Rainbow City News

Tom Coble, a North Carolina businessman who was flying a training plane described as an Aero Vodochody L39C, was killed when his plane went down in a Rainbow City swamp, a short distance from the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport in Gadsden.

A Burlington pilot killed last week when his plane crashed in Alabama collided with trees before his jet burst into flames, according to a preliminary report released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

A Burlington pilot who was killed in plane crash in Alabama will be honored on Sunday during a celebration service at the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport.

A National Transportation Safety Board crash investigation team returned to the scene Sunday where Burlington pilot Tom Coble's fighter jet went down in Alabama.

On January 20, 2012, The Dothan Police Department requested the help of our local media and community in locating a wanted person after the department was contacted by a local car dealer regarding theft by deception.

The Etowah County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the crash of a small plane near the runway of Northeast Alabama Regional Airport in Rainbow City off Perman Lake Road.

Governor Robert Bentley announced Friday that Alabama's December 2011 unemployment rate dropped again, dramatically, to 8.1%, down from 8.7% in November.

Alabama's 252 golf facilities, including the 11 sites that comprise the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, contribute $437.5 million annually to the state's tourism and hospitality industry, according to an economic report released Friday by the Alabama Tourism Department.

A Burlington pilot and owner of Greensboro-based Coble Trench Safety, was killed late Friday night in an airplane crash in Alabama.

The Etowah County Coroner's Office has tentatively identified the victim of a small plane crash last night in Rainbow City as Thomas Coble of Burlington North Carolina.

The Etowah County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the crash of a small plane near the runway of Northeast Alabama Regional Airport in Rainbow City off Perman Lake Road.