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MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday authorized flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for the next 30 days.Â
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TUSCUMBIA — When the Leighton Senior Center needed chairs, the Colbert County Commission was at a point where it could help make that happen.
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FLORENCE — The annual Polar Bear Plunge will take place at 1 p.m. on New Year's Day at the beach at McFarland Park.Â
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The new year is almost upon us, and so is the second semester of the school year.Â
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FLORENCE — Sponsorships and individual tickets are now available for the 3rd Annual Shoals Royale, benefitting the United Way of Northwest Alabama.
TUSCUMBIA — When the Leighton Senior Center needed chairs, the Colbert County Commission was at a point where it could help make that happen.
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PLAINS, Ga. — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world.
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ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, died Sunday. He was 100 years old.
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Glancing at the ground, Summer McCreless excitedly pointed out a patch of thriving chickweed — an edible plant said to support digestion and weight loss — growing beneath the trees at Wildwood Park in Florence.
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Despite having limited experience with horses as child, Alex Dollar Jones decided to follow her dreams to the rodeo. Her recent gold buckle at the Southeastern Circuit Finals Championship, held in November in Davies, Florida, proves she made the right choice.
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Mindy Bates, who serves as the vice regent for the Chief Colbert Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, has traced her ancestry all the way back to the Jamestown Colony of Viriginia, where members of her family tree were living in the early 1600s, including her…
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MONTGOMERY — Sunday is Day 9 of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's annual “12 Days of Safety†campaign to remind travelers to act wisely throughout Christmas and the new year.
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FLORENCE — Main Street Alabama will host a New City Application Workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 21 at the Stricklin Hotel in downtown Florence.Â
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BIRMINGHAM — Most of Alabama’s school districts have exhausted their share of $3.1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, but questions remain about how some of that money was spent. While most districts adhered to spending rules, audits have flagged several for compliance issues – most n…
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FLORENCE — The Shoals housing market has not been as red hot in 2024 as it had been over the past few years, but demand is still solid.
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TUSCUMBIA — A line of people waiting to pay their property taxes snaked out the main entrance to to the Colbert County Courthouse on Thursday, Revenue Commissioner Tommy Oswalt said.
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FLORENCE — Tommy Stanfield dove to the bottom of Pickwick Lake near the harbor area.
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TUSCUMBIA — A man set to go to trial Feb. 10 on multiple drug charges in Franklin County was arrested this week on a Colbert County indictment for separate drug charges, according to court records.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — David Moore announced his resignation from the Muscle Shoals City Council on Dec. 16 and one city council member wants to wait until his resignation takes effect before discussing how to fill the Place 5 vacancy.
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FLORENCE — Local, state and federal government offices will only be closed Wednesday for the New Year's Day holiday.
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BIRMINGHAM — Teacher shortages in Alabama have shown improvement in some subjects, but persistent challenges remain, according to State Superintendent Eric Mackey.
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MONTGOMERY — Enrollment among Alabamians in Medicaid stabilized toward the end of fiscal year 2024 and into FY2025 after a year defined by Medicaid unwinding saw more than 264,000 lose coverage since July of 2023.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Cagnacci moved from California to Tennessee with hopes of starting a new chapter in a state that touts a low cost of living and natural beauty.
The following inspection reports were received by the TimesDaily on Dec. 18. Scores are based on a 100-point system. Restaurants scoring 85-100 will be inspected once every three months; 70-84 requires a followup inspection within 30 days; 60-69 means a facility has two days to correct viola…
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, died Thursday. He was 76.
MIAMI (AP) — Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022.
People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world's damaging weather throughout 2024.
Russian air defense systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a U.S. official said Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane was hit by a weapon, citing expert analysis and survivor accounts.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in the northernmost part of Gaza on Friday, forcing many of the staff and patients out of the facility, the territory’s health ministry said.
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government placed sanctions on seven companies on Friday in response to recent U.S. announcements of military sales and aid to Taiwan, the self-governing island that China claims as part of its territory.
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FLORENCE — Sights of people enjoying outdoor dining or having a beverage outside have become a common part of the downtown scene.
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TUSCUMBIA — When Linda Stone contemplated what she wanted to do for her 66th birthday, her late mother and a specific television game show came to mind.
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FLORENCE — It was Thanksgiving when Florence Police Chief Mike Holt told his wife, Shelia, that he wanted his department to do something special for Christmas.
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RUSSELLVILLE — Russellville Elementary School was recently named a 2024 Safe School Award Winner by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.Â
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FLORENCE — Weekend weather conditions are not looking good, with up to 4 inches of rainfall and the potential for severe storms in the forecast.
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FLORENCE — The 51-year-old female inmate who was booked into the Lauderdale County Detention Facility on Christmas Eve had been involved in an automobile crash that day and had a blood alcohol level almost three times over the legal limit.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — Muscle Shoals High School students will receive training on how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) through a state grant program inspired by a state senator who suffered a cardiac event while visiting South Korea last year.
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ATLANTA — Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress to push through long-sought changes that include voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements.
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For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs†or sarcastic as “srkastik.â€
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NEW YORK (AP) — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He's tuned out.
DENVER — The U.S. Center for SafeSport abruptly fired one of its investigators last month after learning he'd been arrested for stealing money confiscated after a drug bust he was part of during his previous job as a police officer.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Houthi rebels in Yemen said Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted the rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida, following several days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A pizza deliverer in central Florida has been charged with pushing her way into a motel room with an accomplice and stabbing a pregnant woman after a dispute over a tip, authorities said.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s main opposition party submitted a motion on Thursday to impeach the country’s acting leader over his reluctance to fill three Constitutional Court vacancies ahead of the court’s review of rebellion charges against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol stemming …
Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data.
Aviation experts said Thursday that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured.
ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration that is expected to bring about 32 million pilgrims to Rome.
KYIV, Ukraine — North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military intelligence said Thursday.
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