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Alabama fugitive apprehended and arrested in Palmdale, California

MONTGOMERY- State authorities and officials of the Los Angeles County, California Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest of fugitive Deshaun Williams in Palmdale, California for alleged violations of securities law in Alabama.

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Tax tips as deadline approaches

The Alabama Department of Revenue would like to remind taxpayers we are less than one month away from this year’s filing deadline. Due to an overlap of tax deadlines and Federal/State holidays, the deadline to file tax returns this year is Monday, April 18. Here are a couple of tips and reminders to assist taxpayers […]

Leprechaun Seen in Mobile

 

State Superintendent of Education Announces Retirement

 

Dr. Tommy Bice Leaves Office, But not his Passion for Children

MONTGOMERY – After more than 39 years of service to public education, State Superintendent of Education, Dr. Tommy Bice, has announced plans to retire from his post as Alabama’s educational leader.

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Alabama Klan cases to be featured on ID Channel and Discovery Networks

A new, three-part series on the Investigation Discovery network – “Hate in America” – will take an in-depth look at the Southern Poverty Law Centers’s fight against violent extremists. The Southern Poverty Law Center is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama.

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First Alabama-made jetliner leaves the assembly line in Mobile

AIRBUS144 – Group with 1st A320

MOBILE – The Airbus assembly facility at Mobile Aeroplex reached another milestone this week when the first Alabama-made jetliner left the production floor at the new $600 million plant and entered the paint shop.

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Huntsville to become ‘Gig City’ with Google Fiber

Huntsville leaders announced plans recently for a new fiber network that will bring ultra-fast Internet service to residents and businesses in Alabama’s Rocket City.

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One nurse and 2,000 patients, a story of medical transport

UAB nurse John Doriety reaches a major milestone: 2,000 patients transported by UAB’s Critical Care Transport service.

BIRMINGHAM-The plane rolled to a stop on the tarmac in the middle of the night, the warm, salt smell of the Caribbean wafting from the nearby beach. John Doriety opened the hatch of the Cessna Citation […]

New prostate cancer treatment coming to Alabama patients

Human prostate cancer cells

BIRMINGHAM — Patients in Alabama seeking prostate care with minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy no longer have to travel out of state. Vituro Health is pleased to announce its partnership with Urology Centers of Alabama to provide a total prostate management program which includes the newly […]

Police say former mental patient kills two in Hamilton, faces capital murder charges

HAMILTON– The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA)’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), on Wednesday, Feb. 10, responded to the scene of an active shooter and subsequent double homicide in Marion County. The homicides occurred in separate locations in downtown Hamilton.

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UAB enters into agreement with Justice Department to improve ADA compliance

Disabled Parking

BIRMINGHAM — U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to ensure equal access for individuals with disabilities to the university’s academic and general facilities. The agreement also established an innovative process for ADA complaints […]

IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to $1 Million ID Theft Tax Fraud Scheme

BIRMINGHAM – An IRS employee whose job was to assist taxpayers experiencing problems resulting from identity theft pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to stealing identities and orchestrating a tax-fraud scheme involving up to $1.5 million in fraudulent income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, IRS Criminal Investigation, St. Louis Field Office, […]

Alabama’s first confirmed case of Zika virus 50 miles from Shoals area

 

MORGAN COUNTY-The Alabama Department of Public Health reports the first confirmed travel-related case of Zika virus in an Alabama resident. The positive specimen was from a resident of Morgan County. Tests are being conducted from Alabama resident specimens with a travel history to areas where Zika virus outbreaks are ongoing. In addition to […]

UPDATE: Missing senior found safe in Rome, Georgia

Mr. Jerry Wayne Cotham has been located in Rome, GA. (Photo: FCSD)

ROME, Georgia-(SHOALS INSIDER)-Authorities tell the Shoals Insider, Mr. Jerry Wayne Cotham has been located.

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Today is Fat Tuesday: Mardi Gras celebration has roots in Mobile

Traditional King Cake

By Staff Writer – H.A. Richardson

Mardi Gras is in full swing today February 9th. The English translation from French of Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday. This is a celebration that takes place 47 days before Easter and one day before Ash Wednesday.

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Muscle Shoals arrests for the month of January 2016

 

MUSCLE SHOALS ARREST for January 2016

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Alabama State Trooper delivers baby on HWY 72

Trooper Kesler with infant he delivered this morning on Hwy. 72 in Limestone County (Photo: ALEA)

 

LIMESTONE COUNTY-On Feb. 7 at approximately 6:40 a.m., an Alabama State Trooper stopped a vehicle driven by Danny Lowe for speeding on U.S. 72 in Limestone County.

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State investigates local cattle mutilations

FLORENCE – Special Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Agricultural and Rural Crime Unit (ARCU), in conjunction with Tennessee Agriculture Investigators and Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, are investigating a series of slaughtered calves being left on Lauderdale County roadsides. In each case, the calves appeared to have been processed for […]

Suspect accused of shooting deputy identified

 

Timothy Vincent Murphy (Photo courtesy of LCDC)

FLORENCE-(SHOALS INSIDER)-Authorities have identified the suspect accused of shooting Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Deputy Randall McCrary on Wednesday night

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Federal Criminal Charges Filed Against Two Pharmacists for Adulteration of Drugs in Connection with Alabama-Based Compounding Pharmacy

BIRMINGHAM – A criminal information was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against David Allen, former pharmacist-in-charge of the now-defunct compounding pharmacy Advanced Specialty Pharmacy doing business as “Meds IV,” and William Timothy Rogers, a pharmacist and the former president of Meds IV, the Department of Justice […]