Andalusia Health has announced that it will no longer permit visitors to its hospital, effective today at 5PM. It says it wants to help ensure the safety of its patients, providers, employees and community. The policy is in effect until further notice. It says some exceptions to the policy may apply, such as for pediatric patients, obstetric patients, outpatient surgery…
Nicholas Shane Conner – Photo from Central Alabama CrimeStoppers Andalusia police say they’re searching for 31-year-old Nicholas Shane Conner. He is wanted on the following charges: Domestic violence strangulation, kidnapping and interfering with a domestic violence emergency call. Police say Conner was last seen driving a red four door 2017 Ford F-150 pickup truck. Police say Conner is known to…
Andalusia police say they are investigating three business burglaries that happened on the same night by the same person. Police say on October 2, between the hours of 12:00 and 3:00 a.m., three businesses were burglarized in the 200 block of East Three Notch Street, the 400 block of East Watson Street and the 100 block of Tucker Street. The…
Emergency officials in Andalusia say three people had to be rescued after being pulled under the water in a drainage ditch this afternoon. Fire Chief Russell McGlamory said his department responded to a call that a teen was drowning on Walker Avenue. The teen had been paddleboarding in a ditch that runs from Walker Avenue, underground and through Robinson Park. The…
Alabama News Network anchor Andrew James is in Thunder Truck this afternoon, checking on conditions throughout the area. He has spent time in Covington County, which has seen some of the heaviest rainfall locally. This morning, a tree fell onto a house on River Falls Street in Andalusia. A woman was inside but was in a different part of the…
Photo from the City of Andalusia The city of Andalusia has announced the death of Lewis Carpenter, who elected in 1984 as the first black member of City Council. He was 92 years old. Carpenter died Wednesday at Mizell Memorial Hospital. Carpenter was born in Crenshaw County on February 1, 1928. He was the fourth of eight children, and grew…
The Andalusia Rotary Club has canceled until further notice its annual World Championship Domino Tournament. It had been scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11. Organizers hope that a domino event can be scheduled later in the year. “The decision was not made lightly nor hastily,” Andalusia Rotary Club President-Elect and WCDT Chairman George Patterson said. “We do…
