Town Creek News

A mother who is holding out hope that her son is alive after disappearing during a dog-fighting raid is holding out hope that her son is alive and she could be heard Tuesday calling out her son's name as searchers combed a pasture and woods, the TimesDaily newspaper reports.

Search crews were out in Lawrence County on Monday, searching for a suspect in an alleged dog-fighting ring.

The search for a missing man continues in Town Creek after a dog fighting raid bust.

A Lawrence County couple is dead after they were found shot to death Sunday. Neighbors went to check on Bailey and Betty Nichols at their home on County Road 147 in Town Creek, and discovered their bodies inside the home.

Lawrence County Sheriff's Officers busted a dog fighting ring in Town Creek Saturday night.

Lawrence County sheriffa s investigators said they arrested a Town Creek man Friday who is suspected of stealing and scrapping metal items for money.

The Tennessee River was expected to begin spilling over its banks at McFarland Park in Florence on Thursday night, prompting an evacuation of the campground earlier in the day, the TimesDaily newspaper reports.

A Moulton man is in Lawrence County Jail after fleeing police, causing a Town Creek police officer to wreck, then wrecking his own vehicle, the TimesDaily of Florence reports.

A Town Creek man is in serious condition after he was beaten with a baseball bat.

A shooting early Wednesday sent one Lawrence County man to the hospital and another to jail without bail.

Courtland, Leighton and Town Creek in north Alabama could end up with as much as $800,000 each if the proposed sale of the Lawrence Colbert Gas District goes through as planned, according to a report by The TimesDaily.

Rain-weary North Alabamians shouldna t expect relief until El Nino ends after winter 2010, said Chelly Amin, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

The Lawrence County Republican Party chairman and the father of the late County Commissioner John Terry have expressed interest in filling the District 2 commission seat, said Gov.

Lawrence County residents are watching the sky and the waterways, worried about flooding.

Continued rain is causing a few problems with roads in Lauderdale, Lawrence and Colbert counties.

Therea s a strikingly different look to the entrance of R.A. Hubbard High School these days, with bright orange and purple stripes bordering the tops and bottoms of the walls.

Five bands and numerous volunteers are coming together next week to help a 7-year-old Elkmont boy and his family.