Jasper News

JASPER, Ala. - A Walker County church is looking to make a statement to motorists along future Interstate 22 in western Alabama.

I have always loved boxing. Since I was a little kid and watched it with my father but some of those nicknames brought fear to the hearts of other boxers and fans alike.

Although Texas was receiving its share of heavy rain elsewhere, not a drop was falling anywhere near the Bagget Ranch.

A Sav-A-Lot employee stocks fresh produce. The company is targeting inner city areas.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. MONTGOMERY The state's chief examiner said Monday that he planned to start auditing several legislator-controlled economic development associations that receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in coal taxes.

Dr. and Mrs. Garrison Stephen Cowen of Jasper, Alabama announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Elizabeth Cowen of Montgomery, Alabama to James Michael Chitwood of Montgomery, Alabama son of the late Violet Caltron of Columbus, Ohio and the late James Gavann Chitwood, Sr.

JASPER - A judge who declared electronic bingo illegal in Walker County says he will decide within days whether to allow the games to continue until a higher court rules on an appeal.

Day after day we are bombarded with the pet "overpopulation" crisis. We even have designated October as 'adopt a shelter animal' month and there are other monthly and day long designations to honor dogs and cats.

Supporters of electronic bingo in Walker County are organizing efforts to get the bingo halls reopened after a judge in Birmigham ruled the machines illegal.

JASPER, Alabama - A judge has ruled that bingo halls in Walker County that use electronic player stations are illegal and has ordered the halls shut down immediately.

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 11:07 p.m. U.S. Rep.

D. Williams, Pell City, 205-368-4015, wanted to buy a cedar wardrobe. Good Neighbors: I have a cedar wardrobe, in very good condition, that I am willing to sell.

An investigation has been launched into the death of a Birmingham man who died in the Walker County Jail, the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper reports.

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's singleminded opposition to electronic bingo has given him tunnel vision.

Jerry Rich, Pell City, 205-884-4767, wanted to buy a baby's rattle that was popular in the early 1960s.

Classes began at Harry Collinge High School Sept. 3 and along with a batch of new students at the school this year there is also four new faces that can be found in the teacher's lounge.

The future Interstate 22, which will connect Birmingham at Interstate 65 to Memphis, may be finished nearly two years later than previously estimated, the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper reports.

JASPER - A judge has allowed six electronic bingo halls in Walker County to stay open after initially ordering them closed.

The crippled No. 7 rests in front of the flagstand at Sayre Speedway after an axle broke and the rear wheel flew into the pit area.

RSC Equipment Rental opened a new branch location last week in Jasper, Ala. RSC Equipment Rental held an open house last Friday to highlight the grand opening of its new store in Jasper, Ala.