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Funding problems delay Etowah County highway projects by AnnistonStar
Mar 18, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Funding problems have delayed the bid openings of two local highway projects, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation. ALDOT officials at Thursday’s meeting of the Gadsden-Etowah Metropolitan Planning Organization said the bid opening for the five-laning of Alabama Highway...
9 dead dolphins found since Saturday in Alabama and Mississippi by AnnistonStar
Mar 18, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite what she called an “unusual mortality event” killing dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, the top federal scientist investigating the deaths, revealed Wednesday that the government has yet to send any tissue samples for laboratory testing to determine a cause. The National Oceanic and Atm...
Extreme proration? Bevill State cuts all athletics to save money by AnnistonStar
Mar 17, 2011 |  2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Bevill State Community College announced on Tuesday it will discontinue all its athletic programs. The decision comes in the wake of Gov. Robert Bentley’s recent declaration of a 3 percent proration in the Education Trust Fund. Read more: Daily Mountain Eagle - College cutting athletics
Who's stealing eggs from emus at the Mobile Zoo? by AnnistonStar
Mar 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Whoever is stealing eggs from nesting emus at the Mobile Zoo, the staff there wants you to stop.  Curator Lacey Clark said at least two or three of the big, emerald-green eggs have recently been taken by people coming over the fence into an area where the giant birds are incubating their futur...
EPA pushes for new pollution standards that may affect Alabama Power by AnnistonStar
Mar 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed new limits on the pollutants that coal-fired power plants emit, long-awaited regulations that health advocates said would clear the air and save lives. Eventually, the Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxic Standards would prevent 91 per...
Gov. Bentley planning overhaul of State Health Plan by AnnistonStar
Mar 16, 2011 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Robert Bentley is planning a "substantial" overhaul of the State Health Plan in a bid to lower health care costs and promote free-market competition, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Details of the governor's proposal are still being determined, but it likely will include the elimination of...
Etowah couple sentenced in embezzling case by AnnistonStar
Mar 16, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
An Etowah County couple has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for hacking into their employer’s computer and embezzling more than $120,000. U.S. District Judge Inge P. Johnson sentenced Charles Allen Elliott, 38, and Carol Ann Elliott, 43, on forgery and computer fraud charges and orde...
Animal cruelty filed in deaths of 4 horses by AnnistonStar
Mar 16, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A Limestone County man has been charged with four counts of animal cruelty after three malnourished horses on his property died and one had to be euthanized, an official said. Limestone County Sheriff’s Investigator Eric King arrested Jason Lee Wales, 27, of 29092 McKee Road in Toney Monday...
Lincoln murder is under investigation by AnnistonStar
Mar 15, 2011 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Police officers had to provide cover for paramedics to treat the victim of a shooting outside a nightclub early Sunday morning. Lincoln Police Capt. Mike Brewer said shots were still being fired when paramedics arrived at the Odyssey Lounge on McCaig Road. Read more: The Daily Home - Linco...
Alabama Education Association heads to federal court, asks for last-minute stop of new state law by AnnistonStar
Mar 15, 2011 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama teachers take their fight with Republican lawmakers to federal court in Huntsville this morning, as the teachers' organization looks to protect its primary source of financial support. With just five days to spare, the Alabama Education Association seeks to stop the implementation of a...

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