If the agreement is ratified, New Era said it will close its plant in Demopolis sometime in the second quarter of this year.

Alba Middle School in Bayou La Batre received another $40,000 grant from the Laura Bush Foundation to continue to restock its library, which was damaged in Hurricane Katrina.

Now, it's time to sit and wait - and pray. "It is really in the Lord's hands right now," Grayson said.

OK, it wasn't quite Oktoberfest, but residents of Grove Hill, Ala., in dry Clarke County, got to buy beer in town legally for the first time on Saturday.

Kelbin Burden of Jackson, Ala. offers up a hot off the grill piece of chicken Saturday January 24, 2009 before the Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.

The six-member group, Satsuma A Capella Sound is one of the three finalists vying to perform the National Anthem at the 2010 UnderArmour Senior Bowl.

Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. says the total number of water main breaks has risen to 106, of which 67 have been repaired.

They came to educate customers about a local company's plan to layoff workers. Multimedia Instead, members of United Students Against Sweatshops could not find customers at New Era Cap Company's flagship store and headquarters in downtown Buffalo.

Jackson Medical Center CEO Teresa Grimes didn't mean to come to Troy for long. But, at least for now, she's here to stay.

November 23 - From Jackson, Alabama to Bayou La Batre nearly 500 people are facing unemployment along the Gulf Coast just in the last month.

Local New Era cap workers are in limbo right now. They don't know if they're going to have jobs soon.

A worker places buttons on caps in this 2001 photo taken on the assembly line at New Era Cap Co.'s Jackson, Ala., factory.

Paper maker Boise Inc. reported a $48.2 million profit for the third quarter, more than 10 times the $4.4 million that the company made in 2008's third quarter.

About two dozen fire trucks and other emergency vehi cles led Doug Jackson's funeral procession as it traveled down Main Street to Old Kingston Methodist Church Cemetery.

President Barack Obama is being honored with his own holiday in Perry County. The Alabama Black Belt county that gained national attention when it established a holiday to honor Barack Obama's presidential election is celebrating that holiday with five days of activities.

Early returns show Democrat Elaine Beech has been elected to the House District 65 seat vacated by Marc Keahey.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reynard Norman, III of Greenville, Alabama announce the engagement of their daughter, Alice Dunn Norman to Andrew Wesley Warren, son of Ms.

The Catholic High School Alumni Association of Mobile inducted five honorees into its hall of fame Oct.

Sources are telling ESPN that talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh is expected to be dropped from a group bidding to buy the St.

Its reluctance was understandable, so give the Clarke County Board of Education credit for nonetheless voting in favor of submitting a petition to the state school board seeking charter status for the new Judia Jackson Harris Elementary School.