Chilton County News

Just when you thought it couldn't get any stranger or sicker than the naked man in Miami chewing on his victim's face , now there is this.

First of all, I would like to establish that I am a 63-year-old white male living in Millbrook.

Chilton County Sheriff Kevin Davis acquired a plane and helicopter for the department to use.

A family pet was humanely euthanized this morning after a Calera veterinarian saw what she called "the worst thing I've seen in 15 years." Dr.

With the first wave of summer heat, Petals from the Past opened its U-Pick blackberry fields and announced its Black and Blue Berry Festival scheduled for June 16.

Freshly picked Chilton County peaches were the stars of Durbin Farms Market's annual peach season kick-off May 25.

But Clanton Police Chief Brian Stilwell and Chilton County Sheriff Kevin Davis also said a new law banning the activity will be difficult to enforce.

On the same day the Alabama Legislature approved new districts, the Chilton County Commission issued a resolution opposing the plan.

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.

Clanton Elementary and Clanton Intermediate schools took their after-school care up a notch this past year, and they are inviting more students to be a part of it.

The Chilton County Veterans' Memorial Day Observance will be May 28 at 10 a.m. in front of the Chilton County Courthouse where the veterans' monuments are located.

Thompson said his decision to leave his position in Chilton County after four years was not easy, but ultimately what he needed to do to advance his career.

The Alabama Department of Transportation will conduct bridge inspections on the Interstate 65 bridges in Calera between Alabama 25 and the Chilton County line May 24.

Step inside Gypsy Sally's in downtown Clanton and prepare to take those taste buds on an adventure, because the dishes are as distinctive as the restaurant's name.

April's rate represents 154,307 unemployed persons, down from 157,494 last month and 203,520 in April 2011.

Links to news stories from around Central Alabama: a Trial on hold for mental evaluation of man charged in 2010 with stabbing of his wife -- Shelby County Reporter a Cullman Regional Medical Center sheds jobs in restructuring, citing surging indigent care costs as major reason -- Cullman Times a Birmingham firm linked to plans for revival of ... (more)

E ach session the Alabama Legislature hands out it's good-natured Shroud Award. It's a little political jab, a jest to make the failures seem more amusing.

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the parents of Alex Moore against the Chilton County Board of Education.

The parents of a Jemison student who jumped to her death in 2010 are suing the Chilton County Board of Education, claiming the wrongful death of Alex Moore.

Inadequate education funding and new scheduling requirements at the state level will cause schools in Chilton County to lose more teachers and possibly more instructional days this coming school year.