Samson News

Monday afternoon's helicopter crash had first responders from across Geneva County running to the rescue.

The man who died Monday in the Fort Rucker helicopter crash near Hartford on Monday is 55-year-old James Frederick Elliott, the Dothan Eagle has learned.

A Kinston man faces two to 20 years in prison after a Geneva County jury found him guilty Thursday of shooting a Samson man to death the day after Christmas in 2007.

A few years ago WFMU's Sinners Crossroads host Kevin Nutt sent me the gift of a DVD with footage shot by Steve Grauberger of late electric gospel guitar great Bishop Perry Tillis, performing live in 1995 at the Savior Lord Jesus Pentacostal Lord Jesus Church down in Samson, Alabama.

A 15-year-old Samson resident was killed Saturday in a car crash near Enterprise.

Pamela Dianna Daniels and James Wheeler will be united in holy matrimony on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Samson, Ala., 100 West Main Street.

Thousands of festival-goers from all over the Wiregrass and beyond arrived Thursday for day one of the 2009 BamaJam Music and Arts Festival.

Gary Petty and Foyl Hudgens place wreaths in memory of those who gave their lives in military service.

The 24-year-old Alabama-resident James "J.T." Thomas, Jr. , became the winner of the CBS reality show Survivor: Tocantins , claiming $1,000,000 in prize money and additional $100,000 for being voted the Sprint Player of the Season by the show fans.

Talk show host Ellen De-Generes and actor-musician Harry Connick Jr. returned Saturday to their hometown of New Orleans to cheer on Tulane University's graduating "Katrina Class" - the students displaced by Hurricane Katrina nearly four years ago.

Samson Mayor Clay King made a special appearance at the Dothan City Commission meeting today to thank the City for its help during the march 10th deadly shooting in Geneva County.

May 18 -- An Alabama man is a million dollars richer. James Thomas won Sunday nights season finale of CBS'S Survivor Tocantis.

The tribe has spoken, naming cattle rancher James A J.T.A Thomas Jr. the sole A Survivor.

Every day when Josh Myers went to work he knew there was a chance there would be no homecoming for him.

On May 6 Johanna Justin-Jinich, a Wesleyan University student, was gunned down in the school's bookstore, almost certainly by 29-year-old Stephen Morgan.

A Samson man and woman were arrested on chemical endangerment and other drug-related charges with total bonds totaling $170,000. Coffee County Sheriff's Deputy Neal Bradley made the arrest at a residence on County Road 460.

Senator Harri Anne Smith traveled to Samson on Monday to meet with historian Pat Whigham, Samson High School Officials, and Geneva County Board Members.

It's a sight Geneva County Sheriff's Deputy, Josh Myers, never thought he'd see.

A Samson man who died while trying to stop a gunman who killed 10 people before committing suicide last month has been posthumously honored for his heroic actions.