12/11/09 JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL (WBRC) - A big vote will be made next week by Jefferson County Commissioners. They will vote on a new occupational tax. Everyone who works in Jefferson County pays the tax. For the first time if it passes, it will include professionals, doctors, lawyers, architects and plumbers. 12/11/09 MENTONE, AL (WAFF) - Officers arrested a man after they say he stole from his former employer of 20 years. DeKalb County Investigators Mitchell Dendy ad Rene Ramos arrested 35-year-old William Clark Smith 12/11/09 BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) - A convicted sex offender in Daphne faces new charges linked to sexual attacks on a 6-year-old girl. Jail records show that 53-year-old Carl Lester Winston Sr. was arrested Wednesday and remained in the Baldwin County Corrections Center Friday. 12/11/09 ORLANDO, Fla. - Tennessee safety Eric Berry was chosen the 2009 Jim Thorpe Award winner here Thursday night during the ESPNU Home Depot Awards Show. 12/11/09 Dissecting Rybak: What has he accomplished as mayor? MinnPost photo by Terry Gydesen R.T. Rybak announcing Dec. 6 he is running for governor: "We need to try something new." By Steve Berg | Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 The problem for R.T. Rybak as he runs for governor is convincing voters that his achievements as Minneapolis mayor are real and not just froth. Here's an assessment of what the mayor's ... 12/11/09 ORLANDO, Fla. - Tennessee safety Eric Berry was chosen the 2009 Jim Thorpe Award winner here Thursday night during the ESPNU Home Depot Awards Show. 12/11/09 BASEBALL Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy has clinics being offered for players age 5 to High School age and will range in offerings from Pitching to Hitting and then also BVSA is offering 12/11/09 Two weeks ago, Pittsburg High School's marching band traveled across the country to perform in New York for the nationally televised Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. But on Saturday, the band won't be making a much shorter trip across the East Bay to play at its school's championship football game. 12/11/09 A man wanted by Alabama authorities on charges that he stole a car was arrested by Pennsylvania state police at a home in the 100 block of Beech Street in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. 12/11/09 Law enforcement sources said up to 10 Arabic and Pashtu linguists employed by the U.S. military were being investigated on suspicion that they helped Al Qaida inmates conceal information during interrogations at Guantanamo. 12/11/09 BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) - A convicted sex offender in Daphne faces new charges linked to sexual attacks on a 6-year-old girl. Jail records show that 53-year-old Carl Lester Winston Sr. was arrested Wednesday and remained in the Baldwin County Corrections Center Friday. | 
