Land Use Plan Talks Move Forward In Morgan County
Morgan County leaders discuss rural land-use planning with NARCOG planners. Public input, hearings, and a $12,000 plan funded mostly by HUD are planned for next year as residents weigh growth controls and safeguards. Communities in Decatur and Hartselle have also engaged.
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Walker
Narcog
Morgan County
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Morgan
Lawrence
Cullman
County Commission
Cheatham leader details Democratic ties and plans to marry
Cheatham outlines platform including industrial and recreational growth and restoring trust in government. He serves on state and local Democratic bodies and heads Morgan County Young Democrats. An honors graduate with multiple scholarships, he was student government president at two colleges and active in Decatur community groups. He is single but plans to marry December 18.
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Cheatham
Democratic Party
State
Democratic Finance Committee
Democratic Club of Alabama
Alabama Young Democrats’ Executive Committee
Morgan County Democratic Executive Committee
Morgan County Democratic Club
Morgan County Young Democrats
Calhoun Community College
Athens College
Athens
Decatur Boys Club
Decatur Jaycees
Spirit of America
VIP
Austinville Baptist Church
Budget hearing focuses on pensions and services cuts
Budget leaders urge close scrutiny of Pensions and Security plus mental health highways conservation banking publicity and information agriculture and medicaid Mental health may regain most of the 18 million cut from the House and could receive more If the legislature cuts 11 million from Pensions and Security general fund allocations that would help fund additional mental health money while preserving essential services.
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House
Beasley
County considers raising jail housing fee to three dollars
The Lawrence County Commission discusses increasing the per day charge for housing city prisoners from one to three dollars. The grand jury filed 41 indictments and continued several cases, with names to be released as arrests occur.
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County Commission
County
Lawrence County
Notable Alabama Figures Named in Public Notices
Publisher Jr., a Birmingham banker, Jack W. Warner, a Tuscaloosa paper company executive, Dr. Robert Parker, a Montgomery physician, John A. Hand, a Birmingham banker, George A. Mattison Jr., a Birmingham industrialist, R. Hugh Daniel, a Birmingham businessman, and Nell Rankin, an Alabama native internationally known opera singer are cited in a local notice highlighting prominent individuals connected to the region.
Mercenary Col Callan Faces Angolan Tribunal Trial
The self styled Col Callan Costas Georgiou testified at a people's tribunal in Angola while colleagues from Britain and the US including Daniel Gearhart Gary Acker and Gustavo Grillo faced murder pillage and destruction charges under a 139 count indictment. Ex British paratrooper Andrew McKenzie described Callan ordering executions after a proxy truck attack as Callan pressed for control and warned of consequences if orders were disobeyed.
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Callan
Costas Georgiou
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
Gustavo Marcelo Grillo
Toms River
N.J
People's Tribunal
Andrew McKenzie
Sammy Copeland
McKenzie
Copeland
England
Angola
Alabama party names slate for electoral vote casting
The committee elected nine individuals to cast Alabama's electoral votes in December if the state votes Democratic. Named electors include Roy Mayhall Jasper Evelyn Hicks Shannon Clarence Price Cliff Fulford Birmingham Mabel Amos Montgomery Lucius Amerson Tuskegee Brook Garrett Brewton Pelham Ferrill Phenix City Fuller Kimbrell Fayette.
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Lucius Amerson
Tuskegee
Brook Garrett
Brewton
Pelham Ferrill
Phenix City
Fuller Kimbrell
Fayette
Scholarships Awarded by Ralph McGill Fund to Eleven Students
Eleven students from Southern colleges receive Ralph McGill Scholarship Fund awards for strong interest in news and editorial work. Recipients include Artresa Harris Montgomery Alabama Carl Thompson Miami Florida William A Wicker Texarkana Texas Judy Ann Pace Shreveport Louisiana Jay E Barrow Doraville Georgia David E Howard Lebanon New Hampshire George Rodrigue Atlanta Yvonne Williams Albany Georgia Brett J Gage Maryville Tennessee Patricia Dale Templeton Atlanta Georgia. The Cox Foundation sponsors the program honoring the former Atlanta Constitution editor.
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Atlanta
Ralph McGill
Artresa Harris
Montgomery
Ala
Carl Thompson
Miami
William A. Wicker
Texarkana
Tex
Judy Ann Pace
Shreveport
Jay E. Barrow
Doraville
David E. Howard
Lebanon
N.H
George Rodrigue
Yvonne Williams
Albany
Decatur woman charged with leaving scene after pedestrian injury
Geneva Sykes, 19, of Decatur was arrested Saturday at 1 05 p m and released on 750 bond after a week old incident left a pedestrian injured at Vine and Madison streets northwest Deputy Det Jerry Bottom said. Separately Scott and Sons Tractor Sales reported a Thursday night break in with a television tool box two chain saws an electric drill electric saw and a pry bar stolen. Cora McKinney reported 17 stolen late Friday night claiming a man living in the same house took the money and bought a drink. Lunsford's Service Station on Locust and Somerville roads was found open Friday morning with two tires missing, according to Det Bottom.
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Rosen
Young
Texas
Gardner
FBI
Justice Department
House Ethics Committee
Gray
Decatur
Geneva Sykes
Decatur 5
Vine
Madison Streets
Jerry Bottom
Scott and Sons
Gary Porter
Porter
Cora McKinney
Cherry St
R. A. Clark
Lunsford
Locust
Somerville Roads
Howard McGregor
Bottom
Local Miss University Pageant Finalists Named
Denise West Alabama Karen Presswell Miss University of North Alabama Monica Barnett Miss Eastwood Rhonda Haley Miss Star Talent Nancy Cooley Miss Central Alabama Kathy Pickett Miss Bessemer Julie Houston Miss Heflin Debra Donaldson Miss Enterprise State Barnett and Barton were preliminary talent winners Thursday and Friday Presswell and Haley won prelim swimsuit competition Saturday night's winner will advance to the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey this fall
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West Alabama
Karen Presswell
University of North Alabama
Monica Barnett
Eastwood
Rhonda Haley
Star Talent
Nancy Cooley
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Huntsville
Lou Ethel Flowers
Ozark
Elva Frazier
Doris Ridgeway
Booly Hitt
Connie Means
Lyla Ann Brown
Gadsden
Alvin Holmes
Hilda Smilie
George Wallace
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