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Ala. Guard unit bound for Afghanistan ships out by AnnistonStar
Jan 04, 2011 | 
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A National Guard unit from south Alabama is shipping out for duty overseas.
About 170 members of the 1165th Military Police departed from Fairhope on Monday afternoon. Following a training stop at Camp Shelby, Miss., the troops will deploy to Afghanistan to conduct force protection missions... | 7 |
3 indicted on charges of filing false oil spill claims by AnnistonStar
Jan 04, 2011 |
Three area residents arrested last month on allegations of filing false oil spill claims have been formally indicted and face arraignment this week in Mobile’s federal court.
Maria K. Wright of Orange Beach, Travis Paul Sigler of Loxley and Dayne Wyman Willis Kayn, of Bayou La Batre, face ... | 8 |
Alabama's icy roads to get briny solution by AnnistonStar
Jan 03, 2011 |
It took a year, but state transportation officials are betting that they will be ready when freezing temperatures again threaten major metro thoroughfares. Brian Davis, Birmingham division engineer for the Alabama Department of Transportation, has been planning a new strategy to attack i... | 8 |
Fungus outbreak hits Alabama marshes by AnnistonStar
Jan 03, 2011 |
A widespread fungal outbreak is affecting one of Alabama's key marsh grass species, potentially rendering much of this year's seed crop sterile, according to scientists.
While the fungus always is present in coastal marshes, scientists speculated that repeated exposure to oil sheens floatin... | 8 |
Father, son charged in Talladega shooting by AnnistonStar
Dec 31, 2010 |
A father and son have been arrested in connection with a shooting Dec. 22, according to Talladega Police Chief Alan Watson. Richard Fredrick Bliss Jr., 53, and Richard Fredrick Bliss III, 19, have each been charged with one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle, Watson said. Bond was ... | 9 |
In the Alabama Legislature, female legislators hit new high; still low in U.S. by AnnistonStar
Dec 31, 2010 |
Alabama has a record 19 women serving in the 140-member Alabama Legislature, but the group still is predominantly a men's club.
With five female senators and 14 female members of the House of Representatives, the state in the November election set a new high-water mark for female legislators... | 7 |
Apparent break-in turns into stabbing outside Gadsden bar by AnnistonStar
Dec 30, 2010 |
A Gadsden man involved in a car break-in is recovering in UAB Hospital after being stabbed Tuesday night in a parking lot.
Gadsden Police say the man reportedly was seen breaking the window of a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer in the parking lot of a bar in the 400 block of Chestnut Street betwee... | 8 |
Sagging home prices seen across Birmingham by AnnistonStar
Dec 30, 2010 |
Home prices continue to fall across metro Birmingham and the nation, leaving a big question mark when it comes to a real estate recovery in 2011.
Over the past year, home prices in metro Birmingham dropped 11.3 percent, according to the latest data from mortgage researcher CoreLogic.
Re... | 7 |
Gadsden home-invasion shootout injures two by AnnistonStar
Dec 29, 2010 |
Two people, including a Gadsden man being charged in the incident, were injured Monday night in a home invasion-turned-shootout.
Warrants were obtained for multiple counts of burglary and attempted murder against Quortez Donerius Marshall, 20, one of three men suspected to be involved in... | 8 |
Huntsville newspaper carrier saves family in house fire by AnnistonStar
Dec 29, 2010 |
Clark Powell doesn't just deliver newspapers. As he makes his predawn rounds, he said he feels like "a watchman" for the Green Mountain community where he delivers The Huntsville Times.
A former volunteer firefighter, Powell said he didn't see anything heroic or out of the ordinary about ... | 10 | Follow Us
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