“We don’t want this to be a Sheriff’s Office law enforcement memorial, we want it countywide, where everyone can come together and honor those who’ve made the sacrifice,” Chief Deputy Matthew Wade said.
Local Democrats hear from former state chairman Mark Kennedy
Last month Kennedy left his position as chairman to form his own group, the Alabama Democratic Majority. Kennedy said his decision to step down as chairman came from disagreements with the party’s executive board, and that his new group was a chance to reorganize the party.
Communication System offering radio control to County 911 board tonight It wasn’t supposed to have to come to this, said Mike Fincher, who serves on the 911 Board as well as on the board of directors for the Communication System. When the Regional Communication System was set up under state law in 2011, the plan was to eventually be self-sustaining.
Weaver City Council hears proposals for private garbage collection “Weaver was going to go broke if we didn’t do that,” Weaver Mayor Wayne Willis said. “I don’t think we’re asking a lot to raise it again.” Several proposals for raising sanitation rates were brought to the table.
Radio board proposes handing system over to 911 agency With no money for an upgrade, the Alabama Regional Communication System has suggested dissolving and handing control of the system used by most local public safety agencies to the Calhoun County 911 Board.
County parties say state Democratic split won't affect them Broke, and now divided. That’s the direction the once-powerful Alabama Democratic Party might be headed in, and political science experts say it may be as inevitable as it is unenviable.
Group teaches Munford students about genocide Students Rebuild has been traveling through the United States for nearly nine months as part of its One Million Bones social awareness project focusing on countries facing humanitarian crises, made their only stop in Alabama on Friday afternoon.
Grants in the works for county schools, Hobson City The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office is working with the County Commission to secure two federal grants to pay for security at county schools and in Hobson City.
Motive for Randolph County shootings still unknown A law enforcement official on Wednesday said investigators weren’t sure what drove a teenager to allegedly shoot three people Sunday night, killing two and critically injuring another.
Friend calls Roanoke shooting victims loving, devoted couple Roanoke police Chief Adam Melton said it’s been close to a decade since multiple shootings took place in Roanoke, but this crime is especially hard to process due to how well known the couple was in the community.
Randolph County shooting survivor's condition improving One of the victims in two separate shootings in Randolph County on Sunday night was talking this morning and her condition appeared to be improving, police said. Meanwhile, the teenager suspected of shooting her and killing two other people was preparing for a court appearance.
Partnership the focus as Calhoun County launches Tourism Week The key to expanding tourism in Calhoun County, according to guest speaker Francis Smiley, the Welcome Center director for the Alabama Department of Tourism, is expanding tourism to the region, state and the whole Southeast.
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Brian Anderson banderson@annistonstar.comAnniston Star
That adventure took them from Ohatchee, where they grew up, to Auburn University, where this weekend the Haynes quadruplets will receive their degrees and graduate.
At a press conference Wednesday morning, the chamber announced nominees for its local business of the year award and the kick-off of its Shop Local initiative – a campaign to keep money and jobs in the local economy.
Part of the trails’ appeal is their unique quality. Coldwater Mountain, when development is finished, will be one of the only destinations in the Southeast made of completely prepared trails that are largely self-sustaining.
Mayor Wayne Willis said “after numerous meetings and discussions” he met with Weaver police Chief Wayne Bush and Public Works Director Joey Conger to hash out a new course of action to save the city money without cutting all overtime pay.
Standing on his front porch Friday, nearly two years after an F4 tornado tore a hole through his mobile home on Cochran Springs Road, Tim Axelton said it’s still hard to believe how much the view has been altered.
This week the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools named Wellborn High School Principal Rick Carter its principal of the year for 2013. And math teacher and department head John Griffin is a finalist for Alabama’s Teacher of the Year award for 2013-14 for secondary education.
Cleaning the park, and most of the area around the river that forms the western border of Ohatchee, has become a constant problem, Mayor Steve Baswell said. It’s why next week he’s meeting with Alabama Power and the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce to try to organize a regular cleanup day aligned with the power company’s Renew Our Rivers program.
A day after a cyclist tumbled out of the Foothills Classic Road Race and into a hospital, a race organizer said the dog that caused his crash was likely a stray.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office is working with the U.S. Secret Service to investigate a string of credit card fraud reported throughout the county over the last several weeks.
Early morning thunderstorms could pass through Calhoun County on Friday, but any hazardous weather should be over before noon, according to a meteorologist.
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Flash flooding submerged downtown shops and cars in Oxfords busiest intersections this afternoon as a thunderstorm moved through the county, dropping a half-inch of rain over two hours.
Some Randolph County residents think their local elected officials are ducking calls and ignoring their requests to discuss an unpopular tobacco tax bill, but a state senator said the outrage is news to him.
Ricky Austin, the coach of Spring Garden High School’s basketball teams, and Tom Schuberth, an assistant men’s basketball coach at Jacksonville State University, were both in attendance at today’s Boston Marathon, according to an official with JSU.
Roy Terry, a spokesman with the East Alabama Bipartisan Coalition, a loosely connected group of residents in Randolph County created last year to combat a tobacco tax bill by Alabama Rep. Richard Laird, I-Roanoke, and Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, said the two elected officials have not kept their promise to meet with the public to discuss re-introducing the legislation.
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