Remington Hall, a former officers club at Fort McClellan, made the annual Places in Peril list put together by The Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation. (Anniston Star photo by Sarah Cole)
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The Historical Commission and Trust for Historic Preservation have published an annual Places in Peril list since 1994.
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Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson covers crime in Calhoun County for The Star. Follow him on Twitter @banderson_star
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New technology being tested at the Calhoun County Jail could be the future of identifying criminals.
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Yeah, they're cute. But deputies say police dogs can save them a lot of time by going places deputies can't go and sensing things deputies can't find. Now that the economy seems to be coming back, dog trainers say, police departments are once more showing an interest in getting their own bomb-sniffing canines.
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A 21-year old woman reported Monday a rape and sexual assault from an ex-boyfriend allegedly taking place at her residence early Friday, according to Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson.
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Anniston police still are investigating the shooting death Friday of a woman at her apartment, but said this morning they had not yet made any arrests.
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The millions of ‘what if’ scenarios involving guns have become a hot topic throughout the nation after an incident in Florida in February in which an unarmed 17-year-old was shot to death in a suburban Orlando neighborhood.
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When Robert Pittman moved to Heflin last year, his plan was to retire. After 35 years working with the Cobb County, Ga., Police, Pittman and his wife, Melanie, settled down in the Alabama town where she had grown up. For Pittman, it was a chance to get away from the suburban Atlanta county of 600,000 where he had lived all his life and to experience small-town living.
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Around 50 people Thursday attended the “Stop the Violence” forum at the Carver Community Center. Tycoma Miller of the West Anniston Foundation organized the forum.
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A proposed bill from state Rep. Richard Laird, D–Roanoke, and Sen. Gerald Dial, R–Lineville, would re-route tobacco tax money from the water authority in Randolph County and put it toward the creation of a “District Community Service Office” – essentially, a district office for local legislators.
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After more than 24 hours on the run, an escaped inmate from Calhoun County jail was arrested north of Atlanta Wednesday night.
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The Alabama Supreme Court’s reasoning is said to be connected to a whole list of factors, including the number of repeat offenders common in drug trafficking and the likelihood the crimes will continue when they get released.
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Joshua Eugene Russell, 24, of Anniston, is alleged to have unlawfully entered a home on Altamont Road in Anniston on July 22.
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Police on Tuesday arrested and charged Dustin Lee Howell, 34, and Wesley Dean Roosa, 34, both of Ravenna, Ohio, with first-degree theft. Their alleged roommate, Jennifer Grace Perkins, 34, of Anniston was also arrested and charged with filing a false report.
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LaQuinta Decree Mitchell, accused of drug possession, got out of jail by standing in the "out" line instead of the "in" line.
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The Anniston Police Department has two officers working full time to catch metal thieves. With jobs scarce and copper prices high, keeping up with scrap-metal wranglers is tough work.
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Talladega County Chief Deputy Jimmy Kilgore said the legislation looks like an attempt to “recreate the wild west.”
“From my perspective, it’s a very scary thing,” he said.
