Henagar News

Part of the official lineup has been released and anticipation is already building toward Fort Payne's annual Boom Days celebration, thanks to a variety-filled lineup that seems to promise something of interest to nearly everyone.

A local field hand turned Country Music Hall of Famer will head up the annual Boom Days festival.

Blanche Pauline Keith, 87, of Henagar, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2009. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, June 30, at 2 p.m. at Henagar Community Cemetery with Rev.

One of the state's leading consultants on disabilities requirements introduced himself Monday to the Fort Payne City school board in what could become a partnership.

Raymart Signs opened for business on Monday as a place for Romans to buy customized signs.

The town of Sylvania has expanded by 2.5 acres. Mayor Mitch Dendy said the town recently re-acquired full ownership of the former site of a solid waste transfer station.

A domestic violence call to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office led to the arrest of a Stevenson man on drug charges Monday.

A DeKalb County man accused of assaulting Henagar Junior High Principal Steve Green around noon today is in the county jail awaiting a bond hearing.

While the time clock killed hundreds of bills in the state Legislature this year, a handful of key pieces of legislation important to DeKalb County found their way to becoming law.

When officers arrived at a residence to serve a warrant, they found more than the person they were looking to arrest.

Mary Lou Smart Elkins, 75, of Scottsboro, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Huntsville Hospital.

Over the years, most of the calls to change Alabama's outdated constitution have centered on the state Senate and House controlling too much of what goes on at the local level.

Henagar resident Kim Brown hopes 13 is her lucky number as she competes in the 13th annual National Cornbread Festival's cook-off. The festival set in downtown South Pittsburg, Tenn., will be held this weekend.

Kim Brown said she started cooking when she was about 6 years old. 'My mother and father got divorced,' Brown said.

On the doorstep of his fourth deployment, three of which were to the Middle East, Sgt.

A tractor trailer carrying produce caught fire at about 3:20 p.m. Monday near mile marker 168 of Interstate 20/59. The driver of the big rig from Henagar, Ala., was unhurt but the rig and the cargo was a total loss, officials said.

A home fire Wednesday in Henagar has brought to light the possibility of more than 10 other arsons in and around the city in the past six months, according to Henagar Fire Chief Winston Busby.

An investigation into stolen property ended Tuesday with the arrest of a Henagar man charged with gun theft.

Some DeKalb County towns may get the chance to decide if they want legal alcohol sales.

A magazine that tracks economic development projects nationwide has named Fort Payne and DeKalb County among the top non-metro areas at growing and attracting business.