Alabama Notes » breaking news http://alnotes.com Alabama News Optimized for Mobile Devices | BETA Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:33:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Stirring video, photos from the funeral service for slain Mobile police officer Steven Green http://alnotes.com/stirring-video-photos-from-the-funeral-service-for-slain-mobile-police-officer-steven-green/ http://alnotes.com/stirring-video-photos-from-the-funeral-service-for-slain-mobile-police-officer-steven-green/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:32:13 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/stirring-video-photos-from-the-funeral-service-for-slain-mobile-police-officer-steven-green/

MOBILE, Alabama — More than 500 people attended a standing-room only service for slain Mobile police officer Steven Green. Read more from The Birmingham News

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Two Mobile men were arrested Tuesday night in connection to at least two auto burglaries near restaurants along the Mississippi coast, Ocean Springs police said

» Read more from Mobile’s Press-Register

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Opening statements are expected sometime Thursday. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/jury-picked-for-alabama-state-house-corruption-case/feed/ 0 St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands getting new landscaping, parking http://alnotes.com/st-marys-on-the-highlands-getting-new-landscaping-parking/ http://alnotes.com/st-marys-on-the-highlands-getting-new-landscaping-parking/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:54:55 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/st-marys-on-the-highlands-getting-new-landscaping-parking/

Golightly Landscape Architecture’s plans approved by Birmingham Design Review Committee. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/st-marys-on-the-highlands-getting-new-landscaping-parking/feed/ 0 Thomasville mayor’s push for growth helps solve Golden Dragon conundrum http://alnotes.com/thomasville-mayors-push-for-growth-helps-solve-golden-dragon-conundrum-2/ http://alnotes.com/thomasville-mayors-push-for-growth-helps-solve-golden-dragon-conundrum-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:12 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/thomasville-mayors-push-for-growth-helps-solve-golden-dragon-conundrum-2/

MOBILE, Alabama — Last year, shortly after Chinese copper giant Golden Dragon selected a 50-acre site in Thomasville for a copper tubing factory, Mayor Sheldon Day began looking for larger site for future industrial development.

» Read more from Mobile’s Press-Register

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Fire destroyed an outdoor storage building at the Goodwill Easter Seals multi-use facility on Airport Boulevard Wednesday morning.

» Read more from Mobile’s Press-Register

]]> http://alnotes.com/fire-destroys-storage-building-at-goodwill-easter-seals-facility/feed/ 0 Siegel: Newspapers can grow in new platforms with right focus http://alnotes.com/siegel-newspapers-can-grow-in-new-platforms-with-right-focus/ http://alnotes.com/siegel-newspapers-can-grow-in-new-platforms-with-right-focus/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:04:04 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/siegel-newspapers-can-grow-in-new-platforms-with-right-focus/

Advance Publications executive said newspapers, websites not “either-or” proposition. Read more from The Birmingham News

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The Dauphin Island Police Department announced today they arrested two people on Tuesday who are believed to be connected with more than 20 residential break-ins on the west end of Dauphin Island.

» Read more from Mobile’s Press-Register

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MOBILE, Alabama — Slain Mobile Police Officer Steven Green was remembered during a funeral service today as an outstanding officer who loved his job, his family and a wide circle of close friends.

» Read more from Mobile’s Press-Register

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Result of burned out heating and air conditioning unit Read more from The Birmingham News

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