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Tuscumbia gets new attorney

Willie Hovater Attorney at Law

TUSCUMBIA-Congratulations to Willie Hovater, a 2009 Muscle Shoals High School graduate, on passing the state bar exam.

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UNA’s first African-American student to speak at Spring Commencement

Wendell Wilkie Gunn (’65)

By Bryan Rachal

FLORENCE –Wendell Wilkie Gunn (’65) will serve as the University of North Alabama’s spring commencement speaker Saturday, May 13, at 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., in Flowers Hall.

In addition to speaking at both events, Gunn will be the recipient of an […]

Teens presented with award

In February of this year, an elderly woman accidentally struck a teacher and a 9-year-old girl and then collided with the Waterloo school. High school students Chandler Cole and Dacota George witnessed the accident and rushed to the scene.

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Authorities search for escaped inmate

Christopher Wayne Kilpatrick

 

FLORENCE–Authorities are actively searching for an escaped inmate.

Around 9:22p last night Christopher Wayne Kilpatrick, W/M, 43, escaped from the Lauderdale County Detention Center. Kilpatrick was being held without bond and was awaiting trial for the attempted murder of a Florence Police Officer.

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Colbert County Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Shipping Meth Via U.S. Mail

 

Vennis Oates Jr.

BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge today sentenced a Colbert County man to more than eight years in prison for drug distribution that included an attempt to ship methamphetamine from Los Angeles to the Colbert County town of Leighton using the U.S. Mail, federal officials announced.

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Sheffield man dies in crash

A two-vehicle crash at 5:25 p.m. Friday, March 31, has claimed the life of a Sheffield man. Mark Edward Horton, 45, was killed when the 1986 Mazda B2000 he was driving collided with a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Hallie Carlita Cravens, 29, of Florence.

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Former Florence Police Evidence Custodian arrested

Lauren A. Ezell

FLORENCE- A former civilian employee of the Florence Police Department has been arrested after a Lauderdale county grand jury issued an 119 count indictment for theft involving police evidence.

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Mother arrested after newborn tests positive for meth

Taylor Brooks

FLORENCE-According to authorities, Taylor Brooks was arrested on warrants Tuesday stemming from the birth of her child on February 28, 2017. In this case, detectives were notified that a child had been born at a private residence and transported to ECM hospital where the child tested positive for methamphetamine.

Investigators tell […]

Florence Woman Arrested After Home Owner Catches Her Burglarizing Residence

Jessie Cochran Young

FLORENCE-Authorities have arrested a Florence woman after the homeowner reportedly caught her in the act.

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University of North Alabama Student to Present Original Ballet

By: Carole Maynard

FLORENCE, Ala. – Senior composition student and Florence native Jeremy Smith knew that in his last year at UNA he wanted to do something big. That “something big” was writing a ballet.

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Defense has text messages demanding money from accused

FLORENCE-An upcoming case set for trial in Lauderdale County for a Tuscumbia man accused of rape and sodomy should prove to be interesting. Some concerned citizens have expressed outrage that Brian Tyrell Boddie, of High Street, Tuscumbia, was ever arrested on rape and sodomy charges.

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Muscle Shoals Man Sentenced to Nearly Eight Years in Prison as Three-Time Convicted Felon Possessing a Gun

BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge recently sentenced a Muscle Shoals man to nearly eight years in prison as a three-time convicted felon in possession of a gun, announced federal officials.

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Shoals Insider Ask The Attorney: Alabama’s Lemon Law

Ask the Attorney Columnist James Irby

In keeping with James Irby P.C.’s commitment to service and justice, this week’s article is about another consumer protection available to people in Alabama, the Alabama Lemon Law. Alabama has enacted a series of laws which can help you when your new vehicle purchase just isn’t right.

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Authorities still looking for missing teen

Holbert

FLORENCE-Police continue to look for a missing teenager who was last seen Saturday at the Florence YMCA on Helton Drive.

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Leighton man fatally wounded in early-morning shooting

TUSCUMBIA-Police are investigating the shooting death of a 37-year-old Leighton man.

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Remember to Spring Forward this Sunday

 

MUSCLE SHOALS- Remember to set your clocks up this Sunday as Daylight saving time 2017 in Alabama will begin at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 12 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 5.

 

 

One added to Florence auto burglary duo

Baker

 

Masters

Cartwright and Masters are back in the news today. They are now charged with 18 additional vehicle burglaries. The charges came after an investigation by the Florence Police Department. They are charged with burglaries in the area of East Florence, Lakeside Highlands, Huntsville Road, Seville Place Apartments, and […]

BRODY WATSON NAMED NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STATE BEE SEMIFINALIST

Brody Watson

Watson has been named by the National Geographic Society as a semifinalist eligible to compete in the 2017 Alabama National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held at Samford University on Friday, March 31, 2017.

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Experience A Deep Tissue Massage And Point Therapy Session Together And Save Money!

Call Dustin Blackman at 256-200-9431

Pain is your body’s “alarms indicator” that something is not right and its time for you to addressed it or it will progress to a more painful symptomatic problem. Neuromuscular Therapeutic is used to disrupt the tension-pain cycle by locating and de-activating painful trigger points.

When your body […]

Franklin County and Russellville schools closed today due to severe weather

RUSSELLVILLE-Administrators have closed Franklin County and Russellville city schools today due to the threat of severe weather.

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