County bids open for new Decatur county headquarters
Morgan County Commissioners opened nine bids to lease a new county headquarters at 605 Bank St. The lowest bids ranged around $665 to $795 monthly, with one bidder dropping to $700. A two-person committee will study bids and decide within a week. Nearby, Town Meeting leaders weigh a civic auditorium with reports from architect Fred Underwood and local preservationists. The commission also approved a five year ad valorem tax exemption for Baker Industries, with plans to tighten future exemptions.
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RUSS_ ROBERTS DAILY
Morgan County Commissioners
County Commission
Thornton
Dick) Fleming
Yancy Hughes
Bank St
C. C. (Buck) Martin
Hughes
Fleming
Robert M. King
Jim Rountree
Fred Underwood
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County Historic Preservation Society
Helen Johnson
Dick Ordway
New Decatur
Morgan County Courthouse
Lee St
Central Bank
Bob McWhorter
Allen Hamilton
Baker Industries
Two-Car Collision Injures Decatur Woman and Huntsville Man
A Decatur woman Beverly Ann Basham aged 18 and Huntsville man Roger Allen Percival aged 35 were slightly injured in a Sunday two car crash at a railroad crossing on 6th Ave NE. Basham’s Opel rear collided with Percival’s car after Percival stopped for a train. Both were treated and released from Decatur General Hospital.
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Decatur
Huntsville
6Th Ave. NE
Beverly Ann Casham
12Th St. SE
Roger Allen Percival
Decatur General Hospital
Miss Basham
Mercury Percival
Percival
Board To Hear Plea For Funds In Moulton Tonight
The Lawrence County School Board will hear a request for additional funds from Hazlewood Elementary School delegates and rule on a student discipline matter from the trade school. The board meets at 7 tonight and will conduct routine business. Don Parker provided the details.
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Moulton
Lawrence County School Board
Hazlewood
Don Parker
Rapist Posing As Policeman Targets Teens and Woman
In Birmingham and Hoover, a man posing as a police officer stopped vehicles, abducting two teen girls and raping a 26 year old woman. The suspect used a badge gun flashing lights and siren in a white foreign car. All victims were released or harmed. Police seek leads.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hoover
Circling Ducks Create Afternoon Work Of Art
At Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Alabama 67 thousands of ducks form a living art as 6000 to 10000 birds whirl to feed in the afternoon into night. Refuges aide Harvey Fowler notes ducks only birds in this pattern and counts 1200 to 1500 snow geese this winter with 10 percent solid white.
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Wheeler National Wildlife Efugo
Alabama 67
Harvey Fowler
Fowler
Snow Geese Sightings and Local Remarks Highlight Winter Pattern
Officials report snow geese in Beaver Dam Peninsula and Limestone Bay areas near Mooresville with some at Garth Slough near Cave Springs. Most birds stay on traditional routes, wintering in Texas and Louisiana. local harvests are few due to the birds' alert flight behavior. Mrs Sherard shows student Janice Strain as a Jacksonville State University Teacher Hall of Fame nominee for the Hartselle school system.
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Fowler
Beaver Dam
Limestone
Mooresville
Garth Slough
Cave Springs
Texas
Louisiana
Hartselle
Jacksonville State University
Assault Charged After Shootings In South Limestone County
A 26-year-old Athens man Henry Cosby is held without bond in Limestone County Jail after a Sunday shooting at a Belle Mina area home. Two women Evelyn Harris and her daughter Mary Harris were seriously injured, both listed as in fair condition. Cosby faces two counts of assault with intent to murder as authorities investigate an argument motive.
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Athens
Limestone County
Limestone
Danny Clem
Henry Cosby
Hine St
Belle Mina
Evelyn Harris
Huntsville Hospital
Mary Harris
Athens- Limestone Hospital
Clem
Rain Signals Cold Air Wave From Texas to Wisconsin
Rain and rising humidity sweep Alabama as a developing storm system moves in from Texas. Temperatures rise this morning with Decatur recording 50 degrees, then drop to the 30s tonight as a colder air mass follows. Rain totals near a quarter to a half inch expected with 50 to 60 percent humidity Tuesday, before clearing Wednesday into a colder but drier pattern.
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Decatur
Texas
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Alabama
Weather and river readings from Decatur area this morning
Decatur area readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show river level 17.01 with sea level at 551.31. Sunday high 61 at 3 pm, low 11 pm 39. Today cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain, near 60 high and mid 30s tonight. Extended outlook: mostly fair, colder Wednesday and Thursday, warmer Friday with highs in the 40s and 50s.
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Huntsville/Decatur
Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur
Tri-County District Health Service
Sororities rebound at Tennessee and campuses nationwide
Sororities shift from beauty to intellect and activism as membership doubles at Tennessee since 1972 and rises at South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn, Emory, and Georgia. Officials cite focus on women's movement, scholarship, and individuality, while hazing and rushing remain concerns amid a changing campus culture.
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Associated Press
University of Tennessee
Law Ae
South Carolina
Ala Auburn
Emory
University of Georgia
Ae Ieee
Stull
Tommatees
Jet
Pi Beta Phi
Carol Veatch
University of Who
Atch
Facuty
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Robert Hudson
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J. D. Reed
Bank
David Davis
Frank Wiley
Davis St
Dexter Gay
Bank St. Martin
Jimmy Phillips
Vine St
Railroad Ave
Civic
Wayne Stokes
Hartseller
Red Carpet Inn
Elk’s Lodge
1St Ave
Wendy’s Hamburger Restaurant
6Th Ave
Sonny Turner
Lucille Sherard
Morgan County High School
Janice Strain
Jay Yockel
Oak Park
Jay
Ann Yockel
19Th Ave. SE
National Weather Service
Mississippi
Construder
Perature Area
Vata
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Tennessee
Ms. Veatch
National Interfraternity Conference
Greg Alexander
Brookhaven Middle School
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