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Monroe County in the News

Bad Boy rolls out first tractor

January 15, 2026 | The Monroe Journal

Bad Boy Mowers is off to a fast start following its ribbon cutting ceremony with its first tractor rolling off the assembly line.

City welcomes Bad Boy Mowers

December 11, 2025 | The Momroe Journal

Bad Boy Mowers announced a $10.5 million investment at its new tractor assembly plant in a ribbon cutting-ceremony in Monroeville on Tuesday.

$800 Million GP Project Approved

September 18, 2025 | The Monroe Journal

Last week, Georgia-Pacific's executive board of directors in Atlanta, Ga. gave officials the ARC mill at Perdue Hill approved to proceed with an $800-million project.

New Industry for Monroeville

August 7, 2025 | The Monroe Journal

Following years of sitting idle, the former Vanity Fair cutting plant located on South Alabama Avenue in Monroeville is coming back to life. Webster Fulfillment is a 21st Century business and is a third-party service provider that handles the processing of receiving, storing, picking, packing and shipping products for e-commerce businesses and manufacturers.

This place inspired Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

May 5, 2022 | Khaleej Time

Each springtime locals perform an adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.

J&L creates 64 new jobs in Monroeville

January 7, 2021 | The Monroe Journal

The City of Monroeville and Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission (ATRC) are in a position to close out a $100,000 Community Block Development Grant (CDBG) thanks, in part, to J&L Industrial Services LLC in Monroeville.