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Richard Shelby questions Libyan military intervention at Fairhope town hall meeting by AnnistonStar
Mar 22, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
During a town hall-style meeting in Fairhope early Monday, Sen. Richard Shelby talked about the dangers presented by expanding federal debt and questioned whether the United States’ intervention in Libya will do any good.  Shelby also said, in response to questions from the audience, that he w...
Bill to end DROP expected to pass Alabama Senate today by AnnistonStar
Mar 22, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Republicans in the Alabama Senate today expect to give final approval to a bill ending new enrollments in the state's deferred retirement program.  The legislation has already passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives in largely party line votes, but senators must consider a mino...
Former pastor accused of using Facebook for child porn can live with brother, judge rules by AnnistonStar
Mar 21, 2011 |  9 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A federal judge here today ruled that a former Kentucky pastor can live with his brother in Mobile until his trial on charges that he was using Facebook to trade child pornography.  Prosecutors had sought to keep Jerry L. Cannon in jail. Read the full story from The Press-Register.
Alabama officials to appeal federal ruling, seek to stop payroll deductions for AEA dues by AnnistonStar
Mar 21, 2011 |  7 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Dealt a blow in District court last Friday, Alabama intends to appeal its case against the state teacher's organization to a higher court in Atlanta. However, U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith on Monday wrote the state is likely to lose that appeal. Read the full story from The Huntsville...
Helicopter crashes in Lincoln; no one hurt by AnnistonStar
Mar 21, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The two men stood over the tiny blue helicopter that lay on its side in an open grassy field. Jeff Milam of Trussville and Mark Darren of Knoxville had just survived a crash that downed Darren’s 2007 Rotorway Exec 162 helicopter. “What now?” Milam said. “Life.” Read more: The Daily Home...
DeKalb jail employee accused of stealing from inmate by AnnistonStar
Mar 21, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
An employee at the DeKalb County jail has been arrested after he was accused of stealing something from an inmate, according to a news release from DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris. Jesse Aaron House, 19, Fort Payne, was charged with third-degree theft, a misdemeanor, after it was report...
Alabama peaches, strawberries to be ready earlier than normal by AnnistonStar
Mar 21, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Henry Williams flicked a pink bloom off a peach no bigger than a BB pellet one day last week.  Williams hopes his peaches will be fully grown and delivered to Durbin Farms Market in Clanton the first few days of May -- about a week earlier than normal. Read the full story from The Birmingh...
Buried cash, drugs, big dog and vehicles seized in Athens today by AnnistonStar
Mar 18, 2011 |  4 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Law-enforcement officers from Limestone County, Madison County and the city of Madison have unearthed more than $100,000 in buried cash and arrested three people on drug charges this morning on Plato Jones Street in Athens. About 20 officers stormed the home and confiscated drugs and cash, ...
Animal Rescue Foundation of Sylacauga hopes to turn bus into a 'Mobile Adoption Center' by AnnistonStar
Mar 18, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Animal Rescue Foundation of Sylacauga and a local donor are teaming up to turn an old bus into a new “Mobile Adoption Center.” John Floyd, owner of the vehicle, and his daughter Beth Caine, foundation board secretary, came up with the idea to increase the group’s visibility and help fin...
Funding problems delay Etowah County highway projects by AnnistonStar
Mar 18, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Funding problems have delayed the bid openings of two local highway projects, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation. ALDOT officials at Thursday’s meeting of the Gadsden-Etowah Metropolitan Planning Organization said the bid opening for the five-laning of Alabama Highway...

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