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New poll shows James, Byrne in dead heat in race for GOP gubernatorial nod by AnnistonStar
May 14, 2010 |  1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A statewide poll released Thursday shows Bradley Byrne and Tim James running neck-and-neck for the Republican Party's nomination in Alabama's gubernatorial race. The independent poll was commissioned by Montgomery-based Public Strategy Associates and conducted May 10-11 by Baselice & Assoc...
Board to consider using student performance to evaluate teachers, principals by AnnistonStar
May 14, 2010 |  5 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
After questions from the powerful Alabama Education Association, the state school board on Wednesday temporarily tabled resolutions to create a new evaluation system based on student performance and to allow new school operating rules. The board in its K-12 capacity voted to table resolutio...
Police seek postal carrier accused of killing wife in front of children by AnnistonStar
May 13, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A 43-year-old rural postal carrier wanted in connection with the Tuesday evening shooting death of his estranged wife had been due in court Wednesday to answer charges that he violated her protection order, the woman's attorney said. Michael Kenneth Berry remained at large as of Wednesday,...
Gadsden woman sentenced to 10 years for leaving scene of wreck by AnnistonStar
May 13, 2010 |  1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A Gadsden woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaving the scene of a wreck that later claimed the life of a Cherokee County man, according to a news release from the Etowah County District Attorney’s office. Yolanda Victoria Manns, 28, was sentenced Wednesday by Circuit Judge...
Children watch as woman is shot to death at Mobile bank by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A woman was shot to death inside a parked sport utility vehicle Tuesday night, while children sat in the vehicle with her, police said. The shooting took place next to an automated teller machine at the RBC Bank at 7849 Cottage Hill Road in west Mobile, police spokesman Officer Christopher ...
Dog repeatedly stabbed in trash can; owner jailed by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A 1-year-old cocker spaniel was stabbed repeatedly in a trash can Monday afternoon in Bayou La Batre, police said. The dog survived, and its 46-year-old owner was jailed on a felony charge. Jillian Burke Cochran was charged with first-degree dog/cat cruelty and was in Mobile County Metro J...
Davis, Sparks primary battle could go down to wire by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Artur Davis and Ron Sparks have taken different routes to the June 1 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Davis, 42, an attorney and a four-term congressman originally from Montgomery and now from Birmingham, is the first African-American with a realistic chance of winning a major party’s nomi...
8-year-old dies in accidental drowning by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
An 8-year-old boy has died following a drowning accident at a nearby pool, police said. Emergency officials responded to a call shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday about a possible drowning in the 1400 block of Chadwell Street. Read the full story from The Huntsville Times.
Shelby, Bachus lose another fight over Fannie and Freddie by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected an attempt to rein in taxpayer support of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It was another in a long line of defeats for housing finance changes that two Alabama lawmakers have sought for years. Sen. Richard Shelby and Rep. Spencer Bachus, ...
Bessemer drive-by shooting kills one horse, wounds second by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Authorities are on the scene of a drive-by shooting in the Bessemer area that killed one show horse and wounded another. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received a call just after 1:30 p.m. that said someone driving a black Ford dual-wheel pickup truck with white stickers shot the two...

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Saturday, May 25, 2013

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