New Anniston schools Superintendent D. Ray Hill makes as much money as his predecessor but has some greater fringe benefits, according to a review of his contract. Read the full story
Prosecutors from the state attorney general’s office assigned to the cases of two men charged with killing a 42-year-old Saks man withdrew from the case earlier this month. A new prosecutor has since been assigned, according to the Calhoun County District Attorney’s Office. Read the full story
An Anniston man was charged Tuesday after he allegedly choked a woman that morning. Read the full story
Anniston police were investigating Thursday after, they said, a man stabbed another man in the chest Wednesday night. Read the full story
Prosecutors from the state attorney general’s office assigned to the cases of two men charged with killing a 42-year-old Saks man withdrew from the case earlier this month. A new prosecutor has since been assigned, according to the Calhoun County District Attorney’s Office.
An Anniston man was charged Tuesday after he allegedly choked a woman that morning.
Anniston police were investigating Thursday after, they said, a man stabbed another man in the chest Wednesday night.
Images from a 4-H day camp where participants learned how to make a drone and rockets at Cane Creek Community Garden at McClellan.
A two-car crash Thursday morning left three people injured and a northbound lane closed on U.S. 431 in Saks.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
“We are in a holding pattern and Alabama Power is doing research on best options for solar program(s),” Steve Ivey, president of Simon Solar, wrote in a text message.
Fire officials around the state are praising a new Alabama law that will require local governments to provide supplemental insurance coverage for career firefighters diagnosed with cancer.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago
Occasional summer showers in northeastern Alabama will likely continue throughout the week, weather forecasts say.
A new regional federal courthouse in Anniston moved a step closer to reality Tuesday, as the City Council agreed to a land swap with the federal General Services Administration.
A north Alabama lawmaker says telecommunications companies’ ability to offer 5G service has been stalled by cities that want too much money for access to their existing infrastructure, including utility poles.
A study conducted for the city of Anniston last month showed potential demand for a hotel at 12th and Noble streets, with visitors to a new federal courthouse and a McClellan dog-training company filling many of the rooms.
Next year, voters across the state may get to decide whether Elks Lodge 189 on Noble Street can keep its regular bingo game.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
The city of Anniston will get $520,000 and the old federal courthouse on Noble Street in exchange for City Hall, if City Council members approve a land swap with the federal government on Tuesday.
Police on Monday released the name of a man who was found dead last week behind an Oxford shopping center.
A Springville firefighter died after collapsing at an Anniston training center this morning, officials said.
An Anniston man was charged Saturday after he allegedly punched an Anniston police officer in the face that afternoon.
Events of local interest from 25 years ago from The Star's "Community" page.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
The festival celebrates unity in the community of Anniston. Charles “DJ Chazz” Barclay, who has helped plan the event since its inception in 2012, served as host and master of ceremonies for the event.
Alabama legislators passed hundreds of new laws this year, but they also sent several decisions to Alabama voters in the form of proposed constitutional amendments.
Steven Folks, 63, has worked for Anniston more than two decades. He’s the director of the city Parks and Recreation Department, and he was in charge of Carver Community Center before that. In a past life, before retiring from the U.S. Army, he was a military policeman for 21 years and a drill sergeant at Fort McClellan.
