Rainsville News

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Friday refused to reconsider the latest appeal of a former Rainsville skating rink owner convicted of producing pornographic videotapes of boys.

Here's some things I learned in Huntsville this week: To honor those who serve their country, Applebee's is offering veterans and active military to eat free on Wednesday, Nov.

October is domestic violence awareness month. Victim advocates held their last big event Thursday night to shed light on what is often a silent problem.

The DeKalb County Health Department will start giving a limited number of doses of swine flu vaccine to people in targeted high-risk groups beginning Wednesday.

One Plainview senior is vying for the chance to win a national scholarship. Joanna Burke, daughter of Joe and Pam Burke, is a semifinalist in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

A Rainsville man is accused of kidnapping his estranged wife. It's the second time he's been charged this month.

Charges were filed Friday against a husband accused of kidnapping his wife from Alabama and driving her to the York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro, a sheriffa s deputy reported.

Volkswagen's new billion-dollar plant hasn't even opened yet, but applications will soon be accepted.

Although Volkswagen chose Chattanooga over Huntsville last year for a $1 billion plant that's expected in two years to start producing the German automaker's new mid-size sedan, Alabama is helping its residents land jobs at the Tennessee plant.

With only 65 days until Christmas, layaway is back, and if one national retail chain is correct, it will be a major force in this year's holiday shopping in Fort Payne and DeKalb County.

The Northeast corner of Alabama is blessed with a rich tradition of music. This tradition will be highlighted at the upcoming Second Annual Music on the Mountain Bluegrass Festival which will include, in addition to Marty Raybon - featured headline performer - some popular talents Saturday at Northeast Alabama Community College in Rainsville.

The prosecution team of District Attorney Charlie Rhodes and Assistant District Attorney Jason Pierce presented its first witness this afternoon.

On Sept. 22, Rainsville councilmen Bejan Taheri and Fred Bobo had a very successful trip to the state highway department in Montgomery.

The birthdays continue to come, but there are those who know they aren't ready to go to the senior center.

I am going to take a huge risk and use my political position to advocate that the VFW Fair return to Fort Payne again next year.

Wanda Furgerson, 70, of Rainsville, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at St. Vincent's East Hospital.

Monday, the Rainsville City Council approved giving senior and disabled citizens in Fyffe the same discount on sewage disposal that the citizens of Rainsville enjoy.

A jail inmate climbs through razor wire, walls, and jumps from a roof in an escape, and is still on the run.

A Rainsville couple with longstanding ties to gospel music and music in DeKalb County will be honored Saturday at the Pap Baxter Heritage Gospel Singing as part of Boom Days in Fort Payne.

Starting next week, those traveling through Rainsville may experience delays. Councilman Bejan Taheri said workers will begin to resurface sections of Highway 75 and Highway 35 at the main intersection in Rainsville on either Tuesday or Wednesday.