Troy News

Dejerilyn King Henderson has officially announced her intent to seek election to the Troy City Council District 5 on August 28, 2012.

His voice choked with emotion, Troy Mayor Jimmy Lunsford announced Friday that he will not run for another term as leader of this growing Pike County community.

"As Walter Cronkite would say, 'We've got breaking news,'" laughed Mayor Jimmy Lunsford at a city department head meeting on Friday morning.

It was a close call on Dean Street in Troy when a train collided with the back of a car attempting to cross the tracks.

He's been at the helm of the City of Troy for nearly three decades, but Friday Mayor Jimmy Lunsford publicly announced that will soon come to an end.

Tammy Powell was awarded the 2012 Troy Exchange Club Book of Golden Deeds for her extensive contributions to the community over the years.

The Troy Arts Council will present the Mobile Singing Children's Choir in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Troy.

What could have been a simple traffic stop ended in a car taking a nose dive from a hill into an apartment complex's parking lot and the driver's arrest.

A costumer pumps gas at the Kangaroo gas station on U.S. Highway 231 in Troy, Ala., Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

Georgia Congressman John Lewis has picked up the last of his prestigious honorary degrees for this year from Brown University.

A decision could be made as early as today as to whether or not the Boys and Girls Club of Pike and Surrounding Counties will have to close its doors to children during the summer months.

Cliff Boutwell of the Spring Hill community has taken the reins as the manager of the Pike Farmers Market for the 2012 summer harvest season.

With a live bugle reveille at the Green Hills Memorial Cemetery in the early hours of the morning, Memorial Day began for the city of Troy.

A Troy Police Department statement said police responded to a missing persons call around 7:30 p.m. Saturday at a pond on Swindall Road.

Structural modernization of a first S-61T airframe has been completed by Sikorsky at its Troy, AL facility.

Troy, AL: Troy EMS Units are on scene of a possible drowning. Details are sketchy at this time.

Right now, areas of Alabama east of Interstate 65 and south of Interstate 85, which includes Pike County, are under extreme drought conditions due to lack of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service in Birmingham.

Each year, the month of May is proclaimed Older Americans Month throughout the nation.

Pike County will be the site of three Memorial Day services on Monday with a fourth conducted by Brundidge VFW Post 7055 at Elam Cemetery at Elamville.

Tip of New Orleans is a food truck making the rounds in the area serving up bit of Cajun cuisine - along with quick food favorites.