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Alabama Legislature's organizational meeting expected to be quiet, brief by AnnistonStar
Jan 10, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
State lawmakers meet starting at noon Tuesday to elect lead­ers and adopt operating rules for the next three years and 10 months. They'll also find out who's going to chair and sit on review committees that can rewrite or kill bills be­fore they can go to the full Senate or House of Rep­re...
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, a Huntsville native and Auburn grad, not resting as website turns 10 by AnnistonStar
Jan 10, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Chances are you won't see Jimmy Wales on the street but, if you do, go ahead and wish him a happy 10th anniversary. You see, Friday marks the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia (wikipedia.org), which today is fifth most-visited website in the world. Read the full story from The Huntsville Times.
Good chance of wintry weather this weekend by AnnistonStar
Jan 07, 2011 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s time to begin preparations for the upcoming wintry weather expected to hit the area Sunday. “Chances are pretty good to see snowfall and a winter weather event,” said Mark Rose, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Birmingham. Read more: The Daily Home - Time to pre...
Robbery with toy gun gets teen 15 years by AnnistonStar
Jan 07, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A Houston County judge sentenced a Dothan teenager to 15 years in prison for armed robbery with a toy gun. Police arrested 19-year-old Steffon Parresse Tolver last April and charged him with first-degree robbery. Circuit Court Judge Butch Binford issued the sentence on Wednesday. Read the...
Auburn fan sues Birmingham company over alleged BCS ticket snub by AnnistonStar
Jan 07, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
An Auburn fan is suing a Birmingham-based company that he contends reneged on a deal to sell him tickets to Monday night’s national championship game after ticket prices skyrocketed in recent weeks. E. Abel Arcia, a New York City attorney who went to Auburn in the early 1980s, filed the sui...
Etowah County still looking at bingo by AnnistonStar
Jan 07, 2011 |  2 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
State Rep. Craig Ford of Gadsden said Etowah County officials should seek judicial review of the local bingo constitutional amendment because he believes it would allow bingo and much-needed county revenue. “I think it would be a good economic development to create jobs, and if it’s legal, let’...
Ronnie Gilley responds to bribe allegations by AnnistonStar
Jan 07, 2011 |  1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley responded to bribery claims from federal prosecutors Thursday night through a Facebook note. "What's going on here is not right and it's as unjust as it gets. But I do continue to have faith that God is working behind the scenes on our behalf so that goo...
Florence man facing 800 child pornography counts asks for work release by AnnistonStar
Jan 06, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A man facing more than 800 counts of child pornography has asked to serve on work release while awaiting trial. Jim Engelthaler, attorney for Bryan Patrick Gist, made the request during a brief court hearing Wednesday. Engelthaler told Lauderdale Circuit Court Judge Mike Jones that Gist in u...
Adamsville police raid illegal gambling operation, seize 10 machines by AnnistonStar
Jan 06, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Adamsville police on Wednesday night seized 10 illegal gambling machines from a residence on the city's Main Street and charged a 54-year-old man with promoting gambling. Adamsville Police Chief R.W. Carter said police raided a home in the 3400 block of Main Street around 6 p.m. Wednesday a...
Legislators get special access to buy Auburn championship tickets at face value by AnnistonStar
Jan 06, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Twenty-six state legislators, including Sen. Paul Sanford, R-Huntsville, and Sen. Shadrack McGill, R-Woodville, were given special access to buy tickets to the Southeastern Conference Championship game at face value. The general public, and many long-time Auburn University season-ticket ho...

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Police: Fake check cashed at Anniston credit union
by Rachael Brown
rgriffin@annistonstar.com
Jun 19, 2013 | 653 views |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Anniston police were investigating this morning a forged check for more than $1,000 cashed at a local credit union Tuesday afternoon. Anniston police Capt. Allen George said a suspect cashed a check for $1,675 from a physician’s office in Gadsden at the Alabama Teachers Credit Union on U.S. 431. The check was cashed Tuesday between at around 3 p.m., according to a police report. George said the doctor’s office later called the credit union and told them the check was forged. The doctor’s office told police that a check was never written to the suspect, George said, and that the suspect does not work at the office. George said police were reviewing the credit union’s surveillance today. A suspect could be charged with felony second-degree possession of a forged instrument. Staff Writer Rachael Brown: 256-235-3562. On Twitter @RBrown_Star.
Gov. Bentley, Sen. Shelby and President Obama in Tuscaloosa in 2011
Gov. Bentley, Sen. Shelby and President Obama in Tuscaloosa in 2011
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President Obama and Gov. Bentley in Tuscaloosa in 2011
President Obama and Gov. Bentley in Tuscaloosa in 2011
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The Piedmont Journal - 06/19/13
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Teddy Grogan shows a photo of him 33 years ago. The photo is hanging on a wall at the Masonic Lodge 97 in Piedmont. Photo: Anita Kilgore/The Jacksonville News
Teddy Grogan shows a photo of him 33 years ago. The photo is hanging on a wall at the Masonic Lodge 97 in Piedmont. Photo: Anita Kilgore/The Jacksonville News
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