Winston County News

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:17 p.m. TUSCALOOSA It's a killer without discrimination.

Kia's new auto assembly plant in western Georgia is bringing pockets of prosperity to communities across Alabama, particularly an eastern swath of the state that has faced heavy job losses tied to the fading textile industry.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:18 p.m. NORTHPORT Long-time Tuscaloosa real estate executive Howard Garrison, 62, kicked off his first campaign for public office Monday with a 200-mile tour of sprawling Senate District 5, which includes western Jefferson County, northeast Tuscaloosa ...

Local unemployment numbers remained level for September, though the state of Alabama has climbed to the 10th highest unemployment rate in the nation.

The premier time for fall foliage viewing is nearing, said Jeremy McDonald, fall color coordinator at Bankhead National Forest.

Authorities on Friday arrested a Pine Torch man and raided what an Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board agent said was a substantial marijuana growing operation on the Lawrence/Winston County line.

New Cullman County Red Cross Director Mike Bates sits at his desk at the Red Cross office.

Two fires that damaged churches in Walker and Winston counties over the weekend were apparently accidents, a state fire marshal spokesman said this morning.

Temps flirted with the mid 80s across much of central Alabama this evening and diurnal heating contributed to pop-up showers which started off isolated in nature but quickly grew into scatted thunderstorm across Marion and Winston counties and parts of Shelby County as well.

A Winston County man is headed for another appearance at the Franklin County Courthouse after an outburst of temper Tuesday, the Times Daily of Florence reports.

More t'storms are in northern Alabama this morning. Heavy rain with lightning is over Winston and Cullman counties.

The last remaining thundershower of the day is in the process of disappearing now near Double Springs in Winston county.

The unemployment rate for Cullman county has climbed to 8.6 percent for March, 2009 - up from just 8.3 percent in February, 2009.

Cullman County is under a tornado watch as a storm system moves across North Alabama.