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Recent Blog Posts
Jobless mortgage aid seeps out slowly across Alabama by AnnistonStar
Apr 11, 2011 | 
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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 ... | 4 |
2 Pell City students charged after feeding teacher tainted cheese dip by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |
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... | 8 |
Fired North Courtland policeman faces 2 counts of vehicular homicide by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |
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 ... | 6 |
Alabama House approves bill that would ban elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |
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... | 5 |
Sterilization problem led to IV infections, Alabama health department says by AnnistonStar
Apr 08, 2011 |
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... | 4 |
Alabama House shouts 'No!' to temporary pay cut by AnnistonStar
Apr 07, 2011 |
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... | 5 |
Robert Bentley forms coastal insurance commission; special legislative session on issue planned by AnnistonStar
Apr 07, 2011 |
Gov. Robert Bentley created a commission today to study coastal insurance issues, which spokeswoman Jennifer Ardis described as a prelude to a special session of the Legislature that Bentley has promised for later this year to address the problem.
“The lack of affordable homeowners insurance ... | 5 |
Aliceville man arrested, charged with supplying drugs to teen girls by AnnistonStar
Apr 07, 2011 |
A 23-year-old man has been charged with furnishing drugs to two teenage girls — one of whom almost died from an overdose.
Jerry Dewayne McGatha, 23, was charged with two counts of furnishing a controlled substance to a minor, which is a Class A felony, and two counts of contributing to the del... | 5 |
Alabama Senate panel OKs Gov. Robert Bentley's first operating budget but full Senate likely to make changes by AnnistonStar
Apr 07, 2011 |
The Senate's Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee today approved Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's proposed operating budget and the General Fund for non-education agencies for next year.
But senators plan to rewrite the bill Thursday when the full 35-member Senate debates the spending pl... | 5 |
No one hurt; school bus a total loss in Talladega collision by AnnistonStar
Apr 06, 2011 |
A school bus versus industrial machinery accident Tuesday morning on Alabama 21 resulted in no injuries, although the bus was totaled. Talladega Police Chief Alan Watson said the collision happened about 7 a.m. Tuesday. The bus was in the northbound lane and a wide load truck was approachin... | 4 | Follow Us
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On August 1st, 1960, John R. and Aliene Green opened a new
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