A major road widening project may be in the cards for the City of Progress, and state officials are turning to local drivers for their input. This week, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT ...

Earlier this month, ALDOT sought public input on another proposed project on the other side of Boll Weevil Circle.

A boll weevil sits perched inside a cotton plant. An eradication program has been active in Texas since 1993. Some experts predict the boll weevil will be eradicated nationwide within four to five ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -Over 100 years ago, the boll weevil insect threatened to destroy the cotton crop in Enterprise. The citizens planted peanut crops to avoid economic ruin, thus bringing prosperity ...

ROBSTOWN, Tex. - When Charles Niemann started farming in 1960, he knew the threat of the cotton boll weevil made his livelihood risky. He treated his fields in South Texas with pesticide every few ...

BROWNSVILLE (AP) - A federal effort to eradicate cotton's long-time enemy the boll weevil has had success, and the pest is now confined to the southernmost part of Texas along the border with Mexico.

SAN DIEGO The ownership rights to the 42-year-old, family-owned Boll Weevil restaurant chain are unclear as the parent company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation earlier this month and ...

Nearly 50 years after the U.S. cotton industry committed itself to eradication of the boll weevil, Arkansas has nearly eliminated the ladybug-size pests. Boll weevil populations in all five of the ...

Boll Weevil, a landmark San Diego restaurant chain that took its improbable name from an agricultural pest, shuttered six company-owned stores this week after filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The abrupt ...