Choctaw County News

Other nominees for the honor from Marengo County included Mary Gaddy and last yeara s winner, Tommy Vice.

Five Alabama women, including Judson College artist-in-residence Billie Jean Young, will be inducted into the Southern Rural Black Women's Hall of Fame next month.

Catfish eatery gets Bessemer site: Ezell's Catfish Cabin is making a cast into Bessemer with an opening slated for Nov.

A new Red Cross office is opening in Choctaw County, Alabama. The office is being established by a minister and other community leaders in Choctaw County.

A candidate for the state House of Representatives who lost a primary election last month by margin of 80 percent to 20 percent has asked officials to investigate what he contends was a conspiracy to steal the election.

There is an outcry from Choctaw County, Ala., about the elimination of jobs in the sheriff's department.

When I was in school, the last place I wanted to be was in school. I mean, come on - as a kid, weren't there so many other places you would rather have been? You were stuck in a classroom all day, sitting at an uncomfortable desk, listening to someone talk about things in which you were not interested.

Sheriff's deputies in Choctaw County, Ala., say they're being forced to work double and triple shifts, because of budget cuts.

Some parents in Choctaw County, Ala., are calling for schools to be closed so that they can be sanitized due to several cases of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, surfacing there.

After spending around three and a half hours interviewing applicants for the county engineer position Monday afternoon, Jackson County Commission Chair Sadie Bias said she expects to make a decision on the hire this week.

Recent rains continue raising water levels along the Tombigbee River. Forecasters at the National Weather Service expect the Tombigbee River to flood on Wednesday, affecting Choctaw, Washington and Clarke counties in southwest Alabama.

3 on U.S. Highway 80 East. Carey Milla, a federal employee working in Marengo County, is leading the five-week class.

Two men died in traffic accidents this weekend. Alabama State Troopers say a Grand Bay man was struck and killed by a vehicle that left the scene Saturday evening.

Boosted by Alabama Education Association money, Elaine Beech has decisively outraised and outspent Ozelle Hubert, her Democratic primary opponent in the upcoming special state House District 65 election, according to campaign finance reports.

There is a growing call for action following the closure of a main road that connects west Alabama to east Mississippi.

Health and education officials in Choctaw County, Ala., are investigating the death of an elementary school student Monday, but they say they don't believe it was swine flu-related. Officials aren't releasing many details of the student's death.

A Louisiana man was trapped for approximately four hours Thursday following a 4-wheeler accident along the Oaktuppa Creek in Choctaw County, Ala.

Federal funds are starting to come to Choctaw County, Ala., which was damaged due to flooding in April.

Federal funds are starting to come to Choctaw County, Ala., which was damaged due to flooding in April.

Students in Choctaw County, Ala., returned to class Monday to continue a program that was almost given the ax.