Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. GORDO Every Veteran's Day for the past 12 years, the residents of Gordo have come together for a ceremony to honor their local veterans.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:34 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:34 a.m. Pickens County Commissioner Earnest 'B.B' Summerville has died in office.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. TUSCALOOSA City officials, fighting any effort to move patients and jobs at Bryce Hospital away from the city, claim it would take an act of the Legislature rather than a stroke of the governor's pen to close the psychiatric hospital here.

A few Shelby County high schools changed football regions and basketball areas, but no team moved up or down a classification in the 2010-2012 Alabama High School Athletic Association realignment, which was released Wednesday.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:57 p.m. TUSCALOOSA Anyone who wants to comment on issues about the controversial relocation of Bryce Hospital will get the chance Wednesday.

Because success in Afghanistan depends on winning the confidence of the people, U.S. forces are increasing reconstruction activities and changing the way they interact with the Afghan population.

Last week a delegation of educators from four states visited an unusual site -- Aliceville, Ala.

Four Alabama Army National Guardsmen from Pike County were among 47 guardsmen who received Alabama Commendation Medal from Gov.

The Alabama National Guard soldiers who rescued passengers when a Louisiana church bus wrecked on Interstate 20 near Meridian are being honored with commendation medals.

Gov. Bob Riley will present the Alabama Commendation Medal to 47 Alabama Army Guard soldiers who came to the aid of passengers injured in a church bus crash last month.

Gov. Bob Riley will honor members of the Alabama National Guard whose heroic efforts helped the victims of a church bus accident in Mississippi last month.

Tom Borland , driver of the Guard charter bus, joined several members of First Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., who visited Guard members in Aliceville recently.

SSG Gary Goodson smiles as SFG Ike Gipson is hugged by Patsy Jones before the start of Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Shreveport where the church honored soldiers from the Det 1. 2101st Transportation Company in Aliceville, Alabama for their service in helping during a recent bus accident involving members of the church .

SSG Gary Goodson smiles as SFG Ike Gipson is hugged by Patsy Jones before the start of Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Shreveport where the church honored soldiers from the Det 1. 2101st Transportation Company in Aliceville, Alabama for their service in helping during a recent bus accident involving members of the church .

Dr. Jim Lacefield explains for members of Fresh Air Family why there are so many sharks' teeth in Aliceville, Alabama's Shark Tooth Creek.

Dr. Jim Lacefield explains for members of Fresh Air Family why there are so many sharks' teeth in Aliceville, Alabama's Shark Tooth Creek.

The Alabama Army National Guard's 2101st Transportation Company from Aliceville found itself in the right place at the right time Sunday when 47 of its members returning from training at Camp Shelby, Miss., came upon a crashed church bus on Interstate 20-59 near the Mississippi-Alabama line.

Sadness and disbelief were the prevailing thoughts Monday for a group of 47 Alabama Army National Guard troopers who ran to the scene of a Sunday church bus crash on Interstate 20/59 that left one dead and 23 injured.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a hazardous weather outlook for this area, saying strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening.

As the U.S. economy shrank some six percent in the first quarter, many integrators and installers gravitated toward more stable verticals, often those that rely heavily on government funding or are somewhat immune to market variations: critical infrastructure, transportation, education, and health care, to name a few.