Covington County News

A Canadian National Railroad train carrying coal derailed in Collins around 7:30 a.m. just south of the Kola Road crossing.

And now some Pine Belt hopefuls may have their chance to do the same on another Fox singing competition: "X Factor." Four area acts have won a guaranteed audition in front of the show's producers.

Senior Laurel K. Duty of Collins was selected as Lamar Christian School's Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition student for the 2011-12 school year.

Law officers are searching for a woman they describe as an escapee from a women's facility in Montgomery.

A man is dead after an altercation Saturday in Collins. Twenty-two year old Orlando Booth was pronounced dead at 1:51 PM Saturday in the Covington County emergency room from a stab wound to the chest.