As Christmas bonuses and holiday gift time approaches, Chamber Checks will be available again to businesses and individuals as gift certificates to keep people spending their dollars in Walker … more

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark "Freedom Rides" of 1961, died Monday. He was 83. Former Alabama state Sen. Hank … more

A Jasper teen was charged with attempted murder Tuesday after a 16-year-old was stabbed on Drummond Cutoff Road Monday night. Colby Jake Pierce, 17, is being held at Walker County Jail after a … more

Presiding Circuit Judge Hoyt Elliott has cancelled the jury docket for trials set for Dec. 7, in large part due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Walker County Jail among prisoners and … more

OAKMAN — A special celebration occurred in Oakman on Saturday to honor the town's oldest living African American citizen. Community members came together for a drive-by parade on Saturday to … more

Three arrests were made in Carbon Hill over the weekend. Christy Margarette Lawson Hall, 45, of Carbon Hill, was charged with distribution of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled … more

Local residents will be able to gather with their neighbors on Thursday, though several COVID-related changes have been made to the Operation Thanksgiving community meal at the Jasper Civic … more

A number of revised garbage schedules, closings and events will mark Thanksgiving in Walker County next week, as the end-of-the-year holiday schedule will now get underway. The Walker County … more

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doctors and health officials on Monday pleaded with people to take precautions during Thanksgiving — such as skipping large indoor gatherings — as the state … more

Members of the Cordova Toy Bowl 5/6 Freshman team were recgonized at Tuesday night's council meeting for winning the 2020 Alabama Competitive Youth Football League Super Bowl. Mayor Jeremy Pate … more