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Slideshow: Trio battle cold in Wellborn
by Bill Wilson
Jan 09, 2010 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
Photos of three Wellborn residents trying to stay warm using donated heaters.
Slideshow: BCS National Championship
by Gary Cosby Jr.
The Decatur Daily
Jan 08, 2010 |  0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Photos from the Crimson Tide's game against Texas.
Slideshow: Scenes from Pasadena - Jan. 6
by Gary Cosby Jr./The Decatur Daily
Jan 07, 2010 |  0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Scenes from the day before Texas and Alabama play for the BCS National Championship.
Slideshow: Scenes from Pasadena - Jan. 5
by Gary Cosby Jr.
Decatur Daily
Jan 05, 2010 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
Scenes from Tuesday before the BCS National Championship.
Slideshow: Scenes from Pasadena - Jan. 4.
by Gary Cosby Jr. of The Decatur Daily and Christa Turner
Jan 04, 2010 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
Photos from the site of the 2010 BCS National Championship game in Pasadena, California.
Slideshow: 2009 Outback Bowl
by Stephen Gross
Jan 01, 2010 |  0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
Photos from Auburn's victory at the 2009 Outback Bowl.
Slideshow: Best images of 2009
Dec 27, 2009 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
A gallery of the best pictures of the year from The Anniston Star's award-winning staff photographers.
Slideshow: 2009 Anniston Christmas Parade
by Bill Wilson
Dec 17, 2009 |  0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
Scenes from the 2009 Anniston Christmas Parade.
Slideshow: SEC Championship
by Trent Penny
Dec 05, 2009 |  0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
Photos from the Crimson Tide's game against Florida.
 
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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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