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Recent Blog Posts
Alabama High School Graduation exam changes postponed by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 | 
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Because of budget cuts and curriculum changes, Alabama students will have to keep taking the graduation exam in order to earn a diploma, at least for another year.
The Alabama Department of Education had decided to phase out the five-part test in favor of end-of-course exams.
Read the full... | 7 |
Dothan man gets 99 years in 2007 slaying by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |
Authorities said a Dothan man has been sentenced to a 99-year prison term after pleading guilty to a murder charge in connection with a 2007 slaying.
Kevin McCloud apologized during a Tuesday court hearing to more than a dozen people for the death of 29-year-old Pete Reaves.
Read the full s... | 8 |
Siblings charged in connection with theft of 179 cemetery vases in Baldwin County by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |
A brother and sister surrendered this afternoon to Robertsdale police in connection with the theft of 179 bronze cemetery vases from sites around Baldwin County, authorities said.
Robertsdale police Sgt. Rex Bishop identified the suspects as William Thomas Douglas Jr., 49, and Amber Douglas ... | 8 |
1st legal alcohol sale in Cullman by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |
The first alcohol license in the City of Cullman was issued Tuesday afternoon — and legal sales began just a few minutes later, at a Cullman convenience store. The Catoma Mart, at the intersection of Eva Road and Alabama Hwy. 157, was approved by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Bo... | 7 |
Doctors at Birmingham panel say reported concussions up since new high school rules adopted by AnnistonStar
Feb 16, 2011 |
Children's Hospital of Alabama has seen about a three-fold increase in the number of concussions diagnosed since new policies on high school athletes and brain injury were adopted last year, doctors at the Birmingham hospital said Tuesday at a panel on the topic.
Private physicians say they'v... | 8 |
Alabama home sales fell 4.4% in 2010 by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
The state's real estate industry continued to struggle last year, with total home sales and median selling prices falling from their 2009 levels.
According to new data from the Alabama Center for Real Estate, home sales fell 4.4 percent in Alabama in 2010. There were 36,234 home sold in 20... | 7 |
Twenty one people arrested in northwest Alabama scheme to get drugs over the Internet by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
Twenty-one people in northwest Alabama face charges related to a scheme to use stolen and altered medical records and drivers' licenses to get prescription drugs from online pharmacies, according to a statement issued by federal and state authorities this morning.
Four of those arrested wer... | 9 |
scamming in anniston by wesdobber
Feb 15, 2011 |
attention anniston/oxford (and surrounding areas) !! There is a grey dodge van bearing an Alabama emblem on the side panel with license plates #BQK2310 (carroll county GA tag). They can be seen sitting on the intersection of 431 and I-20 holding a sign that says need help and gas... THIS IS A ... | 6 |
Federal appeals court says former Alabama district attorney must register as sex offender by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
A federal appeals court today ordered that a former Alabama district attorney will have to register as a sex offender when he is released from prison next month. Former Franklin County District Attorney John Pilati was sentenced in March 2008 to serve 42 months in prison for fondling five m... | 8 |
Luther Strange seeks ban on bingo machines at Alabama Indian casinos by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has asked the federal agency that oversees Indian gambling to ban slots-like electronic bingo machines from the state's Indian casinos.
But officials with the National Indian Gaming Commission, as well as Gov. Robert Bentley, have said that such a ban c... | 8 | Follow Us
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