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Bingo Battle Begins in State Legislature

Electronic bingo moves to the forefront at the statehouse this week. On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a bill to strip Gov.

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Mon Feb 08, 2010

Tuscaloosa News

Wet-dry votes planned in small towns

Published: Monday, February 8, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 11:45 p.m. MONTGOMERY Wet-dry votes are being sought this year in small towns in dry counties, including Aliceville and Fayette, under a new law that allows towns with as few as 1,000 people to set alcoholic beverage referendums.

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Fri Feb 05, 2010

Decatur Daily

Bills call for bingo vote

Companion bills intended to settle questions about what makes bingo legal in Alabama were introduced Thursday by North Alabama legislators.

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NBC 15 Online

Victory for Alabama's Anti-Gambling Task Force

Gov. Bob Riley's gambling task force won another victory Thursday when the Alabama Supreme Court tossed out a court order blocking a raid on the state's largest casino.

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Thu Feb 04, 2010

Decatur Daily

Black introduces gambling referendum bill

MONTGOMERY a ' State Rep. Marcel Black introduced a bill that would legalize gambling in specific locations in every congressional district in the state and regulate and tax the operations.

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Wed Jan 27, 2010

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Ala. Law Foundation announces Kids' Chance scholarship recipients

The Alabama law Foundation has announced the recipients of their Kids' Chance Scholarship Fund.

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Thu Jan 21, 2010

The Mobile Register Online

Escapee Elvis Presley caught hiding in mama's closet in Russellville

A man named Elvis Adam Presley who escaped from the Franklin County Community Corrections Program was found hiding in a closet at his mother's apartment Tuesday, officials told the TimesDaily newspaper.

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Wed Jan 20, 2010

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Three More Russellville Buildings Vandalized

A costly and unsightly problem doesn't seem to be going away in Russellville. Graffiti was splashed across three more businesses over the weekend.

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Tue Jan 12, 2010

News Courier

Ala. Senate votes to block teacher ethics code

The Alabama Education Association won another round in a legislative battle over a code of ethics for public school teachers statewide.

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Thu Jan 07, 2010

The Mobile Register Online

Roger Bedford wants apology after he says audit clears west Alabama nonprofits

Democratic state Sen. Roger Bedford says he wants an apology from Republicans after the Alabama Examiners of Public Accounts found no misuse of funds by 2 nonprofit organizations that Bedford helped set up for 2 coal-producing west Alabama counties, the TimesDaily newspaper of Florence reports.

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Tue Jan 05, 2010

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Baby New Year in North Alabama

HUNTSVILLE, AL The first baby born in North Alabama in 2010 came into the world in Russellville.

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Sun Jan 03, 2010

Decatur Daily

Raising melons in Baghdad

Sgt. 1st Class Cliff Knight won first place in the 2008 Franklin County Watermelon Festival in Russellville by displaying a 199-pound whopper he grew in his vegetable garden at Flint.

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Fri Jan 01, 2010

NorthJersey.com

Whooping cranes migrating

In this photo provided by the Alabama Power Public Relations, a flock of whooping cranes migrating from Wisconsin to Florida are shown.

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Wed Dec 30, 2009

WAFF-TV Huntsville

1 killed, 2 injured in Franklin County wreck

RUSSELLVILLE, AL One person was killed and two people were injured in a collision in Franklin County Tuesday afternoon.

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

CBS4

Alabama To Host 20 Whooping Cranes For Christmas

Share + Dec 21, 2009 5:11 pm US/Eastern RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. A flock of 20 Florida-bound juvenile whooping cranes will spend Christmas in Alabama.

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Wed Dec 16, 2009

The Courier Journal

Alabama Young & Free Representative

The search is over for the voice of Alabama's under 25 crowd. The public's top pick is a man from Florence.

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Thu Dec 10, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Baby meth death: Mom pleads guilty; says she used methamphetamine 3 days before giving birth

A northwest Alabama woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death of her newborn son by using methamphetamine three days before he was born.

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Wed Dec 09, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Russellville mother smoked meth 3 days before premature birth, death of child

A Russellville woman said she used methamphetamine 72 hours before her son was born prematurely, The TimesDaily reports.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Russellville City Council considering restrictions on storefront churches

RUSSELLVILLE, AL A ban on storefront churches in downtown Russellville may happen soon.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

79-year-old Franklin County man inappropriately touched teen, grand jurors allege

A 79-year-old Franklin County man has been indicted for inappropriately touching a teenage girl who is a person known to him, the TimesDaily of Florence reports.

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