Lineville News

An all clear in Clay County after a rail truck wrecked causing a small chemical spill.

There's a movement to get former Democratic state Sen. Gerald Dial to run again and he said Monday if he does he will switch parties.

The 8th Annual Heritage Day Festival will be held in downtown Lineville on Oct. 31 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The event will feature arts and crafts, antique tractors, horses and wagon rides, quilt show, live music, kids' activities, BBQ, funnel cakes and more.

Embroidery plant cuts 55 jobs: Higgins Embroidery, a major employer in Lineville, has cut back workers to make it through the lean season.

William Nsubuga took a round about way to becoming director of an orphanage in Lugazi, Uganda.

The Horseshoe Bend Generals had two opponents in their game Friday night in Lineville; the LHS Aggies and themselves.

Christopher Scott Tidwell, the former secretary-treasurer of UTU Local 1261 at Atlanta, Ga., pleaded guilty in federal court on June 30 to embezzling about $22,000 in local funds, reports U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin, whose office prosecuted the case.