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POLICE STILL SEEKING ANSWERS IN TUSCUMBIA MURDER

MARY MALONE

TUSCUMBIA — STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS — Who murdered Mary Malone? It’s a question that investigators are still trying to find an answer to. Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan said as of Thursday there is no update in the case.

Malone was found dead inside her Davis Court home on February 7. […]

LAWSUIT FILED IN DEADLY SHOAL CREEK BOATING CRASH

The dock at Shoal Creek the night of the crash

KILLEN– A lawsuit was filed Thursday morning against the owner and the operator of a boat that was involved in the June 8 crash that killed a mother and her daughter on Shoal Creek. The suit is filed in Colbert County Circuit Court by […]

DECEASED GUNMAN IDENTIFIED IN TUSCUMBIA SHOOTING

KENNETH LANIER SASHINGTON

TUSCUMBIA– Authorities have identified the man killed in a shoot out with police early Tuesday morning.

According to Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan, Kenneth Lanier Sashington, 38, had charges and appeared in Tuscumbia Municipal Court the week before the shooting.

The incident began around 4 am when tenants complained of seeing […]

ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN FLORENCE WESTSIDE SHOOTING

FLORENCE– The Florence Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding an overnight shooting that left one Florence man dead and another man injured.

Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, Florence Police Dispatch received a call of “Shots Fired” in the Cypress Pointe area of west Florence.

Responding officers were advised that a man […]

SHOALS HOSPITAL WAS ON LOCKDOWN WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO THREAT

MUSCLE SHOALS– Shoals Hospital on Avalon Avenue has been on a soft lockdown Wednesday morning due to threats to hospital staff.

The soft lockdown for a CODE SILVER has now been lifted.

Authorities say there was no type of active shooter and the lockdown was entirely taken out of an abundance of […]

INTERVIEW WITH TYRUS MANSELL FOR COLBERT COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT #2

TYRUS MANSELL AND FAMILY

Shoals Insider Readers responded to a recent Facebook poll on the upcoming MARCH 3rd Republican Primary for Colbert County Commission – District 2 (Muscle Shoals)

The results:     David Black 22%    /   Tyrus Mansell 78%.

We followed up with a Q&A with the candidate the people of […]

ONE DEAD IN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING

TUSCUMBIA– One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting on Mulberry Street.

According to officials, one man was killed in a shootout with police around 4:30 am on Tuesday.

Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan tells ShoalsInsider.com the exchange of gunfire started at Trenholm Apartments around 4 am and officers chased the suspect to the […]

The One riding upon that horse was called Faithful and True

Remember that John was viewing these events as though they were occurring in his days, but that they were prophecies of sure-to-come end-time events that are not yet upon us. However, many current world events strongly suggest that the fulfilment of all those end-time prophecies must be just around the corner. For instance, […]

AUTHORITIES SEEK MAN ON PAROLE FROM A ROBBERY WHO LEFT REHAB

TOMMY LEE BATES

Authorities are seeking a man who is on parole from a 2008 Lauderdale County robbery and left a residential facility. Tommy Lee Bates was dismissed from the Shepherd’s Fold Substance Abuse program on Feb. 10 for failing to abide by the facility’s requirements, said Terry Abbott, communications director for the Alabama […]

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA UNVEILING HISTORICAL MARKER

WENDELL W. GUNN ENTERING UNA IN 1963

The University of North Alabama will unveil a historical marker recognizing the significant impact that African-Americans have had on the development of the institution since its founding as LaGrange College in 1830. The marker acknowledges the role of enslaved persons who constructed and worked at the institution, […]

FLORENCE MAN DIES IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH

SHEFFIELD– A Florence man died in route to the hospital after a serious motorcycle crash.

Alabama State Troopers tell ShoalsInsider.com that motorcycle crash at 12:30 a.m. Thursday has claimed the life of Tab Kennedy Waddell, 32.

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Babylon makes merchants and kings rich

Just like most other portions of the book of Revelation, chapters 17 and 18 are problematic for those who want to believe the book is merely symbolic, and therefore may be interpreted many different ways—especially their own unique way. I agree with Finis Dake (of Dake’s Annotated Bible) that the material must be […]

TWO DENIED PAROLE, TWO MORE SET FOR HEARINGS

JEFFREY CHILDERS

Parole was denied Monday for two inmates stemming from convictions in Florence cases, authorities said.Jeffrey Daniel Childers and Jason Lynn Wise had requests denied by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, said Terry Abbott, spokesman for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.

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SEX OFFENDER BACK IN JAIL

JOSEPH GATTMAN

TUSCUMBIA– A Colbert County sex offender is back in custody after violating regulations and failing to register with the Colbert County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said.

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Forest Hills receives safe school award

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall presents Forest Hills Elementary School Principal Laurie Fowler the Alabama Safe Schools Initiative Attorney General’s 2019 Safe School Award.

FLORENCE – Forest Hills Elementary School received the Alabama Safe Schools Initiative Attorney General’s 2019 Safe School Award for this area’s district.

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SUSPECT IN MUSCLE SHOALS CAR THEFT ARRESTED

MUSCLE SHOALS– Authorities have arrested a suspected car thief. Police say Matthew Butler is now in custody in the Muscle Shoals Jail.

At approximately 2:00 pm today members of the MSPD Detective Division, along with Investigators and Deputies of the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, effected the arrest of Matthew Jacob Butler, 20, at a […]

SEN. DOUG JONES SAYS HE WILL VOTE TO IMPEACH TRUMP

US Senator Doug Jones

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Alabama US Senator Doug Jones is ending all of the speculation on how he’s going to vote Wednesday afternoon by announcing his vote to impeach and remove President Trump.

Political observers have said Jones may not vote to impeach in an effort to retain his seat in the […]

TUSCUMBIA MAN DIES IN CRASH

HATTON– A Tuscumbia man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 157 late Monday afternoon in the Hatton Community.

According to State Troopers, 46-year-old Wesley David Whitfield was killed when the 2002 Chevy S-10 truck he was driving struck the rear-end of a 2009 Sierra truck and utility trailer.

The […]

RUSH LIMBAUGH SAYS HE HAS ADVANCED LUNG CANCER

RUSH LIMBAUGH

Rush Limbaugh announced on his show today that he has been diagnosed with an advanced stage of lung cancer.

Limbaugh, who is the most prominent political radio host in the country, will start treatment immediately.

Limbaugh’s show has been running continuously nationwide for the past 31 years and is the most- listened- […]

HUNTER JACKSON NEW MORNING HOST AT MY101.5

HUNTER JACKSON

TUSCUMBIA– You will hear a new voice on the FM dial starting Monday morning at 6 until 10 am. Singing River Media Group has added Hunter Jackson as the new Morning Show Host on MY101.5 FM.

Hunter is the son of former WVNA Operations Manager and Morning Show Host, Jim Jackson, who […]