Alabama rescues volunteers gain free auto tags in law
The Alabama Legislature passed a law granting distinctive free auto tags to volunteer rescue squad members, exempting them from the $13 tag fee. The change could add about 2,200 tags to the 30,163 last year, costing the state roughly $392,119 and affecting road and bridge funds and federal matching dollars.
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Ala
George C. Wallace
Allen McNees
Vernon
Revenue Department
State Highway Department
General Fund
House
Senate
Alabama
Alabama National Guard
Alabama Association of Rescue Squads
PSC opens fuel charge probe after shouting match in Alabama
The Public Service Commission voted 2-1 to launch hearings on Alabama Power Co.'s fuel charge, with Chairman Juanita McDaniel and Commissioner Whatley pushing for public hearings on June 16 and 17. Zeigler dissented calling it a public relations stunt, as the trio clashed during the adjournment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Alabama Power Co
PSC
Juanita McDaniel
Chris Whatley
McDaniel
Jim Zeigler
Zeigler
Alabama Power
George C. Wallace
Limestone County grand jury returns 18 indictments
An 18 count Limestone County grand jury indicted 35 year old Tanner man for first degree murder in the beating death of Frank Henry McDonald. Other indictments include robbery at Revco Drug Co and multiple grand larceny and forgery charges against several Athens residents. Two trucks stood by at Gold Kist Inc after a smoldering soybean hull incident with minimal losses.
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Limestone County
Albert Henry Webb
Frank Henry McDonald
McDonald
Limestone
Dep
Earnest Knox
Webb
Phillip Wayne Daws
Jerry Wayne Hardiman
Revco Drug Co
Kerea Daws
Max Lecroix
Revco
Michael Siniard
Jere Trent
Decatur Fire Ae
Gold Kist Inc
Market St
Travis Mitchell
Mitchell
Representative Fined For Drunken Driving
CLANTON Alabama AP State Rep Paul Weeks of Winfield was fined 125 dollars and placed on six months probation after pleading guilty to a reduced reckless driving charge. He also faces an Autauga County charge of leaving the scene from the same night near Clanton. Judge Robert Bowers said the reduction reflected Weeks no prior drunken driving record.
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Clanton
Ala
Paul Weeks
Winfield
Weeks
Autauga County
Chilton County
Robert Bowers
Endangered Lake Sturgeon found near Hartsville plant site
TVA biologists report catching a large Lake Sturgeon on the Cumberland river below Cordell Hall Dam in Smith County, an endangered species in Tennessee. The sighting comes as construction proceeds on the Hartsville nuclear plant amid NRC permits and a court challenge over other TVA projects.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kerland River
Hartsville
Tennessee
Cordell Hall
Smith County
TVA
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Cumberland
Tellico
East Tennessee
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Sixth Circuit
High Court
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