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Sylacauga police charge 19-year-old with rape by AnnistonStar
Jan 20, 2011 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The Police Department reported Wednesday the arrest of a 19-year-old Sylacauga man for first-degree rape charges. Capt. Chris Carden stated in a release the crime allegedly occurred around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victim, a 65-year-old woman from Marbury, told police she was approached by the off...
Ethics training for lobbyists starts Monday by AnnistonStar
Jan 20, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The first training session for lobbyists on the 2010 Ethics Law updates is scheduled for Monday in Montgomery, and three more are planned this year, Ethics Commission Director James Sumner Jr. said Wednesday. The state’s 654 registered lobbyists are required to attend a seminar on Ethics Law r...
Don Siegelman, Richard Scrushy lawyers argue in Florida court to have convictions tossed by AnnistonStar
Jan 20, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Lawyers for former Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Corp. chief executive Richard Scrushy asked a federal appeals court today to reverse their convictions in a political corruption case, arguing that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling nullified several of the most serious charges. Sie...
Study: Health care law repeal could cost 2 million Alabamians their insurance by AnnistonStar
Jan 19, 2011 |  2 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
As the health care repeal debate began Tuesday in Congress, the Obama administration released a study saying that without the new law, between 790,000 and 2 million Alabamians could be denied insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. State leaders voiced skepticism about the st...
Bentley disbands task force on gambling, expects budget cuts by AnnistonStar
Jan 19, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
In his first full day in office, Gov. Robert Bentley disbanded the Task Force on Illegal Gambling, swore in his Cabinet, and said he will likely announce across the board budget cuts soon. In his first executive order, Bentley on Tuesday disbanded the Task Force on Illegal Gambling...
Alabama auto production surged in 2010 by AnnistonStar
Jan 19, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
After a sickly 2009, Alabama's auto industry made a strong comeback last year, with output that surged more than 50 percent. All three of the state's auto assembly factories ratcheted up their 2010 production significantly, putting workers on overtime as the global industry recovered from a ...
Stepmom of DeBlase children pleads not guilty to capital murder by AnnistonStar
Jan 18, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Heather Leavell-Keaton pleaded not guilty to capital murder today in connection with the deaths of her two young stepchildren. Natalie DeBlase, 4, and Chase DeBlase 3, were reported missing, and possibly dead, in November, and police learned that the children's biological mother in Mobi...
Andalusia mother charged with breaking infant's arm to give boyfriend quiet lunch by AnnistonStar
Jan 18, 2011 |  1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A Covington County grand jury has indicted the Andalusia mother accused of breaking her 1-year-old daughter’s arm in three places, dragging her up a flight of stairs and locking her in a bedroom so she and her boyfriend could allegedly “eat lunch without hearing the crying.” Tiffany Ann Ri...
Bentley's salary hinges on him keeping jobs promise by AnnistonStar
Jan 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The faster Gov.-elect Robert Bentley keeps his No. 1 campaign promise, the sooner he can start drawing a paycheck. That promise was massive job creation in Alabama, and it will be one of the issues he will address in his inaugural speech Monday. Read the full story from The Montgomery Adve...
Tuscaloosa women tussle with intruder, sock him in face by AnnistonStar
Jan 14, 2011 |  1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Police said Thursday that two young women fended off a man who broke into their apartments Thursday morning by punching him in the face. .art_main_pic { width: 250px; float: left; clear: left; } Yuni Romero Gonzalez, 20, was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail early Thursday with one of h...

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Police: Fake check cashed at Anniston credit union
by Rachael Brown
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Jun 19, 2013 | 708 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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