Alexandria News

From the Calhoun County Sheriffa s Office website: Between June 9 & 10, 2009 a series of business burglaries were committed across the county.

Jun. 11--KUWAIT -- The Rezidor Hotel Group launched its Gulf road show, which was attended by representatives from Rezidor hotels across Europe, Middle East and Africa at the Radisson SAS hotel on Tuesday.

I dropped by Star Provisions yesterday to grab a sandwich and to see cheesemonger Tim Gaddis, who always has dreamy surprises of his own.

The sounds of laughing and singing echoed through the hallways of the Carver Community Center this afternoon when approximately 90 local children enjoyed a modernized version of the Aesop classic, 'The Tortoise and the Hare,' performed by a Jacksonville State University professor and two of his students.

The Alabama Baptist All-State Honor Choir performed in Montgomery and Opelika in March.

And the winner is... Yung Bui-Kincer, Anatomy, Biology and Environmental Science teacher at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in the Montgomery County School System.

Two men faces charges in three armed bank robberies in Anniston and Alexandria. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Birmingham, RODNEY EUGENE TUCKER, 39, of Anniston, and JAMES ARTHUR WORRILLS, JR., 39, of Talladega, were arraigned on three charges of armed bank robbery.

Zainab Sabree receives her Bachelor of Science degree from JSU president Bill Meehan.

The Variosa Club of Alexandria honored Cora Saxon on her 101st birthday March 17.

In the context of a small town, where faces are familiar even if names can't be called right off, the word alone is an exaggeration if not a total lie.

Alexandria Relay for Life yard sale is to be 7 a.m-1 p.m. today at Valley Machine Company, intersection U.S. 431 and 144, behind the Shell station.

The Grand Champion Heifer of the 2009 Calhoun County Heifer show with Bryan Hammonds, left, president of the Calhoun County Cattlemen's Association, Wendell Wilson of the Calhoun County Farmers Federation and Jacob Penny with his grand champion heifer.

The Bookmobile for the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County is to make the following stops this week.

It was a gesture of faith, a secret shared between a married couple embarking upon a new phase in their lives.

Despite the fact she has a history of success on Neely Henry Lake, Pam Martin-Wells figures the Coosa River impoundment still owes her.

The Jacksonville City Council approved two grants for the city during Monday night's meeting.

Robbins Gioia "Cooking for a Cure" cookbooks containing approximately 200 recipes collected from various RG workers, family and friends is available for purchase during March or until all books are sold.

An open practice was held at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex for this weekend's first round of the Davis Cup between the US and Switzerland.

In the season's first meeting between the two Calhoun County foes, Anniston jumped on Alexandria from the outset and kept the Valley Cubs at arms' length to earn a berth into the AHSAA's final four.

Jennifer D. Fleming and Paul E. Ellison were married at 6 p.m. Oct. 18, at First United Methodist Church.