Enrollment in Calhoun County Schools had risen smartly in the past couple of years in the mid-1940s, but schools’ physical campuses were in dire need of attention. Read the full story
The Anniston Star hosts a forum for candidates in the upcoming Anniston runoff election at 4 p.m. Thursday at Anniston High School auditorium, and live on the Star's Facebook page.
Authorities charged a Jacksonville man with domestic violence by strangulation Saturday after he allegedly attacked a woman that day.
Chris Collins, the chief who built up the Anniston Fire Department's training facilities and led the department through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, will retire Oct. 8 after 24 years.
Money troubles have forced the county commission into difficult budgeting process for 1995-96, even resulting in cutbacks to the DA’s office.
Mike Pollard, one of the founders of Way of Life Fellowship in Ranburne, said the parade will either be on the 10th or 17th of October. He said it’s important for the parade to be held before presidential Election Day, Nov. 3.
It takes a mature, dedicated group of volunteers to keep big-name talent happy, but they do, and that’s why the big names keep appearing on the Knox stage.
Not only did Oxford's freshly passed 1996 budget allow for a 6 percent raise for all employees, it also anticipates the creation of a new community center at the old Friendship School.
Parking meters were on city commissioners' minds as a way to raise money and keep cars from lingering too long in the shopping district in 1945.
The first of several expected bills related to the coronavirus has been filed in the Alabama Legislature for its 2021 session.
Photos of the Browns house in Alexandria.
Teddy Grogan is one of those University of Alabama football fans you hear about but rarely meet. His bonafides jingle like Army medals: a Crimson Tide fan since JFK, a 1973 graduate of the university, a longtime Tide Pride member, a season-ticket holder. He hasn’t missed an Alabama-Tennessee…
An attorney retained by some employees is looking into claims from former employees of missing money and back payments that have yet to be received, along with similar retirement and Social Security issues.
On Friday U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt and other officials were joined by public and private representatives in Fort Benning, Ga., to celebrate the proposed downlisting.
A well-known Anniston physician had a knack for running hospitals during World War II.
That’s Graves: a liberal politician, a Great War veteran, a Yale graduate and, yes, a former Grand Cyclops in the KKK’s Montgomery Klavern.
School is back in, there’s a cool autumn breeze and so far, Dr. Almena Free hasn’t seen local signs of the COVID-19 surge most health officials expect this fall.
There is a small risk of strong storms and tornadoes Thursday in southern Calhoun and Cleburne counties as the remnants of Tropical Storm Beta cross Alabama, forecasters say.
“The number of people who turned out the first day is encouraging. We have every evidence of a fine spirit of cooperation,” a state public health official said in 1945.
From Nov. 13-15, the crew of “Best of America by Horseback,” a show broadcast twice-weekly on rural-themed channel RFD-TV, will film host Tom Seay riding the trails and talking to locals about entertainment for equine enthusiasts.
Jim Bennett, who owns the fourth-generation 40-acre farm, opens the place up to the public every October, offering patrons and organized groups a variety of seasonal delights.
The Anniston City Council Wednesday approved millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, from a new museum roof to golf course upgrades and repaving of West 15th Street.
Authorities charged a Talladega woman Tuesday after she allegedly exposed a baby to drugs earlier this year.
Preliminary numbers show some significant drops in enrollment this semester at some of Alabama’s two- and four-year colleges.
Alabama has not seen a significant increase or change in COVID-19 cases, deaths or hospitalizations since the Labor Day holiday two weeks ago, state health officials said Tuesday.
It was the opening game of Anniston High School's football season for 1945 and a good time was had by all.
