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Local news for Semmes, AL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

13 hrs ago | WPMI

Neighbors in Semmes against annexation

August 19 - Local leaders say they were caught off guard. Neighbors in Semmes are outraged.

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Related Topix: Mobile County, AL, Theodore, AL, Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL

Tue Aug 19, 2008

NBC 15 Online

Citizens Against Annexation Meeting Tuesday

More than 4,000 people will have a chance to become part of the city. Annexation supporters say people and business will benefit from police, fire and sanitation services.

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Mon Aug 18, 2008

The Birmingham News

Dauphin Island buys 4 waterfront lots

The town of Dauphin Island paid almost $1.1 million for four waterfront lots with 180 front feet on Aloe Bay off DeSoto Avenue, according to Linda Henderson of Dauphin Island Real Estate , who represented the ...

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Related Topix: Calvert, AL, Mobile County, AL, Mount Vernon, AL, Alabama

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Alabama Live

Annexation plan angers some in Semmes Mayor's proposal is at odds...

Mobile Mayor Sam Jones' plan to annex a commercial stretch of Moffett Road could hamper the Semmes incorporation effort, residents and officials said Friday.

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Related Topix: Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL, Mobile County, AL, Big Box Retailers, Theodore, AL

Fri Aug 15, 2008

NBC 15 Online

Prosecutors: Minister's Wife's Body Buried Before ...

Aug. 13 -- Detectives investigating the case against Anthony Hopkins spoke in court Wednesday about information they gathered.

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Related Topix: Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL, Jackson, AL, Mobile County, AL

Thu Aug 14, 2008

Alabama Live

Police Say: Body buried before frozen

Itinerant preacher Anthony Jujuan Hopkins killed his wife and buried her in a shallow grave, but dug her up and put her in a home freezer when her bloating body began to crack the ground, police told a Mobile ...

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Related Topix: Clarke County, AL, Jackson, AL, Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL

Wed Aug 13, 2008

The Mobile Register Online

Concert raises funds for Semmes Public Library

The Semmes Public Library fund got another big boost July 26 when River of Life Church on McCrary Road held a community concert fundraiser.

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Tue Aug 05, 2008

Alabama Live

Four Mobile schools must offer transfers; none in Baldwin County

Four Mobile County public schools must give students an opportunity to transfer to better-performing schools under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to state information released Monday.

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Related Topix: Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Hotel Online

Historic Renaissance Hotels & Resorts Have Played a Major Role in the History of U.S. Politics

From the War of 1812 to World War I, Prohibition and the stock market crash to Smoke-Filled Rooms, numerous presidential whistle-stops, political grandstanding, and the Obama-Clinton lovefest, historic ...

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Related Topix: Alabama, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Mon Jul 28, 2008

WPMI

Demolished Building Causes Uproar

Some people living in Semmes are still in an uproar after an historic school house was demolished.

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Related Topix: Mobile County, AL

Sat Jul 26, 2008

The Mobile Register Online

Church concert will benefit Semmes Library

The River of Life Church on McCrary Road is holding a community concert Saturday at 6 p.m. to benefit the proposed Semmes Library.

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

The Mobile Register Online

Church concert will benefit Semmes Library

The River of Life Church on McCrary Road is holding a community concert Saturday at 6 p.m. to benefit the proposed Semmes Library.

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The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Alabama woman charged in commercial burglary, credit card fraud

An Alabama woman is in jail this morning, charged on outstanding warrants with one count each of commercial burglary and credit card use with the intent to defraud, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

NBC 15 Online

Dining Room Disruption

July 17th -- China City Buffet, a the popular hangout in Semmes typically packs in hungry patrons looking for a blend of American and Chinese cuisine.

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Related Topix: Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL, Entomology, Science, Mobile County, AL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Alabama Live

Pedestrian killed on Box Road

A 41-year-old woman was killed late Tuesday night while walking along a road in the Semmes area, state troopers said this morning.

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Related Topix: Citronelle, AL, Wilmer, AL

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Prattville Progress

Woman killed along roadway

A Wilmer woman died after being struck by a car while walking on a roadside. Family members say 41-year-old Tresa Marie Dockery had been raising a boy whose mother died two years ago when she was also hit by a ...

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Wilmer Woman Killed by Vehicle

Alabama state troopers say a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle overnight.

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Related Topix: Wilmer, AL

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Alabama Live

Toddler found alone on road

Family members returning from a crabbing trip after midnight last week found a toddler wandering alone on Jack Williams Road in northwest Mobile County, according to the Sheriff's Office.

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Related Topix: Mobile County, AL, Wilmer, AL

Sun Jun 22, 2008

The Mobile Register Online

Old Mobile photos brought to light

Wilson Burton, who put a lens on Mobile and its people for more than 50 years, left behind a treasure trove of photographs at the time of his death in 1994 at age 82.

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Related Topix: Saraland, AL, Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL, African-American

Sat Jun 07, 2008

NBC 15 Online

Are affordable housing complexes coming to your neighborhood?

To keep pace with all the jobs coming to Mobile County, developers are gearing up to build places for people to live.

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Related Topix: Mobile County, AL

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