06/08/11 After more than a year of hounding state lawmakers to end the use of gas chambers in Alabama animal control shelters, Dr. Rhonda Parker finally had a reason to smile Friday.
06/08/11 There has been a lot of hard work and a few disappointments while getting ready for the 26th annual RiverFest, said Tom Quinn, president of The Chamber, which hosts the annual event.
06/08/11 Sometime around midnight Thursday, the Alabama Legislature will adjourn and close the books on one of the most prolific sessions in state history. It was, depending on whom you ask, either a triumph or a disaster.
05/31/11 ALISON GENE SMITH The Anniston Star WEBSTER'S CHAPEL, Ala. WEBSTER'S CHAPEL - A small white house across from Webster's Chapel Baptist Church has been acting as a makeshift clinic to treat the injured and ill in the nearby tornado damaged areas, as well as a home base for the nurses and doctor making house calls close by. Phyllis and Ray Johnson's house was battered by the April 27 tornado. A ...
05/31/11 Fighting fires is not easy. It takes teamwork and really knowing what you are doing in order to succeed as a firefighter. With that being said, there are three newcomers to the Jacksonville Fire Department.
05/31/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Alabama Senate has approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would restructure the Auburn University board to allow more trustees from out of state and limit how many years that trustees can serve. The Senate voted 31-2 Tuesday for the legislation that would reduce the number of appointed in-state trustees from 10 to eight ...
05/31/11 The Alabama Senate has approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would restructure the Auburn University board to allow more trustees from out of state and limit how many years that trustees can serve.
05/30/11 Alabamians are joining Americans in marking Memorial Day 2011 with tributes to those who died protecting our country.
05/25/11 Freedom Riders, from left, Hank Thomas, Rip Patton and Margaret Leonard listen to the program during the opening ceremony of the Freedom Riders Museum in downtown Montgomery, Ala. on Friday May 20, 2011. AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh.
05/23/11 These are excerpts from past editions of the Press-Register. They were compiled by Cammie East Cowan.
05/13/11 Governor Robert Bentley's office issued a simple, one sentence statement in response to Senator Del Marsh's notice that none of the AU Board of Trustee nominees will get a vote in the Senate before the session ends.
05/13/11 One of Calhoun County's darkest days is being remembered 50 years later by those who lived it as well as those who wouldn't be born for decades. A group of modern day Freedom Riders--including college students from all over the country and a few of the original Freedom Riders from 1961--are retracing the route of that attempt during the Civil Rights Movement.
05/12/11 With a thrillers pace and the emotional heft of a battlefield journal, PBSs remarkable new documentary "Freedom Riders" recounts the bloody anti-segregation bus rides of 1961 that helped kill Jim Crow in the Deep South.Combining new interview...
05/12/11 David Eugene Wells, 18, was pronounced dead at Regional Medical Center around 8:50 p.m., Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown said.
05/12/11 Gannon athletic director Mark Richard is a finalist for the same position at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Ala.
05/11/11 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) - The Red Cross is providing food, shelter, health and mental health consultation and casework to all those affected by the recent tornadoes. The following shelters and emergency aid stations are currently in operation: Bibb County Emergency Aid Station: Mobile Operation throughout Bibb County Calhoun County Emergency Aid Station: Mobile Operation throughout Calhoun ...
05/11/11 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) - A 90 day moratorium could slow down construction and rebuilding in west Alabama. On Tuesday, city council members discussed adding the 3 month measure to ensure that once Tuscaloosa is rebuilt, it will be built better than it was before. Right now, the moratorium applies to commercial properties only, but it could be extended to other construction projects if necessary ...
04/30/11 "The public has entrusted The Salvation Army with the resources to minister to communities in need and this mobilization is a true picture of that trust," stated Bill Feist, Emergency Disaster Services Director for The Salvation Army's ALM Division.
04/29/11 The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Hospital emergency room stayed busy on Wednesday night with the treatment of victims of the strong storms...
04/27/11 ANNISTON, Ala. - Residents in rural Calhoun County who are serviced by the Calhoun County Water Authority will be affected by a temporary service interruption beginning at 6 PM tonight caused by power outages at a water filtration plant. Alabama Power is working on repairing the lines but no estimated time of completion of the repair can be given. Residents with questions can contact the Calhoun ... | 
