White Hall News

A showdown is developing between the governor and Greene County officials over one of the largest electronic bingo casinos still operating in Alabama.

Gov. Bob Riley says the state will provide assistance to laid off casino workers even though he considers the casinos illegal.

A proposed constitutional amendment has been introduced to the Alabama House and if passed will let voters decide the legality of electronic bingo, and at least one of Pike County's local legislators is in support of it - or at least some version of it.

A proposed constitutional amendment has been introduced in the Alabama House that would let Alabama voters decide if they want to legalize electronic bingo games at certain locations in the state.

Gov. Bob Riley said Wednesday he decided to crack down on gambling machines because some prosecutors in Alabama were unwilling to enforce gambling laws as electronic bingo games spread.

A rally is officially underway on the steps of the State Capitol of Montgomery in support of a bingo bill that will allow the citizens of Alabama to vote.

Two North Alabama legislators are leaders in an effort to slow Gov. Bob Riley's move to padlock electronic bingo operations.

David Barber, commander of the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling, talks to the media about the gaming machines confiscated from White Hall Entertainment in White Hall, Ala.

As Gov. Bob Riley continues his fight to shut down electronic bingo machines across the state, legislators are about to begin their own battle over gambling.

A federal appeals court has ruled electronic bingo machines used by charities in California violate the law and ordered them shut down if there are no further appeals in the case.

WHITE HALL - Cold, rainy weather Saturday morning couldn't keep job seekers from filling out application forms to work at a second gaming center in one of Alabama's poorest counties Saturday.

There is not much to boast about in this town. The poor community set off U.S. 80 in Lowndes County has few things: one grocery store, rusty train cars parked on old tracks, boarded up businesses.

A Jefferson County judge held a hearing on Dec. 4, 2009, to hear lawyer positions on a new Alabama Supreme Court ruling.

Former White Hall Mayor John Jackson received a one-year suspended jail sentence and a stern warning from the judge Wednesday as a result of admitting he used his office for personal gain.

" Providing the community with aid from disasters, the Red Cross of Central Alabama supports those in need from natural disaster or smaller, and personal, disasters such as fires in the home.

Wednesday evening, owners of the White Hall Bingo facility in Lowndes County voluntarily closed their doors indefinitely.

White Hall, a gambling facility about 20 miles east of Montgomery, has closed its doors -- for now.

White Hall Gaming Center has closed it's doors until it can bring its gaming machines into compliance with state law.

Attorney General Troy King is leaving it to district attorneys to determine if bingo operations in their counties are legal in light of last week's Supreme Court ruling on bingo.

Reaction continues to pour in the newsroom Saturday following the Supreme Court decision on electronic bingo.