Events of local interest from 25 years ago. Read the full story
Anniston and Birmingham aren’t similar apples, but they’re close enough — in demographic characteristics and challenges — to bind them in a discussion about boosting public education in Alabama’s lower-income areas. Read the full story
The fall 2019 freshman class at Jacksonville State University is the school’s largest batch of new students in the school’s recorded history, according to Emily Messer, the university’s associate vice president for enrollment management. Read the full story
Events of local interest from 25 and 75 years ago. Read the full story
Anniston and Birmingham aren’t similar apples, but they’re close enough — in demographic characteristics and challenges — to bind them in a discussion about boosting public education in Alabama’s lower-income areas.
The fall 2019 freshman class at Jacksonville State University is the school’s largest batch of new students in the school’s recorded history, according to Emily Messer, the university’s associate vice president for enrollment management.
Events of local interest from 25 and 75 years ago.
Anniston’s city school board voted 5-0 Thursday to approve a $23 million budget for city schools for 2020 — a sign that school staff have calmed board members’ fears about federal money left unspent.
A shrinking student body and a state-mandated teacher pay raise could lead to tough 2020 budget decisions for Calhoun County’s school board, school staff said at a budget hearing Thursday.
Kids at Oxford Elementary School got to hold creatures from the ocean depths Thursday afternoon, when the Dauphin Island Sea Lab's BayMobile stopped to visit.
Images from a program where Dauphin Island Sea Lab visited Angie Hurst's 4th grade class at Oxford Elementary School Thursday afternoon.
Jacksonville State wide receiver Josh Pearson got a first round of recognition Thursday, a surprise presentation during what he thought would be, for him, a routine appearance at Jacksonville’s Kitty Stone Elementary School.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Welcome to Constantine’s new science lab, which opened this week at the Head Start campus in the the former Constantine Elementary building.
Photos of the 9/11 Commemorative Ceremony in Anniston.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Piedmont’s school system is set to receive a $2,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support youth literacy programs, the chain of stores announced last week.
Local high school bands and their fans are set to march into Jacksonville State University’s football stadium Tuesday for the annual Calhoun County Marching Band Exhibition.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
“I’m concerned that the resources we do have are not highly effectively utilized for our students,” said board member Joan Frazier, who’s also a former superintendent of the school system.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
JSU’s David L. Walters Department of Music is selling seats in the new recital hall inside the building. The fundraiser, called “Take A Seat,” allows donors to purchase a chair, upon which an engraved plaque will be affixed honoring the donation.
Calhoun County Circuit Judge Debra Jones, who presided over Tyrone Thompson’s nine-day trial, sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole and ordered him to pay a $120,000 fine in addition to legal fees.
Anniston police Cpl. Shawnette Myers keeps a clear plastic container in the back seat of her car. It contains a green frog, a blue bunny, a white puppy, a unicorn with a pink tail, a brown bear with a green cap, a white penguin and an assortment of other stuffed animals — and, of course, slime.
Anniston High School officials honored top-scoring students for their performance on the ACT in an assembly Thursday.
Images from an ACT 25 Live program where 2 Anniston High School students were honored from making a 25 or higher on their ACT scores.
