlled substance in a Fort Payne motel room, according to a release from the Fort Payne Police Department.

National Forest Service archaeologist Quentin Bass on Wednesday discusses the Unicoi Turnpike, which led to Fort Armistead, where thousands of Cherokee Indians were temporarily housed during their forced removal from their lands.

A guardsman based in Fort Payne, Ala., died Thursday in Khabari Crossing, Kuwait, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related accident, the Department of Defense Today.

For a Fort Payne woman diagnosed with swine flu this week, it was almost a case of the cure being worse than the disease.

With the campaign nearly at an end, the DeKalb County United Givers Fund is still only halfway to its goal of $255,000. During a meeting held Oct.

FORT PAYNE - Officials say four men from Atlanta are in Alabama's DeKalb County Jail after they allegedly attempted to cash forged checks totaling more than $27,000 at a bank in Fyffe.

State Sen. Lowell Barron visited Williams Avenue Elementary School in Fort Payne Thursday to present teachers with money to spend in their classrooms.

Some Fort Payne drivers have found it difficult recently to follow one of the most important and logical traffic laws - stopping for a school bus.

DeKalb County, Ala., law officers seized seven meth labs at two locations and arrested four people Thursday night, according to a news release.

With only 65 days until Christmas, layaway is back, and if one national retail chain is correct, it will be a major force in this year's holiday shopping in Fort Payne and DeKalb County.

Cold enough for ya? The old adage that was appropriate last weekend will become a thing of the past for a little longer, according to forecasters.

Whether treating breast cancer or another form of the terrible disease, the staff at Cancer Care Center of DeKalb takes on the slogan, 'Patients love us and cancer fears us.' The Fort Payne facility, as part of the Southeast Cancer Network, offers cancer treatment options locally so patients don't have to drive long distances to receive the ...

On Sept. 22, Rainsville councilmen Bejan Taheri and Fred Bobo had a very successful trip to the state highway department in Montgomery.

It's no big surprise rain is in the forecast again. After about 2 inches of rain fell on DeKalb County Monday morning, causing a flash flood warning, there was about a four-hour lull before showers returned to finish out the day.

A 78-year-old Fort Payne man has been arrested and charged with the sexual abuse of a young girl.

More and more, people are making calls and sending texts while driving. The Obama administration is looking to potentially place restrictions on mobile devices and is asking state legislatures to take up a measure banning cell phone texting while behind the wheel.

Fort Payne City schools superintendent Jimmy Cunningham recently found out his peers have nominated him for superintendent of the year in Alabama.