Area Briefs and Local Crime Reports From Alabama
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department filed five charges on Wednesday including three for driving while intoxicated and one each for reckless driving due to drinking and highway intoxication. In Hartselle a store break in at Guy Hollaway’s grocery and gas station netted about 600 dollars in cash and merchandise, with cigarettes and 12 tires stolen. In Athens a 13 year old Madison County boy was accidentally shot in the leg while hunting near Monrovia and treated at Ath ens-Limestone Hospital. Enrollment dates for Calhoun State Technical School are April 1 for day classes and April 3 for night classes. displaced seniors should apply promptly. Part B Medicare renewal remains due April 1 for eligible seniors, and the Social Security office urges return of the card applications marked yes or no.
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Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Hartselle
Guy Hollaway
Athens
Madison
Monrovia
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
David
Lee Ivey
Athens-Limestone
Evans
Joseph Ivey
Calhoun State Technical School
Social Security Office
Retired Decatur Lt. Martin Works as Guard at Bank
Jasper native C J Martin, retired at 67 from Decatur police work, continues a long career as a guard for First Federal Savings and Loan. A former coal miner and veteran lawman, he recalls key incidents and the challenges of policing, including a boat harbor arrest that led to a gun return.
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Decatur
C. J. Martin
First Federal Savings and Loan Co
Billy Smith
Martin
First Federal
Jasper
Walker County
State Highway Department
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Boat Harbor
Weaver charged with first degree manslaughter in LC traffic death
Wanda Weaver 33 of Cullman was charged after a March 7 crash that killed seven year old Angie Wear as she stepped from a school bus in Moulton. Weaver, serving a Cullman jail term for a hit and run, will be moved to Lawrence County after finishing her sentence.
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Moulton
Wanda Weaver
Cullman 8
Moulton 2
Lawrence County
Harvey Elliott
Elliott
Weaver
Dist. Atty. Billy-Burney- Eliott
Angie Lynn Wear
Kirk Wear
Cullman County
Three Worthless-Check Charges Reported by Morgan County Sheriff
Morgan County Sheriff's department filed three charges Thursday all for issuing worthless checks. Huntsville Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a nearly $50,000 contract to Lockheed Aircraft Corp Marietta Ga to study space radiation effects on ATM film used to record solar activity and assess astronaut hazards over about nine months. Athens Limestone County Feeder Pig Sale grossed $31,708.39 from 1,722 pigs at $18.41 each. year-to-date sales reach $82,789.
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Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Huntsville
Marshall Space Flight Center
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Marietta
Athens
Limestone County
Wheeler Basin Library Bookmobile Schedules in Decatur
The Wheeler Basin Regional Library Bookmobile No 2 will be at Decatur Shopping Center today 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will visit Westgate Shopping Center next week. Building activity rose in February with 155 permits issued totaling over 602867 in value, compared to 142 in January, along with 205 housing inspections 109 plumbing 178 electrical 9 gas 52 footing 28 framing inspections.
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Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Decatur Shopping Center
Westgate Shopping Center
Decatur Market Opens Saturday With Smoked Meats And Items
Notes of Interest announce the Decatur curb and country market at 1st Ave and Grant St SE will run Saturday from 6 30 to 11 am featuring smoked hickory sliced ham smoked whole hams smoked shoulders smoked bacon back bones spare ribs liver smoked sausage turnip greens jam jelly and canned vegetables The Apes Club meets in Decatur at the Pet Dairy Hospitality Room Saturday with the Mizpah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star as hostess A covered dish supper is served at 6 30 pm The March meeting of the Decatur High School Band Boosters will be in the school bandroom at 7 30 pm next Thursday.
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Decatur
1St Ave
Grant St
Apes Club
Pet Dairy
Mizpah
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Decatur High School
Decatur Facility Boosts Mental Health Care Efforts
The Decatur unit of a $15 million four-site plan approved in 1987 is under contract to expand care for mentally retarded residents at Partlow State School and Hospital. Each 400-capacity center will include clinics, a rehab workshop, residential space, and day care to allow some return to home.
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Associated Press
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Partlyw State
Mobile
Birmingham
Decatur
Montgomery
Partlow
Church
Partlow’s Park
Social Service Department
Four Limestone Youths Injured In Accidents
Four Limestone County youths aged seven to sixteen were injured in two Thursday night accidents. Dennis Matthews seven of Athens was hit by a car on Alabama 127 driven by Frank Dawson thirty nine of Elkmont. Jimmy Nash sixteen, Kerby Hacker fifteen, and Ricky McBay fourteen, all of Athens, were injured when Nash’s car went out of control and left the highway ten miles west of Athens. All four were treated and released at Athens Limestone Hospital.
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Limestone County
Dennis Matthews
Athens
Alabama
Frank T. Dawson
Elkmont
Jimmy Nash
Kerby Hacker
Ricky McBay
Nash
Athens- Limestone Hospital
Triple Court Clears Docket in Morgan County Week
Morgan County Civil Court’s first week of a triad court cleared 28 cases from a 48 case docket and continued nearly 20 for settlement. Notable verdicts include Price Bean winning 50,000 from Curtis Huey Roden for a fatal 1966 hit and run. Roden also received 21 months for first degree manslaughter.
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Morgan County
James N. Bloodworth
Price Bean
Hartselle
Curtis Huey Roden
Huntsville
Roden
Bean
Ray Tapscott
Marlin T. Summerford
Falkville
Sixth Ave
Summerford
11Th St
6Th Ave
Hershel F. Waldrop
Cullman
Porter R. Ray
Ray
10Th St
Wilma Lockhart Hudson
Hudson
Priceville
John W. Brasseale
Beneficial Finance Co
M. C. Hill
San Ann
Edward B. Alvis
Thad Harvey Montgomery
Bruce Lemmons
Limestone County Eyes Vocational School Plan
Limestone County Board of Education studies a proposed 1 million vocational training school to curb dropouts. The 84 acre site is owned by the State Conservation Department and may host Athens City Board plans for a new high school and football stadium. State official Claude Kelley says the property could be released for educational use.
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Athens
Limestone County Board of Education
State Conservation Department
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Martins
7Th Ave
Bill
Charles
Kris Beatty
Keven
R. P. Beatty
Jackson St. SE
Shirley A. Lott
Athens 8
Charles W. Eifler
U. S. Army Missile Command
Cpl
Junior E. Lott
Partlow Hospital
Katherine Kew
Social Services
Flint Creek
Ann Williams
Somerville Rd
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Roy S. Collier
Paul Collier
Bloodworth
Newton B. Powell
Reneau Almon
Limestone
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