Jackson County News

     A Bridgeport man pleads guilty in the middle of his trail.
     Three years ago, Braxton Lynn Hicks beat an elderly couple to death during a robbery.
     Their bodies were found in the downtown barber shop they ran.

     There was another shooting overnight  in Bridgeport, Alabama.
     The Jackson County Sheriff's Department says four people were shot in the parking lot at Fat Boys Bar and Grill on Highway 2-77.

TVA will spend up to two-billion dollars to convert ten existing wet coal ash ponds to dry storage facilities.  TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore provided an update on the process today.  He says it will take nearly a decade to complete.

     Schools remain open this week in Scottsboro and Jackson County, Alabama despite rising abesentees and the death of a student.
     The decision comes following the death of 12-year old Alex Garcia.
     He was a student at Collins Elementary.
     The boy appears to have been infected with the swine flu.
     The state department of public health made the call to keep the schools open...
     And administrators want parents to know they're taking every precaution possible.

Swine flu appears to be the culprit in the death of a 12-year-old Scottsboro, Alabama boy.

Alabama defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick is expected to be released from a hospital today after being shot in the arm last night.