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Staats gets nod as GSCC's new president by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2011 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The state Board of Education has named Raymond Staats as president of Gadsden State Community College. Department of Postsecondary Education Chancellor Freida Hill on Thursday recommended Staats to the board. Staats is the chief academic officer at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Ill...
Tuscaloosa mayor urges water conservation by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2011 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Less than 24 hours after a devastating tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa, the city is still doing search and rescue. "We have a large swaths of the city that have been pummeled, and we have to go house to house to make sure there aren't people who need help," said Mayor Walt Maddox Thursday ...
Storms claim lives in areas around Etowah County by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2011 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Etowah County Sheriff's Department mobile morgue was sent to Ohatchee Wednesday night after several people were reported to be killed by storms in that area and at least two people were killed in Calhoun County near Glencoe. DeKalb County Coroner Tom Wilson said there were at least a do...
Downtown Cullman hit by tornado by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2011 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Portions of the City of Cullman were leveled by tornadoes Wednesday afternoon, and nothing but darkened rubble remained of some city blocks by sundown, as widespread electrical outages have left virtually the entire county without power. Agencies ranging from Cullman Police and fire, Alabam...
Electric outages remain above 363,000 in Alabama, Alabama Power reports by AnnistonStar
Apr 28, 2011 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Electric service outages remain widespread this morning in central Alabama areas served by Alabama Power. The company reported early this morning that service losses peaked at 412,229 customers but by 4 a.m. today had been reduced to 363,511 across Alabama. Read the full story from The B...
Moody woman killed when trees crash into mobile home by AnnistonStar
Apr 27, 2011 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Authorities say a Moody woman was killed about 6:15 a.m. today when three trees crashed into the mobile home she shared with her husband. Killed was Sandra Gayle McCrory, 56, of McCrory Road. Her husband, Dale, was not injured. Read the full story from The Birmingham News.
Multiple tornadoes touch down in Guntersville, Arab by AnnistonStar
Apr 27, 2011 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The National Weather Service is reporting "multiple tornado touchdowns" in Marshall County near Guntersville and Arab.  The area is under a tornado warning until 7 a.m. today. The tornadoes were reported at 6:34 a.m., and were moving northeast at 60 mph. The National Weather Service is repor...
Mom who left child in car charged with misdemeanor by AnnistonStar
Apr 27, 2011 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The mother who on Sunday left her 2-year-old son in a car while she was at work at Kmart in East Gadsden has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. Someone saw the child in the car about 9:30 a.m. Sunday and called authorities, Gadsden Police Capt. Regina Ma...
Woman arrested after 2-year-old is found locked in car at Gadsden Kmart by AnnistonStar
Apr 26, 2011 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A woman was arrested Sunday after police found her 2-year-old son locked inside a car in the Gadsden Kmart parking lot. According to the police report, officers were called to the parking lot after someone saw the boy in the car between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The officer talked ...
Cigarette tax increase proposed by Alabama state Rep. Patricia Todd by AnnistonStar
Apr 26, 2011 |  2 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
State Rep. Patricia Todd, D-Birmingham, said that, despite long odds at the State House, she's pushing to raise the state tax on cigarettes by $1 a pack for two reasons. She said the increase would raise an estimated $230 million a year for the state, mainly for two programs: Medicaid, whic...

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