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Birmingham police arrest 2 girls at Huffman High senior picnic by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two female Huffman High School students have been taken into custody after one of them pushed a teacher and then struggled with a police officer who tried to intervene, police said. The incident happened just before 2:30 p.m. at the senior picnic on the football field. Read the full stor...
Video camera found in Geneva restaurant restroom by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A waiter at a Geneva restaurant faces multiple felony charges after police say he hid a video camera in the women’s restroom at the business. Geneva Police Lt. Ricky Morgan said he arrested Arturo Ventura, 32, of Geneva, on Saturday while he worked at the Old Mexico restaurant. Morgan s...
Charges added against Florala fugitive, sex suspect by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The case against a Florala man accused of fleeing to North Carolina to escape sex abuse charges has expanded to include another victim. Luther Paul Townsend, 76, was originally arrested on warrants for allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in April 2009. Now, a Covington County gra...
Talladega city manager resigns by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
City Manager Michael Stampfler has submitted his letter of resignation following two years on the job. According to Council President Horace Patterson, Stampfler submitted his letter of resignation to Councilman Jimmy Davis following Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The letter simply p...
Man charged in fatal graduation party shooting by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
A 20-year-old man is accused of shooting one person to death and wounding eight others in a rampage of gunfire in a crowded room where people had gathered for a high school graduation party. Capt. Loyd Baker, commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, said eight attempted murde...
Chelsea man charged with attempted murder in incident near schools by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Authorities today charged a 30-year-old Chelsea man with attempted murder and other crimes after an incident near two Chelsea schools. A domestic argument turned into an all-out manhunt this morning after the fleeing suspect struggled with a deputy and took his gun. Read the full story from...
Byrne says AEA is corrupt by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
“The AEA is a corrupting influence.” Tell us what you really think, Bradley Byrne. Byrne, one of five Republican hopefuls for governor, visited Monday with the Opelika-Auburn News editorial board, speaking out on a number of issues that included the oil leak in the Gulf, English-only dr...
Fight over alcohol may have led Athens man to stab friend by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
An Athens man remains in critical but stable condition in Huntsville Hospital following a stabbing Sunday night in Athens, while the accused remains in the Limestone County Jail on a charge of first-degree assault, an official said Monday. After receiving a call about a stabbing Sunday nig...
Tebow's mother to speak in Gadsden by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Dinner tickets are sold out, but people interested in hearing Pam Tebow, mother of former University of Florida quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, can attend the Choose Life Banquet May 25 at Convention Hall. Etowah Pregnancy Testing Center Assistant Director Nancy Harrison sa...
55 arrested in Decatur drug roundup by AnnistonStar
May 18, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Agents with the Decatur Police Department's Organized Crime Unit and the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board arrested 55 people during an undercover operation that began nearly nine months ago. The investigation began in August 2009 in Hartselle, Decatur, Athens and rural Morgan and Li...

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