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Kay Ivey spent $900,000 in personal money on governor's race before entering lieutenant governor's race by AnnistonStar
May 17, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
MONTGOMERY - Campaign finance forms show State Treasurer Kay Ivey spent about $900,000 of her own money on her ill-fated Republican campaign for governor. But she's still got plenty of cash left now that she's lowered her sights to the lieutenant governor's race. Read the full story from T...
Tuscaloosa contractor seeks federal trial delay in Alabama 2-year college probe by AnnistonStar
May 17, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Tuscaloosa contractor Roger Taylor, accused of bribing and conspiring with former two-year college Chancellor Roy Johnson, is seeking a delay in his federal trial, according to court documents filed today. The trial is set to begin June 1 in federal court in Tuscaloosa before U.S. District...
State police to tighten seatbelt enforcement by AnnistonStar
May 17, 2010 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Along with hot dogs, potato salad and fireworks this Memorial Day, Alabamians also should add another necessity to their holiday list -- their seatbelts. It's time again for the annual Click It or Ticket campaign and central Alabama law enforcement agencies are gearing up to make sure peopl...
84-year-old Pelham man, charged in slaying of his wife, had filed for divorce by AnnistonStar
May 17, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
An 84-year-old Pelham man, charged with murder in the death of his 77-year-old wife, had filed for divorce in January after 38 years of marriage, court records show.   William Virgil Proctor had filed for divorce from his wife, Gwendolyn Elizabeth Tuggle Proctor, on Jan. 28, documents show. R...
13-year-old in critical condition after being swept away by current in Mobile by AnnistonStar
May 17, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A 13-year-old girl was listed in critical condition Sunday after being swept by a strong current while playing in a culvert, according to Mobile Fire Department spokesman Steve Huffman. The girl, whose name was not released, was playing with a 14-year-old friend behind Knollwood Apartments ...
Gadsden wants to crack down on occupational license fee refunds by AnnistonStar
May 17, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Gadsden City Council’s Finance Committee wants other municipalities in Etowah County to claim their portion of occupational license fee refunds from individuals who say they spend time working outside of Gadsden’s city limits. All employees who work in the city of Gadsden are required t...
Helena man stabbed in what police describe as domestic situation by AnnistonStar
May 17, 2010 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A Helena man is in UAB Hospital undergoing surgery following a stabbing incident this evening at his home.   Helena Lt. Brad Flynn said police are investigating the incident which occurred at about 6 p.m. in the 200 block of Chadwick Lane. The name of the victim has not been released. Flyn...
Fire damages restaurant, fire truck involved in wreck in Gadsden by AnnistonStar
May 14, 2010 |  0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Logan's Roadhouse on Rainbow Drive will be closed until further notice after a fire about 11:30 a.m. today. While responding to the fire, Gadsden Fire Department's Quint 4 ladder truck was involved in a wreck while approaching the Third Street intersection on Albert Rains Boulevard. Two veh...
Albertville school system gets insurance money for tornado damage by AnnistonStar
May 14, 2010 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The money already was in the bank by the time Superintendent Ric Ayer advised the Albertville City Schools Board of Education that the system had received a payment from its insurance company for damage suffered during the EF-3 tornado that struck the city April 24. Less than a week after t...
Mobile County Commissioner involved in marijuana case by AnnistonStar
May 14, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
While Gulf Shores police continued to sort out the shooting death of Angel Downs, the lawyer for the only named "person of interest" in the case, Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine, was representing his client on a completely different matter Thursday. The special prosecutor investigati...

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