Scottsboro News

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama _ Winter in the Deep South, especially in northeast Alabama, can be challenging, especially if there is the least speck of ice or snow on the roads.

The family of 26-year-old Chris Heaton says he died a hero. Heaton drowned on Tuesday after he dove into the Tennessee River in Bridgeport, Alabama.

Authorities in northeastern Alabama say a man dove into the Tennessee River after seeing his girlfriend's car sinking and drowned in the fast-moving water.

A non-profit group that removes milfoil and hydrilla from the Roseberry Creek embayment on the Tennessee River asked the City Council for $50,000 to help with its efforts, The Daily Sentinel reported.

A parent's complaint about religious assemblies during the school day brought more than 100 people supporting the assemblies to a called meeting of the Jackson County school board Monday night .

With a gallery full of praying and singing evangelical church members cheering them on, a school board in Alabama has decided to continue blurring the line between church and state.

"Anyone wishing to work on their Alabama list will find Jackson County a good place to start.

To commemorate the start of Black History Month, the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center will host Joanne Bland, co-founder and former director of the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma.

Jackson County, AL-In Jackson County the continued wet weather is causing major headaches around Woodville and parts of Scottsboro.

The storm system that passed through the area early Monday morning resulted in plenty of rainfall, flooding several roads in low-lying areas of Morgan County.

This is Bailey and Brooklyn Painter inside Tumbling Rock Cave near Scottsboro, AL.