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Former postal worker gets probation for mail theft by AnnistonStar
May 03, 2010 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
A former U.S. Postal Service worker received three years of federal probation earlier this week for the destruction of mail. According to a statement from Bertha Moore at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Aaron Marie Kelly, 32, of Coffee County, received probation for the destruction of third...
Man tells police someone stole his TV while he was sleeping by AnnistonStar
May 03, 2010 |  1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
A man told police someone broke into his home in the 600 block of Chateau Drive while he was sleeping overnight Sunday. Police said the man was in his bed around 2:15 a.m. Monday when someone broke into his home, stole his flatscreen TV, the remote control and cash from his wallet. Read ...
Couple adopts 21-year-old with cerebral palsy by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
If Haylee Cain were telling you her life's story, it would begin Thursday. The 21-year-old said she would always remember it as the day she moved out of the nursing home and into the lives of Donna and Judson Emens, of Tuscumbia. "I'm just so excited," she said. "I said I wouldn't cry, b...
Riley signs PACT bill by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Bob Riley this morning signed into law a plan that will pay a total of $547.6 million over 13 years from the state Education Trust Fund to subsidize the state's struggling Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program. The Legislature last week passed the bill, Senate Bill 162, which was spon...
Huntsville man robbed by ex-girlfriend with his own gun by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  3 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A man told police he was robbed by his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint with his own gun Thursday night. Around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, police said a man living in the 1600 block of Armstrong Street claimed he was inside his home when his ex-girlfriend walked in. Read the full story from The Huntsv...
Marshall County's most wanted sex offender caught in Iowa by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Missing sex offender and Marshall County's number one most wanted subject, Brady Rogers, was arrested in Knoxville, Iowa. Sheriff Scott Walls said his office spent endless man hours searching for Rogers over the past four weeks. Read the full story from WAFF News.
Hammett: Bingo legislation was proper by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama House Speaker Seth Hammett says he doesn't know why he was called to testify before a federal grand jury looking into possible corruption involving electronic bingo legislation. Hammett told The Huntsville Times on Thursday that he assumes he will be asked if he knows of any impropriety...
Shrimper sues BP over Gulf Coast oil spill by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
A Bayou La Batre shrimper filed a class-action federal lawsuit Thursday against BP Plc and several other companies with ties to a sunken rig that is still in the process of leaking millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The suit is believed to be the first in Alabama related to the...
'Low-tech' explosive thrown at Irondale police car by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
An off-duty Irondale police officer providing security at an apartment complex said someone threw a "very improvised, low-tech" bomb at his patrol car tonight. The officer, who only identified himself as Ofc. B. Hassett, was working at the Colonial Village apartments off Edwards Lake Road w...
Albertville has burglaries, looting problem after storm by AnnistonStar
Apr 30, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
There is zero tolerance for violation of a curfew in effect in Albertville, police spokesman Sgt. Jamie Smith said. The curfew, from 8 p.m. until sunrise, has been in effect since a tornado struck in Albertville Saturday night. Since soon after the tornado struck, there have been severa...

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