Every morning Trey Nichols runs through the streets of Gandia, the Spanish town which will be his home for the next five months. He says that the buildings are very different from the ones of his hometown, Moulton, Alabama. “Their design seems older, and there are piers lining the city, with…

 Courtland will host its annual Wings Over Courtland event, which is a three-day celebration, beginning on Friday, April 26. 

The Lawrence County Road Department announced several road closures Wednesday just before noon.

Marlo Grace Harrison of East Lawrence High School was selected by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 25 to represent the Auxiliary at Girls State, which was held in June at the University of Alabama. Harrison attended the American Legion and Auxiliary annual Christmas Dinner, where she spoke…

Ah! Valentine’s Day, the day for lovers and beloved’s to bestow gifts of chocolates, roses and romantic dinners upon their sweethearts. Over three million tons of cocoa beans are consumed around the world annually on this day. The market value of the current annual cocoa crop is $5.1 billion.

On January 30-31, Lawrence County native Pastor Zach Terry and his wife Julie were invited to attend a conference at the National Palace in Guatemala City to help put an end to child trafficking.

In the Lawrence County Commission’s regular meeting on Friday, District 3 Commissioner Kyle Pankey announced his intention to hold a community meeting in his district on Monday, Feb. 25. 

The Stephens Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) honored five high school students from Lawrence County at the annual DAR Tea Ceremony Thursday afternoon at the Decatur Country Club.

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department announced personnel changes and the addition of two outreach programs for citizens interested in local law enforcement this week. 

Youth Leadership Lawrence attended Banking and Retail Day on Tuesday and heard from speakers Jonathon Sherrill and Tara Abbott with CB&S Bank about saving money, making investments and learning about career paths associated with banking. The youth group also heard from Lawrence County Ch…

Richard Anthony Price, 45 of 717 Jackson Avenue North in Russellville, and Amanda Honey Hamilton, 37 of the same address, were arrested on Sunday, Feb. 10 in Town Creek, according to Police Chief Jerry L. Garrett. 

The Lawrence County Drivers License Examiner’s Office will begin opening one day a week beginning in March, Lawrence County Probate Judge Greg Dutton announced on Friday.

Informal discussions have started about the Lawrence County Commission restoring the iconic old courthouse on the Moulton square.

Christie Jordan, a fifth-grade language arts teacher at East Lawrence Middle School, and Jill Woods, a family and consumer science teacher at Lawrence County High School, were each honored as Lawrence County Teacher of the Year in a special ceremony at the Lawrence County Board of Education …

The owner of a never-occupied, 2-decade-old building said he has three restaurants looking at moving into the structure on Alabama 24.

Most of us know someone who is a twin, and we’ve all heard stories about how they can intuitively tell when one is in pain, or about to have an accident or some unusual ESP sort of experience. Documented cases of this phenomenon have been recorded over the years and researchers are still baf…

A monument honoring Lawrence County Veterans was erected at Caddo Congregational Christian cemetery on Thursday, Jan. 31, thanks to the efforts of Decatur resident and local veteran Kermit Hill. 

Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Courtland will host a mortgage-burning celebration on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m. 

The Lawrence County Emergency Management Agency and 911 Agency received an upgrade to its surveillance camera on Friday.