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Blount County News

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Wednesday Oct 1 | Sand Mountain Reporter

Deadline nears for claiming stimulus checks

The deadline to file a tax return and receive an economic stimulus payment is approaching.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Life, Veteran Affairs, Marshall County, AL

Sun Sep 28, 2008

NBC13.com

Blount County Voters To Decide Future of Alcohol Sales

Voters in Blount County are drawing sharp battle lines for a showdown over alcohol sales on November 4. That's when voters will decide whether to approve alcohol sales for what is now a dry Blount County.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, AL, Oneonta, AL

Atmore Advance

Escaped inmates captured Monday

Two inmates who had been on the run for nearly a week after escaping from an Atmore work release detail last Wednesday afternoon are back behind bars after being captured early Monday morning in Pensacola.

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Related Topix: Escambia County, AL, Atmore, AL, Baldwin County, AL

Fri Sep 26, 2008

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Jury favors Blount schools in discrimination case

A federal court jury has ruled in favor of Blount County schools in a $1 million civil rights suit by three former students.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

The Mobile Register Online

Blount County voters to decide alcohol sales

When Blount County voters go to the polls Nov. 4, they'll get to weigh in on more than a presidential contest - they'll also decide whether alcohol sales should be allowed in their county.

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Wed Sep 24, 2008

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Blount County Voting On Alcohol Sales in Nov. 4th Election

Blount County voters will be voting on whether they want alcohol sales in their county in the Nov.

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Mon Sep 08, 2008

Sand Mountain Reporter

The fair returns

Organizers of the Marshall County Fair hope to attract a crowd today for the first night of festivities.

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Related Topix: Marshall County, AL

Thu Sep 04, 2008

Sand Mountain Reporter

Snead State cancels volleyball match

Snead State Community College has canceled the activities scheduled for the women's volleyball team's first home match today.

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Related Topix: Snead, AL, Hurricane, Hurricane Gustav, Weather

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Birmingham News Online

Interstate interlude

The anticipation comes from the grownups who have come to know and love visits to stops off Exit 205.

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Related Topix: Montgomery, AL, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Chilton County, AL

Wed Aug 27, 2008

Daily Home

Remnants of hurricane bring rain, warnings but little damage

Two Talladega High School students run in the pouring rain Monday, trying to get back in the dry confines of the school.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Fay, Natural Disasters, Springville, AL

Mon Aug 25, 2008

NBC13.com

Severe Weather Reports From Birmingham Area

Some damage is being reported in central Alabama from storms associated with Tropical Depression Fay.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Weather, Birmingham Metro, Allgood, AL

Montgomery Advertiser

Master crafts people at Old Alabama Town today

The husband-and-wife team of Bill and Mary Ann Smith, resident basket makers at Tannehill State Park near their home in McCalla, will be featuring their work and methods at Old Alabama Town from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

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Sat Aug 23, 2008

Everything Alabama

U.S. marshals capture woman wanted by Kansas City police

A woman wanted by Kansas City, Mo., police on methamphetamine distribution charges has been arrested in Blount County.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Locust Fork, AL

Fri Aug 15, 2008

Birmingham News Online

Cash can't guarantee good schools

In 10 years, Birmingham and Fairfield spent more than $90 million on three schools: Carver High in Birmingham was to be a beacon, and Jackson-Olin High would only add luster to a system bouncing back.

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Related Topix: Fairfield, AL, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Standardized Testing, Education

Wed Aug 13, 2008

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Concert Benefit for Lilly Belle

Wednesday less than a week before she turns six months old Lilly Kulungian underwent a bone marrow transplant at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis .

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Related Topix: University of Minnesota, Hayden, AL, Warrior, AL, Altoona, AL

Mon Aug 11, 2008

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Serious Wreck In Blount County Sends Woman To Hospital

A woman is getting medical treatment, after a serious wreck in Blount County. It happened after 8 a.m. on Highway 75, near Remlap.

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Related Topix: Remlap, AL

WAAY-TV Huntsville

Report: out-of-wedlock births tripled in Alabama since 1960

A new study shows that the percentage of children born to unmarried women in Alabama has tripled since 1960.

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Related Topix: Wilcox County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Alabama Government, Alabama

Thu Aug 07, 2008

Birmingham News Online

loses its only grocery store

At age 55, David Doty said he is going "to have to jump back in the job market again." So are the other seven employees at the Hayden Piggly Wiggly in Blount County.

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Related Topix: Hayden, AL, Warrior, AL, Cleveland, AL, Arab, AL

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Cullman Times

Former Hanceville police officer denies lawsuit allegations

By Patrick McCreless PATRICKM@CULLMANTIMES.COM A former Hanceville police officer recently denied he violated a Blount County man's civil rights as alleged in a June lawsuit.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Hanceville, AL, Blountsville, AL

Sun Aug 03, 2008

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Lily Kulungian Update

A Blount County family traveled to Minnesota in an attempt to save the life of their five-month-old daughter who suffers from an extremely rare bone disease.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro

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