Three suspects have been arrested by Eufaula police for their connection to a firearms assault on January 4. A 39-yearold man, who was not identified, was assaulted and sustained a gun shot would to the upper body at an apartment complex on South Randolph Avenue in Eufaula.
An arrest has been made in a shooting incident that occurred Saturday night, January 14, at a south Eufaula establishment. Billy Benefield, age 43, of Eufaula was arawaiting a bond hearing.
Three elected officials in Barbour County are beginning new terms in office after officially taking their oaths of office Thursday at the courthouse in Eufaula. Circuit Judge Burt Smithart of Union Springs, District Judge Matt Horne, and Sheriff Tyrone Smith were sworn into office after their re-elections in the November General Election.
A tornado that ripped through Barbour County Thursday afternoon caused structural damages, toppled trees and downed power lines primarily in the southern part of the county. Shown above is the damage the twister caused to the Maintenance Shop at Blue Springs State Park that suffered major damage along with equipment. The left picture shows Springhill Baptist Church on County Road 53 near Blue Springs.
Barbour County Sheriff Tyrone Smith wants his deputies to be prepared in the event that a mass shooting incident occurs. That’s the reason the county Sheriff’s Department is conducting mock mass shooting training, one of which was held last week at Barbour County High School in Clayton.
“Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.” Barbour County farmer Tanner Strickland used the passage from Psalm 79:13 as the message sent in a picture he submitted for the Farming Feeds Alabama Photo Contest.
The North Pole door opened and the arctic winds from Winter Storm Elliott blew into Barbour County early Thursday morning bringing subfreezing temperatures. With temperatures dipping below the freezing mark until a slight increase on Monday, residents in the county experienced one of the coldest hard freeze in many years.
READY FOR DELIVERY - Sen. Billy Beasley, Barbour County Commission Vice Chairman Jerry McGilvray, and Patsy McKinnon, Barbour County In-Home Service Agency coordinator, gather gifts to be delivered to low income, homebound, and those who may live alone for Christmas.
Barbour County commissioners agreed to endorse a broadband project proposed by Pea River Electric Cooperative but did not commit any financial support at the present time for the expansion of broadband in areas of the county.