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“This is the first time in my career I have not had to scale down the difficulty of my dances”

The theater and music departments at Muscle Shoals High School will present the musical at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, through Saturday, April 26. via Times Daily

“It has been nearly seven years since the national unemployment rate was lower than our state unemployment rate”

BUSINESS TODAY'S NEWSPAPER The Birmingham News The Huntsville Times Press-Register Change local edition >> BREAKING NEWS Statewide The Birmingham News The Huntsville Times Browse by day posted: Browse by week ... via The Birmingham News

“If we don't, there will be another fine and write up I'm sure.”

PATRICKM@CULLMANTIMES.COM The Hanceville Water and Sewer Board needs money to repair damaged sewer lines in the area and Wallace State Community College is doing everything possible to ensure funding becomes ... via Cullman Times

“You learn everything from handling a knife to making soups and sauces”

Jefferson State has new facilities for the culinary and hospitality school on Valleydale Road. via Alabama Live

“He is in stable condition, but the doctors felt the burns could worsen because they are chemical burns”

One man is in jail while another is in a hospital after an alleged meth lab exploded Friday at their Hanceville residence. via Cullman Times

“Communities across America that do not have access to today's high-speed internet technology simply cannot compete in the marketplace”

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said in a press release this week that Open Range Communications would receive a $267 million loan from ... via News Courier

“These 350 jobs are going to be a lifesaver.”

Construction could begin this summer or fall on a 1,400-inmate federal prison near Aliceville in rural west Alabama that is expected to employ more than 300 people. via Alabama Live

“We felt like we did the best we could.”

BWOODBY@CULLMANTIMES.COM Days after emergency crews responded to storm damage throughout downtown Cullman, agency representatives met to discuss Friday's disaster response and put the pieces of the event ... via Cullman Times

“I don't think anything's in jeopardy in Huntsville”

While the national economy may be heading for trouble, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby said Monday that North Alabama looks strong enough to weather the storm. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

“This symposia brings some of the world's eminent scholars to Huntsville, making presentations and giving our students, faculty, alumni, as well as members of the community the opportunity to respected scientists.”

World-renowned researchers, exhibits of art and technology, free concerts and a forum featuring two of the world's global climate change scientists will highlight a week of inaugural activities at The ... via WAAY-TV Huntsville

“That line is represented by a taxpayer-funded bail-out of investors or homeowners that freely and willingly entered into mortgages that they knew or should have known they could not afford”

As Congress on Thursday lurched toward a fix for the nation's home foreclosure crisis, two Alabama members are key players in the debate. via The Birmingham News

“So, this is the scariest group, the most dangerous”

A situation that several state lawmakers agree is a bureaucratic nightmare could result in Alabama losing $600,000 in federal money that was to be used for GPS monitoring of sex offenders. via The Mobile Register Online

Senate leaders have reached a deal on advancing legislation to ease the nation's home foreclosure crisis. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

“We could not have anticipated the impact Katrina would have on our economy.”

By David Lazenby davidl@cullmantimes.com HANCEVILLE - State dignitaries, community leaders and Wallace State Community College officials crowded the lobby of the school's Bailey Center Wednesday to get a sneak ... via Cullman Times

A guest speaker warned a Jackson County Ethics Committee Thursday night that governments are "little by little" taking away rights of property owners. via Daily Sentinel

The 71-29 roll call by which the Senate yesterday rejected a proposed 1-year ban on lawmakers' home-state pet projects. via WAAY

“It kind of puts a stopper in what I'm trying to do. Which is work? Yeah, I'm trying to become more in dependent in my driving.”

It's going to be much harder for teenagers to get a driver's license if a bill making its way through the legislature is passed. via WSFA-TV Montgomery

“It makes driving here so much easier and a lot safer.”

A third lane entering and exiting Owens Elementary off Alabama 99 is a $100,000 project that has been worth its weight in gold, school officials said Friday. via News Courier

“We'll take whatever insurance people have, but it's going to be affordable to a family”

Three new private addiction treatment centers, including one in north Shelby County, are being planned for Alabama. via Alabama Live

Alabama's unemployment rate for January 2008 is 4.0 percent, an increase from December's rate of 3.7 percent, said Ron Macksoud, a spokesman with the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. via Montgomery Advertiser