 01/21/10 A new bridge over CSX Railroad and a connecting road linking Longhorn Pass to Georgia Street in Hartselle was officially opened on Friday afternoon following a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
 01/21/10 District 4 Commissioner Greg Abercrombie, who is serving in his first term, will be serving as vice chairman of the Morgan County Commission this year.
 01/21/10 Jan. 21, 1960-The following Hartselle area students are currently studying for the ministry at Athens College: Robert Heaps, Tolan Whitten, Vandon Windsor, Franklin Turney, and Leldon Hardin Jr.
 01/21/10 A graveside service for Pamela Blalock Griffin, 63, of Hartselle was Saturday, Jan. 16, at 3 p.m. at Cullman Memory Gardens with the Rev. Jeff Redmond officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
 01/21/10 Funeral for Steven Wayne Baker, 53, of Gulf Shores, was Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. at Robertsdale United Methodist Church in Robertsdale. Mr. Baker, formerly of Hartselle, was a 1975 graduate of the former Morgan County High School (now Hartselle High School).
 01/21/10 It quickly became apparent Monday afternoon that the Morgan County Basketball Tournament has outgrown the gyms of the five schools included in the annual hardcourt event.
 01/21/10 The city of Hartselle lost one its most distinguished citizens with the loss of Bill Camp last weekend. He was very civic minded and he participated in many activities around Hartselle.
 01/19/10 A group of reporters were huddled around two law enforcement officials discussing a plane crash in North Alabama earlier this week. The impromptu press conference was held down the block of the crash site, with the smoldering gnarled remnants of the airplane a few hundred feet away.
 01/14/10 A Hartselle man who authorities said shot into a vehicle during a road-rage incident has pleaded guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court. Robert Nipper, 23, of 314 Poor House Road entered the plea to shooting into an occupied vehicle before Circuit Judge Sherrie Pa ler.
 01/14/10 "I said, 'Hey, cousin,' " recalls Demetrius Guyton. "She replied, 'I'm not your cousin. I'm your mother.' " He was seeing her for the first time -- the mother who apparently tried to kill him in a Jasper hospital, when he was less than 3 months old.
 01/13/10 Getting from Highway 31 to Bethel Street will become a lot easier and quicker with the opening of a new concrete and steel reinforced bridge over the CSX Railroad this week.
 01/13/10 The number of people killed in highway accidents in North Central Alabama in 2009, including Morgan County, dropped for the third year in a row, according to statistics compiled by the State Trooper Post in Decatur.
 01/13/10 Jan. 14, 1960-Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sims of Decatur announce the engagement of their daughter, Gail, to James Robert Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott Peck. Gail is a graduate of Decatur High and attended Judson College and Florence State College and current works at Thiokol in Huntsville.
 01/13/10 Three Hartselle wrestlers earned wins at the Raptor Invitational in Brentwood, Tenn. last weekend. Hartselle finished 10th in the team standings. The Tigers were the only Alabama team to finish in the top 10 of the elite high school tournament.
01/07/10 PASADENA - ESPN's Tailgating Party wasn't set to open until 9 a.m. Thursday morning, but Texans were throwing brisket on the grill and Alabamans were doing drinks before noon Wednesday at their RVs just outside the Rose Bowl.| With Gallery
 01/07/10 There will be no doubt when a national champion is determined later this week. Despite the late posturing by BCS buster Boise State, come Friday morning the national championship will belong to either Alabama or Texas.
 01/07/10 State Sen. Arthur Orr, R - Decatur, and State Rep. Mike Ball, R - Madison, are teaming up once again to introduce a package of legislation designed to bring a higher standard of transparency and accountability to Alabama's government, elections and public officials.
 01/07/10 Funeral for Wayne Humphrey, 84, of Hartselle was Tuesday, January 5, at 11 a.m. at Antioch United Methodist Church with the Revs. Kathryne Perkins and Vandon Windsor officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
 01/06/10 Jan. 7, 1960-Mr. and Mrs. Jack William Hoffhaus announce the engagement of their daughter, Anne Katherine, to Gene Carlton Crane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Crane of Decatur.
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