Scottsboro News

Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 6:18 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. There was a break Thursday in an investigation ongoing for 1 1/2 years when Deputy Gary Hill stopped a vehicle on Alabama Highway 227 near Piney Grove Church in the Grove Oak community in DeKalb County, Sheriff Jimmy Harris said in a news release.

A Scottsboro couple accused of selling prescription drugs. . Jerry Forsythe and Hope Forsythe were arrested by Scottsboro police and charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.

The Scottsboro 9-10-year-old baeball all-stars came through in a must-win scenario Monday night.

The Scottsboro 9-10-year-old all-star team used some extra-inning heroics to claim a win in its Dixie District 8 opener Friday in Glencoe.

Jim Olyniec says the idea of the Scottsboro Trails is not some pie in the sky. "It's very achievable," said Olyniec.

Scottsboro police officers located marijuana in a vehicle during a routine traffic stop Wednesday.

The Scottsboro Senior Center will be having its annual Independence Day recognition program on Wednesday, July 1. The celebration will begin around 9:30 a.m., according to the center's Nutrition Manager Alda Prusser.

See Cool Gray Bats on 7-7-7 July 7 at 7 pm, Sauta Cave near Scottsboro Keith Hudson, wildlife biologist with the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Nongame Wildlife Program, will share his expertise on the quarter million gray bats of protected Sauta Cave - one of only a few available caves produce the right underground climate for gray ...

An investigation by Jackson County Sheriff's deputy Travis Renfro led to the arrests of two people early Friday morning in Scottsboro.

Two Woodville volunteer firefighters and a third man have been charged with arson in connection with a fire here in March.

Goose Pond Colony is switching things up a bit this year for its fourth of July celebrations, according to General Manager Lyle Sosebee.

Training Officer Gene Necklaus of the Scottsboro Fire Department has been selected to participate in the 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant as a technical evaluation reviewer.

A Jackson County Grand Jury has indicted James Kendall Stewart in the March murder of a mentally handicapped Scottsboro man, who had been reported missing by his family.

Playbill.com reports today that Susan Stroman, who directed and choreographed "The Producers" on Broadway, is doing the same for a new musical called "The Scottsboro Boys." Based on the 1930's Alabama case in which three black teenagers were accused of attacking two white women, the musical is the final collaboration between John Kander and the ...

The Scottsboro Board of Education approved several personnel changes Tuesday evening, including the appointment of a new principal for Brownwood Elementary School.

The Scottsboro Board of Education has received more than $134,000 in federal recovery grant money for its Child Nutrition Program.

Scottsboro Police arrested a man wanted in two other Alabama cities Wednesday. Ray Allen Carter, 40, of Scottsboro, who was using the alias of Andrew Carter was arrested after department investigators received information that Carter was using false identification in the city.

The Veterans of Foreign War of the United States, Department of Alabama, announced the installation of their 2009-2010 State Commander, George Jones of Scottsboro during the group's state convention last week.

The Jackson County Commission received an alternate plan for aquatic weed control at Monday's meeting.

Jackson County Sheriff Dennis Miller announced Monday he has promoted Chuck Phillips to the position of chief deputy.