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The Dothan Community Lighthouse of Aglow International will hold an outreach service on Sunday, Jan.

People used to hearing frantic 911 calls would lose that access to them under a bill making its way through the state House.

Law enforcement officials, shown in this file photo, from across Alabama investigate one of the shooting rampage sites in Samson, Ala., on March 10, 2008.

Every 10 years, a census of our population is conducted as required by the Constitution.

It was an incredibly violent year around the country. It culminated in November at Ft.

Published: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 2:33 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 2:33 p.m. A quiet rural town in south Alabama became a grim historic marker in 2009 - site of the worst mass slaying in the state's history.

Volunteer and rescue workers in Daleville worked early this morning to retrieve eight families from households on Forest Road that were surrounded by water along U.S. 84, according to authorities.

A Samson Housing Authority employee has hired an attorney to bring up labor concerns and other grievances with the board.

The US Census Bureau is now testing for census workers in the Samson area.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hayes, Jr. of Samson are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Lanette Hayes of Samson, to Justin Lindell Deffinbaugh of Dothan, son of Mr.

As one tornado warning in the Wiregrass expired another was recently announced for Geneva County.

The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary, part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. These short-term jobs offer good pay, flexible hours, paid training, and reimbursement for authorized work-related expenses, such as mileage incurred while conducting census work. Best of all, census takers work right in their own communities.

The Flat Creek Fire Department is seeking donations of toys and non-perishable food for distribution to needy families in the Flat Creek area.

Alabama investigators said Wednesday they were closing in on a motive for the U.S. state's deadliest-ever shooting, in which a man killed his mother, grandmother and eight others before taking his own life.

Thanksgiving is a time to proclaim to the world why we are thankful. For many, ita s being healthy and happy; for others, ita s a time to appreciate family and friends.

Growing up in Samson, Shane Owens always saw a future on the gridiron rather than on a stage.

AlterNet Editor's Note: The shocking transfer of public wealth to Wall Street's pockets is illustrated vividly in Mark Ames' article below, which covers some very disturbing recent events in Alabama, where billionaires and banks are squeezing the locals so hard that they're literally going bankrupt just for flushing their toilets, where violence ...

There's no doubt about the intent behind the decision to send U.S. Army military police into Geneva County during Michael McLendon's murderous March 10 rampage through two counties.

Walton County sheriff's deputies helped track down five robbery suspects from Alabama on Wednesday.

On 10/21/09 the Holmes County Sheriff's Office received a , Be On The Lookout, for a vehicle headed toward Holmes County on SR 81 from Samson, Alabama.