The Fort Dale Academy football team is winning on the field and their inspiration may just come from the field house. “Anything that gets your attention and makes you work harder and understand your goals is good for an athlete,” said Coach James Sampley, Fort Dale Academy Head Football Coach. Last week, the school unveiled a football-themed photo collage mural –…
As of Wednesday, the city of Greenville has officially taken ownership of L. V. Stabler Memorial Hospital. “We’re excited about a new day and a new hospital,” said Greenville Mayor Dexter McLendon. It is multi-million dollar deal that leaders say will ensure growth and stability. “The city council felt like it was important for us to reach out and do what…
Brent Cosby has fond memories of his father. “He loved everybody. He never had a harsh word to say about anybody,” said Cosby. That’s why it was a shock, Cosby says, to learn his father Earl was murdered. Earl Cosby was found shot to death June 13, 2016 at his car dealership in Rutledge. “It looks like it was a…
Crenshaw County Schools announced on its Facebook page Tuesday evening that classes would be canceled a second day on Oct. 4 to give authorities more time to investigate an unspecified threat against the district. The FBI is heading up the investigation and so far, no arrests have been made. Crenshaw County School Superintendent, Dr. Boyd English says “we were notified by…
Severe weather was expected to bring a variety of threats to parts of the Deep South through the night. Thousands of power outages were reported in the New Orleans area, where a tornado watch remained in effect early Monday afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, says 6.9 million people in large parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and south Alabama…
A black bear is in the first box of toys that will be donated to Taylor’s East Tennessee Toy Drive. Gatlinburg, Tennessee holds many special memories for South Alabama native Vesta Taylor. “My dad had took me through there when I was ten, and he died when I was fourteen,” she remembers. Taylor and her husband love taking trips to the…
Authorities say the south Alabama house where five people were slain with an ax and gunshots has mysteriously burned. Sheriff’s officials say they’d gotten a tip that the home in Citronelle, Alabama, would be burned – and then it went up in flames Sunday morning. Authorities say 27-year-old Derrick Dearman of Leakesville, Mississippi, is accused of killing five people in…
A Mississippi man accused of killing five people in a south Alabama home with blows from an ax and gunshots has pleaded not guilty. Authorities say 27-year-old Derrick Dearman of Leakesville, Mississippi, attacked the three men and two women as they slept Aug. 20 and then kidnapped his estranged girlfriend, who had sought shelter in the house to get away…
An Alabama sheriff says the suspect in the slaughter of five adults was armed with an ax as he attacked them in their sleep, using the weapon to strike one of his first victims in a reclining chair and then moving through the house to assault the others. Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran says Derrick Dearman overpowered the victims in…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The No. 12 Auburn soccer team has its sights set on leveling its record with it travels to South Alabama for a non-conference road clash on Sunday. The ball is set to begin rolling at 6 p.m. in Mobile, Ala. The Tigers (0-1-0) take a plethora of positives with them to their in-state foe’s home field….
