Fruithurst News

The Alabama Historical Commission says this is the largest Indian-built mound in the state, but Oxford city officials are going ahead with plans to have it leveled.

A Creek Indian woman is unhappy with plans to remove a hill containing an American Indian site near where a Sam's Club store is being built.

Former superintendent of education Scott Coefield has been named principal at Cleburne County High School while two principals and a band director were returned to their posts.

Dutton Elementary School was one of 10 Alabama schools honored for its participation in a study on "Lessons Learned from Rural Schools.' The report was conducted by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries' Center for Rural Alabama.

Rural schools in Alabama have all kinds of excuses. They're poorly funded compared with many suburban school systems and even some big-city school systems.

Principals from 10 of the state's best rural schools show off their "Rural All-Stars" plaques at the "Celebrating Rural Schools" Banquet at Prattville's Marriott Legends on May 6. From left, State Superintendant of Education Dr.

An expert on the challenges of public education might take one look at a recent report containing the vital statistics of 10 rural schools in Alabama and conclude they have all the ingredients for failure.

Fruithurst Volunteer Fire Department Chief Larry Addison is proud to show a visitor the department's new trucks and the ability his men have to fight fires but these days his major concern is a lack of water/water pressure with which to get the job done.

Cleburne County Clean-up will be on the weekend of April 4. There has been some changes in the locations for this cleanup.

Volunteer firemen from throughout Cleburne County gathered recently at the Heflin Fire Department for an Operation Lifesaver course.

The annual Cleburne County School Spelling Bee was held at CCMS recently with the following participants representing five schools from around the county: Cindy Dillenger - CCMS Wil Rainey - RES Kayla Coope - ...

Cleburne County Coroner Rudy Rooks said Bobby R. Harris, 62, of Fruithurst died in an Anniston hospital Sunday morning after having received a single gunshot wound.

Just 30 years after the Civil War a group of Yankees calling themselves the Alabama Fruit Growers and Winery Association descended on the small Cleburne County community of Zidonia, now known as Fruithurst, and ...