Greene County News

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:03 p.m. MONTGOMERY Attorney General Troy King on Tuesday asked Greene County District Attorney Greg Griggers and 15 other DAs to enforce Friday's Supreme Court bingo opinion, but added that voters ultimately should decide bingo's fate.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:29 p.m. A Greene County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the town of Forkland has broken state law by misappropriating earmarked funds from taxes levied on gasoline purchases.

After state officials filed a $72 million claim against Greenetrack for back taxes, the head of the sprawling bingo hall in Greene County said Wednesday that it is part of Gov.

A lawsuit claims that Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford won more than $20,000 at rigged electronic bingo machines at Greenetrack in Eutaw last month.

Authorities say a Forrest County man wanted for questioning in his wife's homicide has been found dead in Alabama.

Former Greene County Commission Chairman Chris "Chip" Beeker is running as a Republican for the Public Service Commission position held by Democrat Jan Cook.

Stephen Duane Davis, II and Alfred L. Brophy have recently posted on SSRN theirpaper entitled The Most Esteemed Act of My Life: Family, Property, Will, and Trust in the Antebellum South .

Stephen Duane Davis II and our own Alfred L. Brophy have posted The Most Esteemed Act of My Life: Family, Property, Will, and Trust in the Antebellum South on SSRN.

As U.S. senators hash out details of federal health care reform, Alabama gubernatorial candidate and doctor Robert Bentley is shaking his head at the possibility of such a thing working.

One of Jefferson County's shining achievements is the library system. It is truly world-class and provides valuable resources to the people of our region.

The West Alabama Food Bank loaded about 10,000 pounds of food into trucks and took its mobile food pantry on the road for the first time.