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06/29/11 As a senior at Western High School, Nancy S. Grasmick imagined becoming a pediatrician, but a near-fatal reaction to penicillin left her deaf and altered her life. In the first few months of adjusting to her new world, she became obsessed with Helen Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, who had unlocked the key to communication with Keller. "You know what, doctors save lives, but teachers build lives ...
05/17/11 FLORENCE, AL--(Marketwire - 05/17/11) - From visionary Helen Keller to musical legends W.C. Handy and Sam Phillips to fashion icon Billy Reid, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has made a tremendous impact on society globally. Now the culinary world is experiencing a new treasure from atop a revolving structure overlooking the Tennessee River -- Three Sixty Grille at the Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa in ...
05/04/11 By Lisa Singleton-Rickman Staff Writer The Cherokee Town Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to support the addition of an ambulatory surgery center at Helen Keller Hospital. Cherokee was the final Colbert County government to sign a resolution supporting the facility, to be housed in the existing outpatient surgery center.
04/21/11 By Michelle Rupe Eubanks Staff Writer A group of physicians and Helen Keller Hospital officials have announced plans to create a joint venture to operate the ambulatory surgery center already in place on Keller's campus.
04/16/11 This October 2007 photo courtesy of Trevor S. Cornpropst shows Keller sleeping in Fredericksburg, Va. Cornpropst rescued the all-white, deaf and blind Great Dane puppy at 8-weeks-old. He spent weeks sitting up with the pup he named Keller, in honor of Helen Keller, to comfort him as he settled in.
04/10/11 By Russ Corey Staff Writer A man whose motorcycle left U.S. 72 and crashed into an embankment east of Cherokee on Saturday could have suffered a heart attack before the wreck. Ronald Clanton, 56, of Senatobia, Miss., was pronounced dead at Helen Keller Hospital, according to Cherokee Fire Department Capt. Dwight Hogeland.
03/28/11 In north Alabama, letters written in pencil by a young Helen Keller are fading away after being exposed to light for more than 120 years.
03/27/11 JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. In north Alabama, letters written in pencil by a young Helen Keller are fading away after being exposed to light for more than 120 years. Drawings and paintings by German soldiers imprisoned in the state during World War II are endangered by humidity in west Alabama. County records dating back to the Civil War and beyond are turning brittle and ...
03/27/11 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In north Alabama, letters written in pencil by a young Helen Keller are fading away after being exposed to light for more than 120 years. Drawings and paintings by German soldiers imprisoned in the state during World War II are endangered by humidity in west Alabama. County records dating back to the Civil War and beyond are turning brittle and disintegrating in ...
03/27/11 In north Alabama, letters written in pencil by a young Helen Keller are fading away after being exposed to light for more...
03/25/11 The area's older residents as well as low- to mid-income individuals who haven't yet had their taxes prepared need not worry. The AARP Foundation-sponsored tax aid services are available areawide, and for free. Staff Writer Lisa Singleton-Rickman recently discussed the program with Pat Parker, site director at the Helen Keller Public Library.
03/24/11 Published: Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 7:57 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 7:57 p.m. ABOUT THE PLAY: Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller.
12/18/10 SHEFFIELD Officer injured during domestic call Police Chief Gray Ray said officer Celia Kelly was injured Friday night when she was kicked by a woman being arrested after a domestic situation. Ray said Kelly sustained a kick to the left side of her head and was taken to Helen Keller Hospital for treatment.
11/15/10 In my journal a few years ago on this date, I was talking with a friend in Alabama about going to Tuscumbia to the annual Helen Keller Festival. It reminded me of something I said after reading about her life: "Nothing has to go right to be happy."
11/03/10 Still responding to Helen Keller's charge for Lions International volunteers to become "knights for the blind in this crusade against darkness," members of the Diamond Bar Breakfast Lions Club will go to high-volume people places to solicit donations to provide services and resources for the blind and visually impaired.
09/30/10 Huntsville Hospital and Helen Keller Hospital are wanting to become partners in management. Earlier this year, both became partners when it comes to buying equipment and supplies. Some who live in Colbert County do not want to see the two big healthcare facilities work together. The Colbert County Board of Commissioners are siding with those people. The board and both hospitals talked things out ...
07/28/10 ALLSBORO Man hospitalized after wreck A Cherokee man is in stable condition at Helen Keller Hospital after being injured in a motorcycle accident Monday night, officials said.
07/14/10 By Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer A 23-month-old toddler died Tuesday morning after falling into a plastic goldfish pool behind her rural Colbert County house and drowning. Jerilynn Grace Cagle was pronounced dead just after 11:15 a.m. at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield.
06/24/10 Staff reports While the 32nd annual Helen Keller Festival officially began Monday, today is when all the action really begins.
06/01/10 WESTPORT, Conn., June 1--Helen Keller, who overcame blindness and deafness to become a symbol of the indomitable human spirit, died this afternoon in her home here. She was 87 years old.
05/11/10 An eighth grader on Long Island has launched a one-man campaign to try and save Helen Keller's summer cottage from demolition. | 
