Tallapoosa County News

The Tallapoosa County Health Department used about half of its first shipment of H1N1 influenza vaccinations during a walk-in clinic on Wednesday.

Several Macon County residents are under arrest on of distributing drugs, trafficking in cocaine, and conspiracy to commit various drug crimes, as well as failing to affix tax stamps to various illegal drugs.

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James Harold Griffith, 37, of Dadeville was charged with manufacturing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime of manufacturing the methamphetamine, simple possession of methamphetamine, using a place to manufacture methamphetamine, and two counts of being a felon in possession of a ...

I dona t think Ia ve ever finished a game of Monopoly. I remember starting several, but the length of the game coupled with my sistera s knack for illegal mergers with other family members usually meant the night ended with a giant earthquake that knocked all the houses and hotels off their cardboard foundations.

Earlier this week, Lt. Bill Hough of the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department shared a frightening story with students at Alexander City Middle School.

As postal inspectors continue to investigate the murder of U.S. Postal Service highway contract route driver Tony Harrelson, they encourage the public to call the U.S. Postal Inspection Service or Tallapoosa County Sheriffa s Department hotline with information.

This is an aerial file photo of Richard Scrushy's Lake Martin house at Willow Point.

Tallapoosa County District Attorney E. Paul Jones accused Alabama Attorney General Troy King of political grandstanding in his decision to dismiss lawsuits filed against CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart and Walgreena s pharmacies.

The United States Postal Inspection Service continues to investigate the murder of postal worker Tony Harrelson, who was shot and killed at the Camp Hill post office on Oct.

Lake Martina s eye in the sky is trying to help keep people from getting high. An aviation unit comprised of the Alabama Department of Public Safety and the Alabama National Guard fly across our area at various times of the year to look for marijuana.

Mike Lucas pled guilty this morning in court to the charge of use of official position or office for personal gain.

Richard and Leslie Scrushy in 2006, before he lost a $2.8 billion civil court judgment.

Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests Wednesday: * Daniel Brian Barnes, 35, of 16072 Witty Mill Road, Elkmont, two counts of negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument and one count of failing to pay child support * Courtney Terrell Johnson, 32, of 108 Ash St., Athens, attempting to elude and pedestrian on the ...

Richard Scrushy's multimillion dollar lakefront estate is going up for auction to help pay an almost $2.9 billion court judgment against the imprisoned HealthSouth Corp.

Twenty-six people were arrested in East Alabama Monday on drug-related warrants associated with methamphetamines, according to the Lee County Sheriff's office.

The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $100,000 reward for information concerning the shooting death of a contract mail truck driver at the Camp Hill post office.

Authorities in Tallapoosa County, about 2 and a half hours north of Dothan, say a highway contract driver for the U.S. postal service was shot to death.

The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who was responsible for the shooting death of one of its contract truck drivers Friday afternoon in Camp Hill.

A little more than a year ago, Katrina Vernon and Alabama state troopers stood around the roadside signs they had hoped would solve a mystery in Tallapoosa County; who ran over and killed Chris Vernon and why.