Alexandra Conniff of Eufaula, treasurer of Alpha Zeta Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, recently attended the Alabama State Convention held March 3-5 in Tuscaloosa for training and personal and professional development.
Two Eufaula residents lost their lives over the weekend in separate accidents. The Eufaula Police Department’s Traffic Homicide Investigation Unit is investigating both of these incidents.
Mrs. Holly Beasley Mitchell has been named as The Lakeside School’s new Head of School.
The Clayton city council members are proposing increasing garbage collection fees on residential customers but they are trying to figure out the legal way to do it. At their meeting held on March 6, the council voted to increase the fee from $19 to $21 for all residential customers.
A Gadsden man has been charged with Attempted Murder for shooting a woman at a Eufaula apartment multiple times. Eufaula police officers arrested Jamese Lamar Walker, 38, on the scene at the apartment following the incident that occurred early Thursday morning, March 16.
Barbour County commissioners have once again addressed hiring policies for county employees. In a discussion that became rather contentious during last week’s regular meeting, Commission Vice Chairman Jerry McGilvray read a motion that would eliminate any commissioner from being involved in the hiring of employees.
A hidden treasure tucked away off a county road from Clayton awaits those who are anxious to venture into wide open tranquil territory. The Wehle Land Conservation Center, located off County Road 49 or better known as the State Lake Road, is a sprawling 1,505 acres of rolling pine hills and hardwood bottoms where the outdoors can be enjoyed at its best.
County offices at the Barbour County Courthouses in Clayton and Eufaula will be closed for several hours on March 24. County commissioners approved for the offices to be closed at Tuesday’s regular commission meeting for a Safety Incentive Program.
A tornado in January 2023 caused severe damage in the areas around Elamville and Blue Springs. Farms and ranches suffering severe damage may be eligible for assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) administered by the Barbour County Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Two inmates at Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton and an inmate at Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs are among the five deaths reported so far in the month of March by the Alabama Department of Corrections.