This is an opinion column. Lowndes County is a place of haunting beauty, where you can see stars at night and endless loblolly pines by day. It’ll make your heart hurt, if you have one. But now ...

Fetid water pools outside a mobile home in Hayneville in Lowndes County, Ala., in 2022. For the last 14 years, when it rains in Lowndes County, Alabama, contaminated standing water builds up around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration has rescinded a historic settlement designed to improve wastewater treatment services for residents in ...

In his quest to end “diversity, equity and inclusion,” President Donald Trump has killed plans to address raw sewage running into yards in Alabama’s Black Belt. “It’s not DEI, it’s just common decency ...

The Justice Department said Friday it would terminate a landmark civil rights settlement to rectify long-standing sanitation problems for residents in Lowndes County, Alabama, saying the Biden-era ...

For the last 14 years, when it rains in Lowndes County, Alabama, contaminated standing water builds up around Annye Burke’s home. When the septic tank breaks down, raw sewage backs up into her toilet, ...

A hunter in Lowndes County, Alabama, is undergoing rabies treatment after being bitten by a rabid fox. The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed the fox was rabid and warns that rabies is ...

For the last 14 years, when it rains in Lowndes County, Alabama, contaminated standing water builds up around Annye Burke’s home. When the septic tank breaks down, raw sewage backs up into her toilet, ...