The U.S. Justice Department says it’s launched an environmental justice investigation into the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department.
A project named for a Black man who was lynched in Alabama is being awarded more than $235,000 to preserve a school that was important to the Black community in Lowndes County.
Two men convicted of robbing two Lowndes County banks have been sentenced. On Thursday, July 1, a judge sentenced Bennie Ray Carpenter, Jr., 42, of Town Creek, to over 154 months (over 12 years). A day later, a judge sentenced Hunter Lee McPherson, 21, of Greenville, to 130 months (over 10 years).
Ft. Deposit police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened at a cemetery.
A man wanted for questioning in a Lowndes County Murder investigation. Police notified Crimestoppers that Samuel “Buck” Terrell Williams is now is police custody.
The father charged with capital murder in the death of his one-month-old son has a prior history with law enforcement. According to court records, 32-year-old Caleb Whisnand, Sr., was arrested on several drug-related charges dating back to December 2017. In June 2020, Whisnand was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and possession of a controlled substance in Elmore County after…
Alabama News Network brought you live coverage of a news conference this morning as Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham and others updated the case of the father charged in the death of his newborn son, who had been reported missing.
On Monday, the Dannon Project partnered with the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), to provide re-entry services to the citizens of Lowndes County. CREEJ donated $25,000 dollars to the Dannon Project in hopes to help with transportation for those individuals. “I said well you can help us with transportation,” said Jay Coleman, Dannon Project Site Coordinator, “so…
Family and friends gathered in the Lowndes County Courthouse today to honor the life and legacy of sheriff big John Williams Sheriff “Big John” Williams was a well loved sheriff in the Lowndes County community. Local law-enforcement and family members gathered in the courthouse in remembrance of his life, Wednesday afternoon. Williams was murdered back in November 2019 and because…
On Saturday, the Southeast Alabama Area Health Education Centers and the Lowndes County Coroner teamed up for their first drive-through mask giveaway. The event happened at the Sheriff Big John Williams Courthouse in Hayneville. Lowndes County Corner Terrell Means says it’s an effort to continue to promote COVID-19 safety by giving away and wearing masks even though more people are…
