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Copper thieves burn down City of Birmingham's Christmas tree by AnnistonStar
Dec 15, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Grinch might have stolen Christmas, but in Birmingham it was a copper thief that torched a Christmas tree in downtown's Linn Park. Birmingham police are investigating the early morning incident where copper thieves took decorations off the holiday display and burned down the tree. Offi...
Gadsden, Etowah Co. schools to close early by AnnistonStar
Dec 15, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
All Gadsden and Etowah County schools are closing at 11:30 a.m. today according to their respective superintendent's offices. Etowah County is under a freezing rain advisory from the National Weather Service and as temperatures drop roadways could freeze. Marshall county has moved their...
7 Talladega Co. church members hospitalized from carbon monoxide by AnnistonStar
Dec 15, 2010 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Seven members of a church just outside of Talladega have been hospitalized after being exposed to carbon monoxide, according to Talladega Police Department Capt. Ronny Jones. The incident came to the attention of police late Friday night when a Westgate Homes resident called and asked fo...
Rainbow City woman sentenced to prison for defrauding Blue Cross of $330,000 by AnnistonStar
Dec 15, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A Rainbow City woman has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution and fines after she pleaded guilty in July to health care fraud for illegal prescription reimbursements she received while working as a pharmacy technician at an East Gadsden drugstore, according to a news relea...
Handgun found in Alabama school by AnnistonStar
Dec 15, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said a Smiths Station High School student faces disciplinary action after a gun was found at the school. Jones said students contacted school resource officers Monday afternoon about the gun, which led the officers to talk to the student. Read the full story ...
Three Cherokee County bank robbery suspects caught in DeKalb County, one still at large by AnnistonStar
Dec 14, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Authorities have captured three of four suspects in a Cherokee County bank robbery, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department. The sheriff's department said a fourth suspect is still being sought in the area of Alabama 35 and Pumpkin Center, but three were caught w...
Mom leaves child, 2, in car not running in Eufaula by AnnistonStar
Dec 14, 2010 |  4 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A concerned citizen reported a reckless endangerment incident occurred Sunday in the Walmart parking lot. A woman reportedly left her 2-year-old daughter in the car while she was shopping inside the store.  A passerby noticed the child inside the vehicle and notified police. Read the full...
PACT ends year without a funding solution for shortfalls by AnnistonStar
Dec 14, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
There was relief in April as the Alabama Legislature managed to pass a plan to fund shortfalls in the state’s prepaid college tuition program. But as the year ends, doubt has returned after a report predicted shortfalls again despite almost $548 million from the Education Trust Fund meant to sh...
Gulf spill claimants offered faster option by AnnistonStar
Dec 14, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
he administrator of a $20 billion fund doling out mon­ey to Gulf oil spill victims said Monday that people who want more cash can now get a quick check within two weeks, but there's a catch: Cashing it means giving up the right to sue BP or receive any more payments. Attorney Kenneth Fein­...
Alabama the 45th healthiest state by AnnistonStar
Dec 13, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama got healthier overall in 2010, but was still in the bottom half of the 50 states, according to the latest edition of America’s Health Rankings. The 21st annual rankings, released this week, were published jointly by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association an...

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