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State Rep. Merika Coleman and Rep. Priscilla Dunn face off in special ...

Voters in west Jefferson County will go to the polls Tuesday in a special Democratic runoff election to fill the state Senate District 19 seat vacated by the federal conviction of former Sen.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

NBC13.com

Fairfield store owner shot and killed in robbery

The U.S. Marshal Service and Fairfield Police are looking for two men who shot and killed a jewelry store owner.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Birmingham Business Journal

My Nanny & Me Inc

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Shelby County Reporter

Better late than never

Tami Shelton McCarver and her family learned to thrive after a tragedy changed their lives.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Body of Plantersville soldier back in Alabama

A Fort Polk, La. funeral detail carries the body of Sgt. Ricky D. Jones, 26. The body of Sgt.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Continue reading "Three former opponents endorse Priscilla Dunn in Alabama Senate District 19 race"

State Rep. Priscilla Dunn, D-Bessemer, picked up endorsements today from three former challengers in her bid for the Senate District 19 seat.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Our View: Lawmakers watch while their occupational tax foible threatens Jefferson County

The $38 million in budget cuts the Jefferson County Commission approved this week show why the Legislature can't sit back and do nothing to revive the county's occupational tax.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Major Department Cuts: Jefferson County

Tuesday the Jefferson County Commission unanimously approved a resolution to cut county spending by at least thirty two million dollars.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Continue reading "Bessemer woman charged with rape of boy under age of 12"

A 38-year-old Bessemer woman is being held in the Jefferson County Jail tonight on bonds totaling $240,000 after being charged with two counts of sodomy and two counts of rape of a child under the age of 12.

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Birmingham News Online

June 11 shooting death of James David Porter, 43

Bessemer police are investigating an early-morning shooting that killed one man.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Early morning homicide in Bessemer

A man was found dead in Bessemer early this morning. Pat Curry of the Jefferson County Coroner's Office tells NBC13HD News James David Porter, 43, of Bessemer, was discovered at 128 7th Street South in Bessemer just after 2:00am CT today, June 18, 2009.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

WBMA

Crimestoppers 6-16: CVS Clerk Shot; Shoe Store Scuffle

Crime Stoppers will take your call anytime, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 254-7777. Callers are given private code numbers so they never have to give their names.

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Alabama Live

Jeffco slashes budget $38 million in host of cuts, closures

Center Point satellit courthouse is among the offices in Jefferson County that will close this summer as part of a budget cut.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Alabama Live

Jefferson County couple plead guilty to charges involving abuse of boarding home residents

A couple charged in both Birmingham and Bessemer with stealing from and neglecting residents at boarding homes they ran pleaded guilty today to a felony theft charge in Birmingham.

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Birmingham News Online

Bessemer, Alabama councilwoman Louise Alexander will seek dismissal of ethics charges

Lawyers for Bessemer City Councilwoman Louise Alexander will argue before a judge today that the criminal charges against her should be dropped.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Proposed County Cuts: A Threat to Home Safety?

Jefferson County Commission President Bettye Fine Collins has warned for months that major cuts are coming for the county, now those cuts are clear.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Bessemer man charged with robbery

A Bessemer man is in jail facing three charges following a Thursday morning robbery in Bessemer, police said.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

ABC 33/40

The Change to DTV

At 12:01pm on Friday June 12, 2009, ABC 33/40 will stop transmitting our analog signal on channels 33 and 40.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

Opelika-Auburn News

Auburn man wins knife forging competition

With the strength to hold a train's track in place, a rough, rusty railroad spike was shaped by fire, tools and a craftsman's hands into a knife with the beauty to forge out a first place.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

ABC 33/40

County Distributes Food Vouchers

Some Jefferson County seniors are getting some help buying health foods. The county Office of Senior Citizen Services is facing major funding cuts, but today it gave $30 worth of coupons to seniors over the age of 60.

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