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Proposed cuts put weather service at risk by AnnistonStar
Feb 18, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
As Alabama approaches its peak tornado season and its hurricane season, proposed funding by Congress could slash the budget of the National Weather Service by nearly one-third. A continuing budget resolution proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives last Friday would force work furloug...
Harvey Updyke linked to poisoned Toomer's Corner trees by voice mail to Auburn professor, police report by AnnistonStar
Feb 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Auburn police more than a week ago had tracked down Harvey Updyke, the man now charged with criminal mischief in the poisoning of the oak trees at Toomer's Corner at Auburn University, by tracing a telephone voice mail to a  turfgrass management professor, according to court documents.  The ma...
Alabama man arrested after meeting South Carolina teen he met on Internet by AnnistonStar
Feb 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
An Alabama man was arrested by local authorities after they say he drove to Woodruff to meet a 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet. Randall Patrick Duffell, 25, of 742 Greenleaf Road, Honoraville, Ala., has been charged by the Woodruff Police Department with lewd act on a minor and cont...
Arrest made in AU tree poisioning case by AnnistonStar
Feb 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said an arrest has been made in the poisioning of the two live oaks at Toomer's Corner.  Jones said a 62-year-old unemployed man, who lists his address as Silver Hill Road, Dadeville, was booked into the Lee County Detention Center at approximately 2:30 a.m. Thursd...
Patient, 12, attacked by two teenagers at Mountain View Hospital by AnnistonStar
Feb 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A 12-year-old boy who is a patient at Mountain View Hospital was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon after an attack from two other patients, according to a police report. The boy was transported to the hospital with his jaw broken in two places. Read the fuull story from The Gadsden Ti...
Baby injured when deer runs into SUV by AnnistonStar
Feb 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
It happened just after 8:00 am at Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Satsuma. One witness estimates the deer was running through the school parking lot at at least 25 miles per hour. He thinks the doe was spooked by something and smashed into a parked car at full speed. It busted through t...
Web glitch allowed access to others' vehicle registration data by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A glitch in a new online state program allowed people to retrieve personal identification data associated with vehicle registration without asking users to verify they had legal authorization to access the records. The online search tool was removed from the Alabama Motor Vehicle Division ...
Gadsden RiverFest lineup announced by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Drivin' N Cryin, Jessie James , Bo Bice and Randy Travis will headline Gadsden's RiverResft on June 10-11. They are still negotiating with one more act. Read the full story from The Gadsden Times.
Etowah County Commission pledges millions to Goodyear by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Etowah County Commission has pledged $3 million to Goodyear over the next 10 years if the plant in Gadsden continues to employ at least 1,400. The commission took the action Tuesday after going into executive session to discuss economic incentives. Read the full story from The Gadsden...
Riverside teen arrested for vehicular homicide by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |  4 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A 16-year-old girl was arrested after a grand jury indicted her for the vehicular homicide of a Pell City High School student. Authorities say Tabitha Hawkins of Riverside was arrested last week for the vehicular homicide of Karly Meeks, 17, of Riverside, who was a Pell City High School student...

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