Covington County News

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Charles Price has set a trial date of Oct. 27 for former Probate Judge Sherrie Phillips, who was indicted by a Covington County grand jury in June on felony ethics and theft ...

A Red Level man, who apparently lied about his identity as a convicted sex offender and was wanted on charges of welfare fraud, was arrested Tuesday.

A Mobile man earned a second visit to the Covington County Jail Thursday morning after five additional fraudulent use of a credit/debit card warrants were filed against him in connection with crimes committed ...

Five children, ranging in age from newborn to 6 years old, were removed from the custody of their mother Thursday after Drug Task Force agents located a meth lab inside their Opp home.

Covington County's District 3 Commissioner Harold Elmore will have no opposition on the November ballot, county Republican Party chairman William Blocker said Thursday.

As Paul Harvey would say, "And now...the rest of the story." The people of Covington County deserve better; the answer is not changing the system but fixing the system we have.

Since the first of the year, more than 1,300 people have registered to vote in Covington County - ' with a little less than half of those registering within the last month.

Pictured are : - SCovington County Republican Party chairman William Blocker; Judge Bill Thompson, candidate for the Court of Civil Appeals; Beth Kellum and Mary Windom, candidates for the Court of Criminal ...

A midnight bike ride for one Florala man led him and his brother directly to the Covington County Jail early Saturday morning.

The Sun Valley Inland station in River Falls was one of the few stations in the county selling gas Monday, at a listed price of $4.79 per gallon for regular unleaded.

Barbara McCommons, left, Altrusa Club president, and Lela M. Holmes, right, club treasurer, present Covington Historical Society president Dr.

The numbers in the proposed $20.2 million county budget predict a tough economic situation for Covington County.

Kayla White told Attorney General Troy King Tuesday that Pleasant Home School is one of the safest schools she knows - ' and he agreed.

Students will soon have more parking options at Red Level High School thanks to a second grant received from the Alabama Public School and College Education Incentive Fund Council.

The questionable residency of current Florala mayoral candidate Newton Peters has prompted one Florala resident and former mayoral candidate to file a complaint with the local police department.

The Andalusia police officer suspected of trading sex for drugs had his first day in court Thursday and will now have his case presented to the Covington County grand jury.

The bomb found Friday night in a meth lab in the Gantt community was meant to harm Drug Task Force agents, according to information received from confidential informants, Sgt.

More than 130 citations were issued and five people were arrested during the Covington County Sheriff's Office two-week selective traffic enforcement initiative held during the Labor Day holiday.

The Spring Hill School #2 was mentioned in last week's column in reference to the building, after not being used any longer, being deeded to the Oakey Ridge Baptist Church.

Using a confidential informant and an undercover police officer, the Crestview Police Department's Street Crimes Unit arrested a husband and wife around midday for trafficking in methamphetamines.