02/07/10 By Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer Numerous handmade crosses can be seen just off the shoulder of the roadway on U.S. 43 from Killen to the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Each one was placed there as a memorial to loved ones killed in traffic accidents along the nine-mile stretch of road. 02/07/10 Paul Morabito won the 135-pound title to help lead Spencerport to a first-place finish in the Section V Wrestling Class A Championships. 02/07/10 M.J. Ellington, Montgomery Bureau Days after text messaging was blamed for causing a wreck that killed a driver in Limestone County, bills to ban the practice in Alabama got a likely death sentence in the Senate. Supporters said they wonder why the bills, introduced to end a driving practice with increasingly deadly consequences, ran into obstacles in the Senate. 02/07/10 Javon BellWR | 5-11, 170Ribault High(Jacksonville, Fla.)Named the region's Offensive Player of the Year by the Florida Times-Union. ... Caught 48 passes for 1,256 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior. ... Given a two-star ranking and considered the nation's 146th best wide receiver by Scout.com. ... Originally committed to Florida International before switching. Also received an offer from ... 02/07/10 Witnesses to a July hit-and-run saw a truck plow into 24-year-old Fang Chen, throwing her 20 feet into a nearby field, and then drive off with out so much as slowing down, according to police. 02/07/10 A driver was fatally injured in a head-on collision Saturday evening on Centre Road in the Ball Play area. Jackie Garmany, assistant chief of Ball Play No. 2 Volunteer Fire Department, said the accident occurred at about 4:23 p.m. on a curve in the road near Ball Play Grocery and Beans and Greens. 02/07/10 Times Staff Reports A Piedmont woman died Saturday after a wreck on County Road 71 north of Hokes Bluff in Etowah County, according to Alabama State Troopers. 02/07/10 Javon BellWR | 5-11, 170Ribault High(Jacksonville, Fla.)Named the region's Offensive Player of the Year by the Florida Times-Union. ... Caught 48 passes for 1,256 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior. ... Given a two-star ranking and considered the nation's 146th best wide receiver by Scout.com. ... Originally committed to Florida International before switching. Also received an offer from ... 02/07/10 An Opelika, Ala., man who police say led officers on a car chase Saturday night collided his car into a Burger King and had to be pulled from his vehicle by the Jaws of Life. 02/07/10 An Opelika, Ala., man who police say led officers on a car chase Saturday night crashed his car into a Burger King and had to be freed from his vehicle using the Jaws of Life. 02/07/10 SATURDAY William James Doll, 39, 214 Roberta Ave., was arrested at 4:52 a.m. at the police station on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 02/07/10 Tripoli - A Libyan court on Sunday acquitted one of the two Swiss businessman who were arrested for visa violations in 2008, just days after police in Geneva questioned Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's son. Rachid al-Hamdani and fellow Swiss businessma... |