Walker County

WINSTON COUNTY - The Winston County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Walker County Sheriff’s Office and the 25th Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, is conducting an investigation into the death of Ricky Baughn Keeler.

WALKER COUNTY - Walker County Public Fishing Lake will reopen on February 15, 2024, under the operation of new lake managers David Price and Tiffany Terradas.

WALKER COUNTY - A Nauvoo man was killed Tuesday morning, October 17, after being struck by a vehicle.

WINSTON COUNTY - A Jasper woman wanted on numerous counts of fraud in Walker County after cashing or attempting to cash counterfeit checks from was nabbed in Winston County after committing similar acts in the Lynn area.

WALKER COUNTY - The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases are in from the Alabama Department of Public Health, and as of Wednesday, March 25, Walker County now has confirmed 8 cases within the county.

WINSTON COUNTY - “Schools and churches closed…Do your part by keeping the children at home.” That quote surely seems relevant today. Both churches and schools have been canceled due to COVID-19. However, the above quote came from a newspaper article in Hamilton from Oct. 16, 1918. It was relevant then, too, as what was known as Spanish influenza gripped the world, including here on our home turf, same as COVID-19 has.

WINSTON COUNTY - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alabama jumped to 77  in the Thursday afternoon update released by the Alabama Department of Public Health.  The closest case to Winston County is a case confirmed in Walker County.

Jefferson County still has the highest number of confirmed cases at 34.  Lee County has 10 cases, Shelby County has 9, Elmore and Madison County each have 5, Tuscaloosa County has 4, Montgomery County has 3 and Baldwin, Calhoun, Chambers, Limestone, St. Clair, Talladega and Walker each have 1.

 

WINSTON COUNTY - Confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Alabama, with one confirmed case now being reported in Walker County.

WALKER COUNTY   - The pursuit of a suspect vehicle, containing a man with criminal ties to several areas including Winston County, ended in the fatal shooting of Kimberly Police Officer Nick O’Rear...