Alabama’s unemployment rate remained at a record 2.6% in July, officials said Friday.
The nationwide average price for a gallon of gasoline has topped $5 for the first time ever.
The state says the rate in April was down slightly from a month earlier and well below the national rate.
Part of J.E. Hobbs Elementary School in Camden has been destroyed by fire.
The Monroe County sheriff believes a body that has been found may be that of a missing Colorado woman.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Funeral arrangements for the Wilcox County constable killed in the line of duty last week — have now been set. Long-time constable Madison “Skip” Nicholson was shot and killed — responding to a domestic disturbance call in Yellow Bluff. Visitation for Nicholson will be held Friday — at the National Guard Armory in Camden —…
The family of a retired Wilcox County deputy who was working as a constable could be the first to receive compensation under a change in state law made earlier this year.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– More details emerge in the deadly shooting that claimed the lives of a Wilcox County constable — and the suspected shooter. Seventy-eight year old Madison “Skip” Nicholson of Camden was a long-time Wilcox County constable — as well as a long-time process server with the sheriff’s office. He was pronounced dead at a Pensacola hospital…
The Wilcox County deputy and the suspect involved in a fatal shooting on Wednesday have been identified.
Norbert Thomas came back from Iraq in 2004 with a dream to give back to his community by helping at-risk kids.
