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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 | 5 5 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 | 6 6 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 | 5 5 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...
Alabama joining federal program to deport illegal immigrants with criminal records by AnnistonStar
Apr 25, 2011 |  1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama is the last state in the South to begin using a federal program for locating and possibly deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records. Thirteen Alabama counties will begin participating in the Secure Communities system Tuesday, while most states have had some or all of their...
Female lawmakers decry lack of women on key Alabama Senate committees by AnnistonStar
Apr 22, 2011 |  1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
One-third of key Senate committees have no female members, a level of representation that women senators said has diminished since Republicans have been in control. There are no women on seven out of 20 major Senate committees, including the education and judiciary committees. When the Sena...
Alabama freshmen in Congress rake in contributions by AnnistonStar
Apr 20, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama's freshmen members of Congress were adept fundraisers in their first quarter, with campaign finance reports showing a steady flow of donations from special interests affiliated with their new committee assignments. The reports also show the entire delegation of six Republicans and ...

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