Shane learns how the boll weevil became an icon in Enterprise, Alabama. Over an ice cream with Historian Laponce Harrison, Shane learns the boll weevil’s history – and how this insect became an icon ...

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 ...

A century ago, cotton farmers in Enterprise, Ala., faced disaster when their crops were wiped out by an invasive species, the boll weevil. Rather than accept defeat, the farmers switched to growing ...

One immense frosting-laden slice of cake from Boll Weevil Café & Sweetery will challenge the most rapacious sweet tooth. The dessert menu is a chocoholic's fantasy. Five devil's food dark cake layers ...

An Enterprise retailer, Boll Weevil Soap Company, has been named one of the Alabama Retailers of the Year by the Alabama Retail Association. Chad and Kendra Wester are Alabama Retailers of the Year in ...

In the last fortnight, I rode by a farm in south Georgia where cotton was making its way toward harvest. It takes 200 days for cotton to mature into the fluffy white stuff which is most valuable to ...

It’s all in the eye of the viewer when it comes to the statue at a new Alabama McDonald’s restaurant. The McDonald’s location in Enterprise in Coffee County is creating buzz for its new statue – the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An Alabama McDonald’s restaurant caused some buzz online after it unveiled a new attraction at its location: a giant statue of a boll weevil. But this wasn’t just any old weevil.

Don’t tell anyone, but I used to dread the holiday season. The trouble started Christmas morning when I was 5. One of my three older brothers was putting together his new Lionel train tracks on the ...