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Limestone Co. man charged with rape for consensual sex with minor girl by AnnistonStar
Apr 14, 2011 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
A 22-year-old Limestone County man has been formally charged with second-degree rape for allegedly having consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl, records show. A Limestone County grand jury recently indicted Christopher Lee Turner of 20138 Elkton Road on the charge. He was initially arreste...
Toomer's Oaks: College Street tree shows signs of poisoning by AnnistonStar
Apr 14, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Auburn is known for being a place of tradition. But there’s one tradition Auburn University officials hope won’t be taking place during A-Day activities Saturday – rolling the famous Toomer’s Oaks.  Gary Keever, AU horticulture professor, said approximately 80 percent of the canopy of the Coll...
Man shot to death in East Gadsden; suspect in custody by AnnistonStar
Apr 11, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A 22-year-old Gadsden man was shot to death Sunday afternoon and another man is expected to face a murder charge. Police officers arrived on South Ninth Street in East Gadsden after receiving a shots fired call and found a man lying in the street. Read the full story from The Gadsden T...
Huntsville convenience store clerk chases robbers off with his own gun by AnnistonStar
Apr 11, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A Huntsville convenience store clerk chased away two armed robbers by pulling his own gun early this morning, police said. Two men, one armed with a pistol, entered the Discount Express in the 4000 block of University Drive at 1:35 a.m. with the intention of robbing the store, police said. T...
Jobless mortgage aid seeps out slowly across Alabama by AnnistonStar
Apr 11, 2011 |  2 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A new federal housing program meant to help unemployed Alabamians make their mortgage payments is swamped with applications, which are now taking six weeks to process. More than 3,500 people have applied for the aid since the pilot program be­gan Dec. 15, and 89 have been approved and the ...
2 Pell City students charged after feeding teacher tainted cheese dip by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two high school students were criminally charged after serving a teacher dip tainted with a cleaning detergent. Pell City Police Department school resource officer Jessie Burgos said two 15-year-old female students were charged with reckless endangerment and are expected to appear in juveni...
Fired North Courtland policeman faces 2 counts of vehicular homicide by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A Lawrence County grand jury has indicted a former North Courtland police officer on two counts of vehicular homicide, Sheriff Gene Mitchell confirmed Thursday. The former officer, Brandon Shane Mundy, was involved in a wreck that killed two people last summer. Mundy was fired by the North ...
Alabama House approves bill that would ban elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A bill that would ban elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on what the sponsor said was "scientific evidence" showing an unborn fetus feels pain was approved today by the Alabama House.   The bill by Rep. Kerry Rich, R-Albertville, was approved on a 69-19 vote after the Repu...
Sterilization problem led to IV infections, Alabama health department says by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A failure in the sterilization process at a Birmingham pharmacy appears to have caused the infection that sickened 19 people in Alabama hospitals, nine of whom died, the state health department said Thursday. Investigators found exact matches of the bacteria on a water faucet, a container a...
Alabama House shouts 'No!' to temporary pay cut by AnnistonStar
Apr 07, 2011 |  6 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Alabama House this morning shouted down a proposed resolution that would have rolled back legislative pay by 15 percent until Sept. 30. The House refused to consider a resolution offered by Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, that would have tracked the 15 percent cut imposed by Gov. Robe...

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