Coffee County News

The husband and wife team of Dan and Pat Presley, Coffee County Extension Coordinator Stan Windham and Christian Mission Executive Director Johnny Belcher were honored for outstanding community service at a Farm City Week ceremony Thursday.

After three continuances, Brundidge City Councilman Arthur Lee Griffin will stand trial Nov.

Enterprise police made a drug arrest Wednesday after finding marijuana hidden in a Cheetos bag in a vehicle.

Coffee County was in the hands of 27 high school students Monday as the Youth Leadership Team took the reins of government for the day.

Participants attending next week's grower seminars sponsored by the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association will get a little something extra - three hours of continuing education credit toward their Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation requirements, according to Johnny Adams, AP&EA's executive director.

Come 2010, there could be no seated judge in the Pike County Courthouse after Circuit Judge Robert Barr hangs up his coat.

The Coffee and Geneva County Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities presented annual awards Tuesday to outstanding educators, businesses, social agencies and individuals who help people with disabilities become an integral part of the community.

An Army investigation found that soldiers should not have been sent to man traffic stops in a small Alabama town after 11 people were killed in March during a shooting spree.

A desire to be close to family and the opportunity to work with outstanding physicians are among the reasons Samson native Dr.

A series of four grower seminars will be held Oct. 26-27 at various locations across the state, the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association has announced.

Fourteen percent of Enterprise residents live in poverty, according to Shannon Clark.

When Pike County District Attorney Gary McAliley announced his retirement last week, he said it was time for a oeyoung folksa to take over.

Federal agents recently arrested two people, referred to as U.S. Postal Service employees, and charged them each with the delay or destruction of mail.

"I will not be a candidate in 2010 for re-election." With those words Gary McAliley announced Friday his more than three decades of public service will culminate with retirement at the end of his current term as 12th Judicial Circuit district attorney.

School systems across Alabama are making budget adjustments to offset the 7 and a half percent proration announced earlier this month.

Drug related crimes aren't confined to big cities, small communities face the same problems.

Studies show that one in every eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer.

A longtime volunteer and civic leader was recognized for her service to the community as outgoing Chamber of Commerce Chairman Robbin Thompson announced the volunteer of the year award will be named in her honor.

The Coffee County EMA is submitting their hazard mitigation plan to the state Friday.

Coffee County Sheriff Dave Sutton has caught some heat lately about the number of deputies inside the city limits of Enterprise.