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Decatur student may not graduate after drug arrest by AnnistonStar
May 21, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A Decatur High School senior’s arrest on drug charges could keep him from receiving a high school diploma. Decatur police this week arrested Christopher Alan Mauffray, 18, of 2305 Spring Ave. S.W. on charges of two counts of distribution of a controlled substance. Read the full story from Th...
Huntsville man wakes to find burglar standing over him with gun by AnnistonStar
May 21, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A west Huntsville man woke up in the middle of the night to find another man standing over him with a gun, police said. According to reports, a man was sleeping downstairs in his home, located in the 3800 block of Holmes Avenue, when he woke up to find a black man standing over him pointing...
4-year-old Huntsville girl choked by window remains in critical condition by AnnistonStar
May 21, 2010 |  1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A 4-year-old girl who was choked Wednesday afternoon by a pickup truck window remained in intensive care in critical condition this morning in Huntsville Hospital. The girl, who reportedly lives in Huntsville, apparently hit the electric switch to roll the window up while her head was out t...
Gadsden attorney and Coosa Co. Assistant DA charged with felonies in killings by AnnistonStar
May 21, 2010 |  1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Gadsden attorney Frank Bailey and Coosa County Assistant District Attorney Frank Teel have been charged with extortion, bribery of public servants and use of their positions for personal gain. The men were booked in Wednesday night at the Etowah County jail and the charges were lodged again...
Alabama residents to see changes in how to report estimated income tax by AnnistonStar
May 21, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama taxpayers who file and pay Alabama estimated income tax will see changes in the way they report and pay their Alabama tax beginning with the 2010 tax year. Act 2010-568 (HB 504), signed into law on April 22, raises the filing and payment threshold for Alabama estimated quarterly ...
Talladega Co. jury takes 5 minutes to find man guilty of robbery by AnnistonStar
May 20, 2010 |  1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A jury of nine men and three women deliberated for about 5 minutes Wednesday before finding a Talladega County man guilty of robbery in the first degree following a one day trial. The defendant, Deanthony Collins, 21, will be sentenced in June by Circuit Judge Julian King. He faces 20 to 99...
Fisherman missing after Weiss Lake boat crash by AnnistonStar
May 20, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The search is continuing on Weiss Lake for the body of a man who was thrown from his boat late Tuesday, Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said. The man — a 67-year-old fisherman from Adairsville, Ga. — was near the main channel of the Coosa River in the Cedar Bluff area when his boat app...
Preacher who stored murdered wife's body in freezer sentenced by AnnistonStar
May 20, 2010 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Anthony Hopkins, who was found guilty of murdering his wife and storing her body in a freezer, was sentenced to life plus 51 years in prison today. A traveling preacher and self-proclaimed prophet, Hopkins was convicted by a jury last month of murder, second-degree rape, second degree sexual ab...
Alabama gubernatorial candidates condemn 'New Sons of Liberty' ad campaign by AnnistonStar
May 20, 2010 |  2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama gubernatorial candidates from both major parties on Wednesday condemned a forthcoming ad campaign from a shadowy group calling itself the New Sons of Liberty. "There's no place for that in Alabama politics," said U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, a Birmingham Democrat who is seeking the party...
Hokes Bluff woman's death believed to be homicide by AnnistonStar
May 20, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A woman was found dead inside her home in Hokes Bluff late Wednesday and her boyfriend is in custody, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said in a news release late Wednesday night. Monica Payne, 28, was found inside the house on Clinton Street in Hokes Bluff, and her death is being treate...

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Man charged with robbing victims with sawed-off shotgun
by Rachael Brown
rgriffin@annistonstar.com
Jun 19, 2013 | 138 views |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Kelly Tatum
Kelly Tatum
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Police charged a man this afternoon with robbing two people with a sawed-off shotgun Sunday night and charges for involvement in a separate shooting this afternoon could be pending, Anniston police wrote in a press release. Police were searching for Kelly Tatum, 53, of Anniston, this week as the robbery suspect, Anniston police Capt. Allen George wrote in the release. A 58-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman were visiting friends Sunday night at a home on the 1700 block of Cobb Avenue. The victims told police another man, with whom they were acquainted, opened the door holding the weapon, Anniston police Sgt. Chris Sparks told The Star this week. The suspect, Sparks said, told everyone he was going to rob them and fired shots into a window. The man was robbed of $400 and the woman had $600 taken, according to a police report. No one was injured during the incident. Sparks said the suspect fled in a car before police arrived. This afternoon, police were dispatched to 15th Street and Dooley Avenue after a home was shot into and gunfire was exchanged between two vehicles, the release said. George said no one was injured during the shootings. Tatum was discovered by a warrants investigator on the 2500 block of Paul Street standing outside a red Ford Explorer with a broken rear window, the release noted. Tatum was armed with a shotgun, according to the release, but he dropped the weapon when he was confronted by the investigator. Tatum was apprehended and charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, a felony, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. Tatum could face additional felony charges for involvement in today’s shooting, the release said. Tatum was in the Anniston City Jail this afternoon. Bond and a court date have yet to be set. Staff Writer Rachael Brown: 256-235-3562. On Twitter @RBrown_Star.
Joe Medley's In My Opinion: So this is what an overexposed freshman looks like
by Joe Medley
jmedley@annistonstar.com
Jun 19, 2013 | 112 views |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy last season as a redshirt freshman. (Associated Press photo)
Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy last season as a redshirt freshman. (Associated Press photo)
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It’s easy to trash Johnny Manziel after the off-season he’s had since becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Off-field headlines have many sizing him up as a one-hit wonder. With that in mind, he tweeted Sunday some unspecified “bull----” has him eager to leave College Station, Texas, where his school is based. Then he deleted the tweet and seemed to clarify. “Don’t forget that I love (Texas) A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes,” he tweeted. The last year in his shoes has, appropriately, been more of a scramble than a walk. He went from not having played a collegiate down to winning the Heisman in less than four months and did it in the social-media era. The kid who could appear in public with little fanfare a year ago steps out and into twitpic hell, exposed flaws and all. No telling how many of his nearly 367,000 Twitter followers he walks by daily. Consider that Alabama’s AJ McCarron and Katherine Webb have 420,126 combined followers, and Manziel has more than twice McCarron’s 159,337. Alabama coach Nick Saban stands more validated than ever in limiting the public exposure of his freshmen. Contact Sports Columnist Joe Medley at jmedley@annistonstar.com. Read “In My Opinion” in every Anniston Star sports section, written by Star staff members.
HOT BLAST: Getting on track for bike tourism
Jun 19, 2013 | 103 views |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Passengers board an Amtrak train during its stop at the Anniston station. (Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross)
Passengers board an Amtrak train during its stop at the Anniston station. (Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross)
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One of Anniston's big cycling dreams is for bicycle tourists to take advantage of the city's Amtrak stop, either to enjoy the Ladiga Trail or ride Coldwater Mountain.

The problem is only a few Amtrak routes allow passengers to bring their bicycles on board unless they are boxed up like luggage.

This report, however, finds "Amtrak is seeing increased demand for walk-on bike service across the United States."

The good news for Anniston and bike tourism is, "Steve Kulm, a spokesman for Amtrak, said the agency is looking for opportunities to retrofit train cars to allow more convenient bike transport."


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