On Dec. 6, 2018, hours after 37-year-old Amanda Nicole Kirby was found dead of a gunshot wound in the middle of Winchester Road in Anniston, police spotted Robert Lee Jenkins Jr. walking down Brighton Avenue. Read the full story
Council members said that the study is a component in a federal grant which could be used to build a downtown parking deck, among other road and transportation projects. Read the full story
Alabama’s cities and counties will likely be on opposite sides of legislation in 2020 regarding police jurisdictions, those 1.5- and 3-mile borders around some cities where residents and businesses get municipal services like fire and police protection at a reduced cost. Read the full story
EMA staff gathered at 1 p.m. alongside representatives from local first response agencies in anticipation of severe weather, a line of straight-line winds up to 70 mph predicted for almost a week by the National Weather Service. About an hour later, that weather had arrived. Read the full story
Council members said that the study is a component in a federal grant which could be used to build a downtown parking deck, among other road and transportation projects.Â
Alabama’s cities and counties will likely be on opposite sides of legislation in 2020 regarding police jurisdictions, those 1.5- and 3-mile borders around some cities where residents and businesses get municipal services like fire and police protection at a reduced cost.Â
EMA staff gathered at 1 p.m. alongside representatives from local first response agencies in anticipation of severe weather, a line of straight-line winds up to 70 mph predicted for almost a week by the National Weather Service. About an hour later, that weather had arrived.Â
While the National Weather Service did not formally designate any tornadoes in Calhoun County on Saturday, residents in Saks reported seeing a funnel cloud which knocked down trees and power lines.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Police arrested a local business owner Sunday after a Calhoun County grand jury indicted him in December on dozens of tax-related offenses.
Police charged an Oxford man Friday after he allegedly hit and injured a woman that day.
An Oxford High School coach on Monday denied claims in a federal lawsuit alleging he’d failed to follow school policy, according to court documents. A student named in the suit also asked that it be dismissed.
Police charged an Eastaboga man last week after, they said, he kidnapped a woman and attacked her.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
The numbers indicate a slight decrease in Calhoun County from 2018, and are reflective of a downward trend in overall homicides reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in recent years.
Photos of a two vehicle accident on Quintard and P Street in Anniston.
Oxford police vehicles will be equipped with new, laptop-like devices running software that will detect credit card skimmers and make it easier to trace them back to their users.Â
On Saturday, business was slow at BOGO Fireworks, Autry’s fireworks store on U.S. 78. Come Tuesday, the last day of the year, he expects to have so much business, he won’t be able to take a lunch break, and will be constantly on his feet.
Much of Alabama will see wet weather and uncommonly high temperatures Sunday, and forecasters say there’s a small but real risk of tornadoes.Â
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Authorities closed a lane of U.S. 78 in Oxford on Friday afternoon after a dump truck overturned.
Last-minute shoppers crowded the Oxford Exchange and local businesses Tuesday, taking care of their last shopping tasks on Christmas Eve.Â
Two former Oxford High School students and a coach were named in a lawsuit this month that alleges bullying due to a lack of faculty oversight.Â
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
A White Plains family had a magical visit from Disney princesses and a Christmas dinner at Olive Garden after their White Plains home burned earlier this month.Â
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
A month without medicine started with a nurse telling Adrienne Ragains that her family’s insurance through Oxford Emergency Medical Service had lapsed — again.Â
A cold wind howled through the parking lot but it was not enough to erase the multitude of warm smiles seen as the bikes were rolled and carried way just in time for Christmas.
