Many high school students spend eight hours in a classroom every day, but Baylee Graham only spends half that before going to work for almost $13 an hour. Read the full story
The day was a shock, the worst of Gamez’s life, but it was not a surprise. Gordon had threatened it. Kahlia’s mother, Christina Gamez, had asked a judge to help prevent it. She had called the police for protection. Read the full story
Otter Creek Farmstead had its Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application during a Calhoun County Commission meeting Thursday morning. Read the full story
An Ohatchee woman was charged last week after, police said, she was found with bank account numbers, credit card numbers and other personal information from more than 20 people in April. Read the full story
The day was a shock, the worst of Gamez’s life, but it was not a surprise. Gordon had threatened it. Kahlia’s mother, Christina Gamez, had asked a judge to help prevent it. She had called the police for protection.
Otter Creek Farmstead had its Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application during a Calhoun County Commission meeting Thursday morning.
An Ohatchee woman was charged last week after, police said, she was found with bank account numbers, credit card numbers and other personal information from more than 20 people in April.
The rankings from U.S. News and World Report looked at math and reading scores on statewide tests, as well as graduation rates. But the biggest factor was college readiness – and, in particular, participation in Advanced Placement courses designed to give students a leg up on college content.
Events of local interest from 25 years ago.
Photos of the 2019 Special Olympics at Piedmont High School.
An Ohatchee man charged with trafficking drugs in March 2018 will remain in jail, a judge decided Wednesday.
An Ohatchee man charged with killing three women in a 2016 car crash was ordered by a judge Wednesday to undergo a mental evaluation by a state psychiatrist or psychologist.
Weather forecasters are growing more confident that Alabama is at risk for tornadoes this weekend, and the latest models show the Anniston area at highest risk on the morning of Palm Sunday.
Authorities on Monday released the name of an infant girl fatally shot Sunday in a murder-suicide in Ohatchee.
If you had been a Star reader 25 years ago, these items might have caught your attention.
An infant and her father are dead after a murder-suicide in Ohatchee that took place Sunday afternoon, Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade said.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
UPDATED 7 p.m. -- The tornado warning for Calhoun County has been cancelled, according to the National Weather Service. A watch remains in effect until midnight.
Commissioners voted 5-0 Thursday to approve preliminary engineering work on “intersection improvements” where Bynum-Leatherwood meets Old Gadsden Highway. County officials say it's one of the busiest intersections drivers will encounter outside city limits.
Wednesday’s list ... of beans ’n greens ’n other things:
Decades ago, spotting a pelican in north Alabama was rare, according to experts, but now residents can spot many of the jowly birds spending their winters hanging out along various waterfronts.
George Smith's column of Wednesday 20 Feb 2019
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Luke Earl Jones, who lists an address on Oak Street in Ohatchee, was arrested and charged Jan. 14 with domestic violence by strangulation.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Images from Meals on Wheels food delivery in the Calhoun County area.
Kenneth and Glenda Coppock had problems with water leaking into their underground storm shelter a few years ago, but they never thought water pressure would pry it out of the ground.
Police said a series of bogus threats around Calhoun County on Thursday led to the evacuation of at least one credit union branch and spurred searches that found no real danger. The hoax appears to have been part of a nationwide wave of similar threats received by email at healthcare facilities, banks, schools and other institutions.
