The city of Anniston is extending the deadline in its search for a new city manager and offering more money to give the City Council a wider pool of applicants to consider.

U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday show all U.S. new-home construction starts, which include single-family homes and condos, increased 6.8 percent in May compared to April figures and 28.6 percent compared to home starts in May last year. Meanwhile, a National Association of Home Builders report released Monday states builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes is at its highest level since 2006. The reports indicate the home-building market is recovering from the Great Recession — an important component of the overall U.S. economic recovery efforts, economists say.

Among the individual goals Town Council members discussed in a Monday workshop, infrastructure improvements remained at the top of nearly everyone’s list.

Jacksonville City Schools teachers this week will begin training for the district’s plan to give each child in grades four through 12 an iPad.

Anniston's fire department hasn't lost a firefighter in action in 46 years. One secret to surviving: wear a seatbelt.