Geneva News

Mavis Lindsey just wanted to see if she could win when she entered the Ms. Geneva County Senior Citizen pageant.

GENEVA - A civilian instructor from Geneva has been identified as the person who died in the crash of an Army helicopter on a training flight at Fort Rucker.

GENEVA, Ala. The U.S. Army says one of its helicopters has crashed while on a training flight in a rural area in Alabama, and officials at Fort Rucker say a crew member was killed and another was injured.

Over the weekend, the legal community in Montgomery and Alabama lost a longtime attorney and dedicated civic leader.

One Geneva County official says he's a oeinundateda with complaints about stray dogs and cats.

GENEVA, AL A missing Holmes County woman has been found in nearby Geneva, AL. Sgt. John Tate of the Holmes County Sheriff's Office reported that a tip led to Geneva police officers to Brianna Carmichael at a Geneva residence Saturday night.

The jobless picture brightened a bit for most Wiregrass residents last month, according to new data released by the the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.

Three disaster loan outreach centers have opened in Geneva, Covington and Houston counties.

Wiregrass United Way 2-1-1, Southeast Alabama, Inc. serves residents in Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, and Houston Counties.

It's been nearly two weeks since three Wiregrass counties were declared disaster areas by the federal government.

It's a sight Geneva County Sheriff's Deputy, Josh Myers, never thought he'd see.

A Disaster Recovery Center is open in Geneva County to help people affected by the storms and flooding that struck the state between March 25 and April 3. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are operating the center jointly.

Disaster Unemployment Assistance is available to individuals who worked in or are self-employed residents of Covington, Geneva and Houston Counties, according to state and federal officials.

Not all of the 100 motorcycles that made a pit stop in Troy on Saturday morning were Harleys but every one of the motorcyclists had a heart of pure gold, said group leader, Michael Smith of Montgomery.

A motorcycle club is holding a ride Saturday from Montgomery to Geneva to raise funds for a south Alabama family struck by tragedy in a killing spree in March.

The heroes from a shooting spree in the wiregrass were honored Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney and Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee gave out the Awards for Valor to those who responded to Michael Mclendon's shooting rampage on March 10th, 2009.

Alabama State Trooper Michael Gillis may be brave, but he does not pretend to be fearless.

Twelve of the law enforcement officers directly involved in responding to the shootings that left 11 people dead last month in the Samson area were honored Tuesday by the Victims of Crime and Leniency and Attorney General Troy King.

An Alabama man who went on a shooting rampage in March, killing 10 people and himself, left a note saying he put his mother "out of her misery" and that "some of the people who made us suffer will pay," according to newly released police records.

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