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Saturday May 12 | National Public Radio

Wearing Helmets In Tornadoes Gains Momentum

Tornado survivor Jonathan Ford saves what he can from his home April 29, 2011, after it was destroyed by a powerful tornado in Pleasant Grove, Ala.

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Fri May 11, 2012

Alabama Live

Heroin dealer, 17 customers arrested in drug bust in Wylam

Officers from Hueytown and Pleasant Grove had their bust of a heroin dealer in Birmingham's Wylam community interrupted this week when several of the drug dealers' customers, including one pregnant woman, stopped by the house to purchase drugs.

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Mon May 07, 2012

Alabama Live

Pleasant Grove council authorizes agreement with Jefferson County on voting machines

The Pleasant Grove City Council on Monday night approved entering into a contract with Jefferson County to provide machines for the August municipal elections and runoff.

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Sat Apr 28, 2012

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Pleasant Grove monument honors lost lives

PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. - Twelve people lost their lives on April 27, 2011 in Pleasant Grove.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

Bo Jackson finishes 300-mile tornado relief ride

Bo Jackson greets a fan as he pedals to Jack's restaurant in Pleasant Grove, Ala., Friday, April 27, 2012,, on the fourth day of the Bo Bikes Bama charity bike ride on the one-year anniversary of the deadly Alabama tornadoes.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

1 year later, Ala residents recall deadly twisters

Halle Vines and Denise Johnson pray during a remembrance service on the one year anniversary of the April 27, 2011, tornado that devastated the area in Pleasant Grove, Ala., Friday, April 27, 2012.

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