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Teacher of the Year laid off in Tuscaloosa by AnnistonStar
May 27, 2010 |  10 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Cassandra Burton, a math teacher at Central High School, was lauded by the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education on April 20 as the system's teacher of the year. AC = 1234 --> At the board's next meeting, May 13, she was laid off. Read the full story from The Tuscaloosa News.
Athens man's bond set at $1 million after he brought gun to high school campus by AnnistonStar
May 27, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A Limestone County judge set a $1 million bond for the father of an Athens High School student arrested Tuesday morning after he brought a loaded shotgun to the school. Thomas Brian Smoak, 51, of Athens was arrested for making terrorist threats and bringing a loaded weapon onto school groun...
Etowah County judge dismisses bingo suit by AnnistonStar
May 27, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Etowah County Circuit Judge Allen Millican has dismissed the local electronic bingo case. In a ruling issued Wednesday, Millican said based on an Alabama Supreme Court ruling issued Friday, it was improper for him to hear a declaratory judgment suit on the legality of the machines proposed fo...
16-year-old charged with robbing 77-year-old man by AnnistonStar
May 27, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Mobile police arrested a 16-year-old boy during a hearing in Mobile County Juvenile Court Wednesday and charged him with first-degree robbery in connection with an incident in early April.   Shuntz Devonte Kidd was in Mobile County Metro Jail without bail. Kidd will appear in Mobile County D...
Man arrested on unrelated warrants after driving car into apartment in Huntsville by AnnistonStar
May 26, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A man was arrested after he drove a minivan into an apartment building this morning, police said. Around 11 a.m., police said Robert Jerome Lester, 56, drove a minivan off of a elevated parking lot and into an apartment unit at Hunters Ridge Apartments on Golf Road. Read the full story f...
Toddler hit by SUV when she walks into traffic on Birmingham's University Boulevard by AnnistonStar
May 26, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A toddler was injured shortly after 11 a.m. today on Birmingham's busy University Boulevard when she walked into traffic and was struck by a passing SUV, Birmingham police reported. The young girl, whose name was not released, was taken to nearby Children's Hospital with what police describ...
Montgomery BOE approves new school uniform policy by AnnistonStar
May 26, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
-->Systemwide uniforms and cell phones may not have been on the agenda for Tuesday's Montgomery County Board of Education meeting, but they ended up being a major topic. When it came time for the board to vote on the Code of Student Behavior, Mary Briers, who represents District 4, pointed...
Samford University's nursing program is now its biggest major by AnnistonStar
May 26, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
In the early 1900s, a Birmingham doctor found himself in the same position that many medical centers face today -- he needed nurses. While the Baptist-affiliated university might be known for its divinity program, the nursing school has become the largest major on Samford's campus, growi...
Athens parent charged after police say he tried to take a loaded 12-gauge shotgun to high school by AnnistonStar
May 26, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
ATHENS -- A 51-year-old Athens man is in Limestone County Jail, charged with attempting to take a loaded 12-gauge shotgun onto the Athens High School campus. Thomas Brian Smoak was arrested Tuesday and charged with having a weapon on school grounds and making a terrorist threat. Read the ...
Two charged in bomb threat at Etowah Co. Courthouse by AnnistonStar
May 26, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Two people have been arrested and charged with a terrorist related offense in connection with a bomb threat Monday afternoon at the Etowah County Courthouse, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin. James Thomas Bowman, 32, of Attalla, and Kenneth Michael Gilbert, 27, of Rainbow City, were arrested...

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