Jackson County, Al.

Local news from Bridgeport, Stevenson, Hollywood and Scottsboro, Alabama

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State and local leaders are noting the continued rise of COVID-19 in rural areas in the Chattanooga region. Here is what the coronavirus data is showing in the past week.

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Jackson County, Alabama, authorities on Monday arrested a woman who was at large since she allegedly drove her car toward an officer last Wednesday as he fired shots at her.

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"The search has been suspended indefinitely due to weather that is incoming to the area," Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Senior Trooper Chuck Daniel said of search efforts on South Sauty Creek.

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WATCH OUT: Intermittent lane closures will be possible from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST from Jan. 7 to Jan. 14.

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The Feb. 1, 2020, event is timed to coincide with the beginning of Black History Month and the opening of the museum 10 years ago.

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She was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene

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Two pedestrians and a motorcyclist were among those killed. The other eight people killed were traveling in vehicles equipped with seat belts.

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Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from a work release detail about 3 p.m. Wednesday at Stevenson Park in Alabama.

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A 25-year-old Jackson County corrections deputy working at the county jail was arrested Wednesday and charged with bringing contraband into the jail and delivering it to an inmate.

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The Northeast Alabama man shot by security at the entrance of the Jackson County Courthouse in September after he tried to enter with a gun is now recovering at home.

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Authorities are investigating after a Hixson man died while canoeing Friday on an Alabama river.

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Authorities say an armed man who was shot by officers at the entrance to the Jackson County Courthouse in Scottsboro, Alabama, last week is still being treated at an area hospital.

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After a two-year investigation, Alabama authorities have arrested a Jackson County man in the 2017 murder of his father.

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The call first came in as a self-inflicted shooting, Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen said, "but after our investigators got there, they determined that it was a homicide and arrested the boyfriend."

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Check out our live @BestOfPreps reports from tonight's Chattanooga-area prep football games. #bestofpreps

Which team will you be you cheering for?

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Preview some of the Chattanooga-area's biggest high school football games for the season's fourth week. #bestofpreps

Which team will you be cheering for?

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Check out our @BestOfPreps live reports from tonight's Chattanooga-area prep football games. #bestofpreps

Which team will you be you cheering for? #fridaynightlights

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Students in Murray County, Ga., still have the latest school start date in the Chattanooga region with a Sept. 3 launch, but most other area systems start this week or next.

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A 20-year-old Florida man was killed Saturday while rappelling into a cave at Stephens Gap-Callahan Preserve in Jackson County, Alabama, after a possible equipment malfunction. https://t.co/jd43CfrXTM

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Yet another Bridgeport, Alabama, resident stands accused of TennCare fraud, bringing to seven the total number of people from the tiny Northeast Alabama town facing charges of defrauding the state's Medicaid program. https://t.co/IJNkWvnQaS