When the U.S. Department of Defense began renaming the nine Army installations named for Confederates soldiers, including Alabama’s Fort Rucker, it originally allocated $1 million to the effort. That figure quickly rose to $21 million, with the Army now expecting to pay $39 million for new signs, gates, patches and other changes.
Six cities and towns in Dale County are calling for an investigation into the county government’s use of federal funding.
A military helicopter crashed near Ozark Monday around 2 p.m.