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Gadsden gets two new restaurants by AnnistonStar
Apr 29, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two new restaurants and a closeout store are coming to Gadsden, Lesa Osborn, director of the Gadsden Commercial Development Authority, said. Kobe Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar will be coming to the Gadsden Mall, and Caney Fork Fish Camp, a Nashville, Tenn.-based casual-dining restaurant, wi...
Dothan police seize cocaine, marijuana during investigation by AnnistonStar
Apr 29, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Dothan police seized some cocaine, marijuana and a weapon on Tuesday as part of a drug investigation at a home on North Herring Street. According to a Dothan Police Department statement, police arrested Diana Lee Dupree, 25, and Kenneth Lamar Brown, 33, both of North Herring Street, and charged...
Teen charged with killing woman, setting her trailer on fire denied bail by AnnistonStar
Apr 29, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Derek Tyler Horton.JPGView full size(Press-Register/Bill Starling)Mobile County Sheriff's escort Derek Tyler Horton to Mobile County Metro Jail Monday, Apr. 26, 2010.MOBILE, Ala. -- Derek Tyler Horton -- accused of killing a Grand Bay woman, setting her trailer home on fire and stealing her car ...
Oil slick threatens rare turtles by AnnistonStar
Apr 29, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
An oil slick caused by the explosion and sinking of a drilling platform off the Louisiana coast could put at risk a population of rare turtles that UAB scientists have been working to save since 2004. Biologists have estimated that there are 100 to 150 rare diamondback terrapins living in a...
Alabama Power profits increase 39% in first quarter by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2010 |  3 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama Power reported a 39 percent increase in first quarter 2010 net income compared to the first three months of 2009, according to federal financial filings. Alabama’s largest supplier of electricity, and Southern Co. subsidiary, posted net income of $203 million for the three months ended ...
Court reporter arrested for theft by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
A court reporter in Madison County Circuit Court has been arrested on four counts of second-degree theft of property and five counts of interfering with judicial proceedings. Shawn Graham, a court reporter under Madison County District Judge Dennis O'Dell and recently retired Judge Loyd Lit...
Fake census scam warning by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The Better Business Bureau is warning Shelby County residents to be on the lookout for scam artists posing as U.S. census workers. U.S. census workers soon will begin making door-to-door visits to all area residents who did not mail in their census forms before April 1. But some scam ar...
Sylacauga school board member defends allegations by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A city schools board member was recently indicted on charges of campaign form violations. But several other officials, including candidates for Alabama governor and state school board members, may have made one of the same violations. Read the full story from The Daily Home.
Gadsden police search for child abductor by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Gadsden Police Department has released a sketch of a man believed to have abducted a 10-year-old girl Thursday evening. The girl escaped with no injuries. According to a press release, the incident occurred at the area of Dozier Street and short Hinsdale Street at about 6:50 p.m. Rea...
Etowah Co. man convicted of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Gadsden Times reports that an Etowah County man faces a minimum of 20 years in prison for sexual abuse charges involving a child that was 4 years old. Waylon Duke, 28, was convicted of first-degree sodomy and faces a minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum sentence of life or 99 ye...

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