Covington County Schools Superintendent Shannon Driver says he’s recieved multiple reports of vehicles passing school buses that are stopped on the side of the road with emergency lights. A bus driver turns on lights and extends a stop sign when the bus has stopped to pick up or drop off students. When a bus has those lights on and the…
The Sitel call center came to Covington County nearly 15 years ago and employs more than 500 people from around South Alabama. The Sitel Company announced the closing of its Covington County call center earlier this week. The call center came to the county nearly 15 years ago and employs more than 500 people from around South Alabama. Sitel officials…
The 56th Annual Rattlesnake Rodeo is full of fun, great food, good music and, of course, rattlesnakes. Sometimes, even the people working the event become a part of the tradition. That is true for Don Childre, the rodeo coordinator. He has been wrangling snakes most of his life. “I had fooled with a lot of poisonous snakes as a child,”…
The National Weather Service as confirmed a Tornado touched down Northwest Covington County in South Alabama at about 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. Sheriff’s officials say that a mobile home was destroyed, and a woman has been left with minor injuries. According to Alabama Power, several customers in Central Alabama are without power as of 5:22 p.m. 100 customers are without…
