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Three men charged with attempted murder and robbery after running car off road and robbing passengers by AnnistonStar
Jun 07, 2010 |  1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
HUNTSVILLE -- Police have charged three men with attempted murder and first-degree robbery following an early morning accident police say the three men caused. Marcos Hernandez, 23, Luis Cruz, 27 and Joaquin Alcudia, 23, were arrested after police say they robbed three people after running ...
Stop dialing 911 concerning local calls by AnnistonStar
Jun 07, 2010 |  6 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
North Alabama residents should first dial 256 when making local calls instead of calling 911 to report they are having problems with their telephone. AC = --> Local 911 call center officials report some residents are dialing the number reserved for reporting emergencies to ask w...
Federal judge: Talladega College must pay textbook company $287,490 by AnnistonStar
Jun 07, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A federal judge ruled today that Talladega College must pay an Ohio textbook firm $287,490 for money due on textbooks and other materials it provided. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Propst entered a default judgment in favor of ED MAP Inc., of Nelsonville, Ohio, and against Talladega Col...
Vulcan birthday party draws hundreds by AnnistonStar
Jun 07, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A 106th birthday celebration is winding up this afternoon for Vulcan, the cast iron icon that sits above Birmingham. Birmingham Mayor William Bell led the singing of Happy Birthday to a crowd of children and adults near the base of the 101,200-pound cast iron statue at 2 p.m. today. The par...
76-year-old charged in neighbor's shooting death by AnnistonStar
Jun 04, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Murder charges were filed Thursday against a 76-year-old Colbert County man authorities say shot and killed his neighbor over a property dispute, officials said. Coy W. Edwards, 4880 U.S. 43, Tuscumbia, was charged Thursday morning after investigators met with the district attorney, accordi...
Hooker nabbed in Huntsville appears on sex tape in extortion/suicide case, cops say by AnnistonStar
Jun 04, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Shannon Blair Spears Gura was arrested in Huntsville and extradited back to Minneapolis on Wednesday in a case in which investigators say a man faced extortion of more than half a million dollars after he had videotaped sex with a prostitute, according to a Minnesota TV report. Bloomington poli...
60-year-old shoots himself at Etowah Co. boat dock: by AnnistonStar
Jun 03, 2010 |  1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A 60-year-old man was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound just minutes after a 911 call early Wednesday, according to a report filed with the Etowah County Sheriff’s Department. A caller to 911 about 4:23 a.m. stated there was an emergency at the Tillison Bend boat dock...
Littleville man shot and killed while cutting his grass by AnnistonStar
Jun 03, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
One man was shot and killed this afternoon at his residence near Littleville, emergency workers told the TimesDaily. AC = --> Emergency officials were notified of the shooting just after 5 p.m. The man's body was found at a residence in the 200 block of Shotgun Lane, which is ju...
Artur Davis say he won't run for office again after loss in Alabama governor's race by AnnistonStar
Jun 03, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Four-term congressman Artur Davis, in the wake of a resounding rejection of his bid to be Alabama's governor, said Wednesday that his political career was over. "I have no interest in running for political office again," Davis said. "The voters spoke in a very decisive way across every sect...
Ex-school counselor pleads guilty to marijuana charge by AnnistonStar
Jun 03, 2010 |  1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A former Bay Minette Middle School counselor arrested in February after police dogs alerted officers to a package in the counselor's office has pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana. Burton Cornelius Beck Jr., 35, of Orange Beach entered the plea Wednesday in Baldwin County Distric...

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