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New law extends drivers license renewal period

MONTGOMERY – Alabama driver license holders now may renew a license up to 180 days prior to its expiration.

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Search crews locate body of missing swimmer

WATERLOO-(SHOALS INSIDER)–Authorities tell the Insider the body of a missing swimmer has been located.

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Florence police arrest suspected car thief

Robert Eugene Brewer (FPD)

FLORENCE–(SHOALS INSIDER)– Authorities in Florence quickly apprehended a suspected car thief just a few hours after it was reported stolen.

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Tuscumbia business owner and Florence woman die in head-on collision

MUSCLE SHOALS–(SHOALS INSIDER)– According to authorities, a Tuscumbia businessman and a Florence woman were killed Saturday night in a two-car collision.

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Bubba Underwood right choice for Tuscumbia

With so many candidates in the upcoming local elections, we here at Shoals Insider normally do not make endorsements in every race; however, we feel that this years mayoral race in Tuscumbia is one of great importance for the people of Tuscumbia.

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UNA renames college of nursing after Anderson family agrees to donate $3 million

FLORENCE. – According to William Shakespeare, “A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” And when it comes to the new name of the University of North Alabama College of Nursing, students and the public can still expect UNA to produce amazing nurses as it has since 1973.

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Mississippi officials have robbery suspect in custody

Justin Nathaniel Ratcliffe

TUSCUMBIA–(SHOALS INSIDER)–Authorities in Mississippi have a Missouri sex offender in custody, who is a suspect in the Wednesday robbery of TVA Community Credit Union in downtown Tuscumbia.

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Tuscumbia credit union robbed

 

TUSCUMBIA–(SHOALS INSIDER)–Authorities tell the Shoals Insider TVA Community Credit Union, located on the corner of 6th Street and Broad St, was robbed this afternoon.

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Florence attorney arrested on human trafficking charges

Florence attorney Chip Dillard (Photo courtesy Lauderdale Detention Center)

FLORENCE–This afternoon, authorities arrested a Florence attorney on multiple felony charges, some involving human trafficking.

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UNA bestows honors on gradutes

UNA President Kenneth Kitts and Dr. John Thornell awarded the Keller Key to Tyler Yasaka and Kaitlyn Nicole Wilson

FLORENCE – Graduating senior Nick Lang of Arab, Alabama was the recipient of the coveted Turris Fidelis Award during spring commencement Saturday at Flowers Hall on the University of North Alabama campus.

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Russellville doctor has narcotics license suspended

Dr. Leonides Santos (FB)

RUSSELLVILLE- State medical authorities have recently suspended the controlled substance certificate for a Russellville surgeon.

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Two Northeast Alabama Men Indicted in Post Office Burglary

BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two northeast Alabama men for burglarizing a U.S. Post Office in Joppa, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Postal Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez.

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Oral Diflucan may cause miscarriage

This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an alert and is evaluating the results of a Danish study that concludes there is a possible increased risk of miscarriage with the use of oral fluconazole (Diflucan) for yeast infections.

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PUBLIC RECORD UPDATE: Colbert County Marriage Licenses for March 2016

 

Colbert County Wedding Licenses for March 1st to 31st, 2016

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TVA worker electrocuted while working on panel

SHOALS INSIDER-Friends and co-workers of Wendell Smith at the TVA Wilson Dam Hydro Plant are grieving the loss of one of their own today.

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Owner of Little Caesars Pizza franchises charged with filing false tax returns from skimmed cash

BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the owner and operator of dozens of pizza franchise restaurants in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana for filing a false federal income tax return that did not include money he skimmed from his Little Caesars restaurants, federal authorities announced.

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University of North Alabama Partners with FreightCar America

 

Freight Car America

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama and FreightCar America are partnering to enhance UNA’s student learning environment. FreightCar America recently announced that it is providing UNA’s College of Arts and Sciences with new laboratory equipment that will be integral to the college’s brand-new Engineering Technology program.

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Center of Hope opens in Florence

Hundreds of Shoals area jobs gone as Colbert Steam plant closes

Retiree Tom Morrow (right) opens the breaker releasing Colbert from the power grid. Unit operator Dennis Skipworth (left) bends over unit 1 control.

TVA’s Colbert Fossil Plant ended 61 years of electricity generation Wednesday evening, March 23, as unit 1—the last of its five units—emptied its coal bunker and separated from the power […]

Brothers in Greenhill shooting recovering from surgery, suspect found dead

GREENHILL-(SHOALS INSIDER)-Lauderdale county authorities tell the Shoals Insider 49-year-old, Charlie Monroe Woods, Sr. the man that was suspected of killing his wife, Elizabeth Janie Woods, and shooting his two sons, Casey and Charles Bentley, this morning has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in St. Joseph, Tennessee.

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