Alabama Notes » county http://alnotes.com Alabama News Optimized for Mobile Devices | BETA Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:52:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 JeffCo officials consider bringing back job tax http://alnotes.com/jeffco-officials-consider-bringing-back-job-tax/ http://alnotes.com/jeffco-officials-consider-bringing-back-job-tax/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://alnotes.com/jeffco-officials-consider-bringing-back-job-tax/

Jefferson County Commissioners are backing a new job tax at .045% on those working in Jefferson County.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/jeffco-officials-consider-bringing-back-job-tax/feed/ 0 St. Clair presiding circuit judge appointed to handle Acker Jr. sex abuse cases http://alnotes.com/st-clair-presiding-circuit-judge-appointed-to-handle-acker-jr-sex-abuse-cases/ http://alnotes.com/st-clair-presiding-circuit-judge-appointed-to-handle-acker-jr-sex-abuse-cases/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:11:25 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/st-clair-presiding-circuit-judge-appointed-to-handle-acker-jr-sex-abuse-cases/

Shelby County judges and DA stepped down from the case Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/st-clair-presiding-circuit-judge-appointed-to-handle-acker-jr-sex-abuse-cases/feed/ 0 Clay-Chalkville mother asks: Was anyone watching security cameras when daughter attacked? http://alnotes.com/clay-chalkville-mother-asks-was-anyone-watching-security-cameras-when-daughter-attacked/ http://alnotes.com/clay-chalkville-mother-asks-was-anyone-watching-security-cameras-when-daughter-attacked/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:09:07 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/clay-chalkville-mother-asks-was-anyone-watching-security-cameras-when-daughter-attacked/

Jefferson County Superintendent Phil Hammonds: “Does someone sit in front of the camera and monitor it every hour? No. It’s used as a deterrent, and it’s utilized if a situation comes up. It provides back up.” Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/clay-chalkville-mother-asks-was-anyone-watching-security-cameras-when-daughter-attacked/feed/ 0 Mobile County Sheriff says medallion not used to slay police officer Steven Green http://alnotes.com/mobile-county-sheriff-says-medallion-not-used-to-slay-police-officer-steven-green/ http://alnotes.com/mobile-county-sheriff-says-medallion-not-used-to-slay-police-officer-steven-green/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:51:05 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/mobile-county-sheriff-says-medallion-not-used-to-slay-police-officer-steven-green/

Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said he has seen Metro Jail video and does not believe that robbery suspect Lawrence Wallace Jr. fatally stabbed Mobile police Officer Steven Green with a medallion that he was wearing when arrested.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/mobile-county-sheriff-says-medallion-not-used-to-slay-police-officer-steven-green/feed/ 0 Reps. Rogers, Moore announce opposition to Jefferson County unearmarking http://alnotes.com/reps-rogers-moore-announce-opposition-to-jefferson-county-unearmarking/ http://alnotes.com/reps-rogers-moore-announce-opposition-to-jefferson-county-unearmarking/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:43:01 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/reps-rogers-moore-announce-opposition-to-jefferson-county-unearmarking/

“By raising sewer rates and also putting in new occupational taxes they are going to run people out of the county,” Rogers said. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/reps-rogers-moore-announce-opposition-to-jefferson-county-unearmarking/feed/ 0 Trial for DeKalb County woman accused of killing stepfather set to begin http://alnotes.com/trial-for-dekalb-county-woman-accused-of-killing-stepfather-set-to-begin/ http://alnotes.com/trial-for-dekalb-county-woman-accused-of-killing-stepfather-set-to-begin/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:24:31 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/trial-for-dekalb-county-woman-accused-of-killing-stepfather-set-to-begin/

Karri Denise Willoughby was charged with killing Billie Junior Shaw in 2009 after DeKalb County investigators exhumed his body and the coroner found Propofol, the same hospital-grade anesthetic that killed Michael Jackson, in his system.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/trial-for-dekalb-county-woman-accused-of-killing-stepfather-set-to-begin/feed/ 0 SCHOOL NEWS: Feb. 5 http://alnotes.com/school-news-feb-5/ http://alnotes.com/school-news-feb-5/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:48:59 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/school-news-feb-5/

Tuscaloosa County High School: Students selected as the February Students of the Month were Ivan Sanchez, Miranda Lee, Andrew Livingston, Sarah Klinedinst, Josh Tubbs, Mary Kate Johnson, Micah Redd, and Adalia Fullbeck. The program is sponsored by Adopt-A-School partners

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]]> http://alnotes.com/school-news-feb-5/feed/ 0 Coroner: Gambling defendant's death natural http://alnotes.com/coroner-gambling-defendants-death-natural/ http://alnotes.com/coroner-gambling-defendants-death-natural/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:49:03 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/coroner-gambling-defendants-death-natural/

Montgomery County Coroner David Thrasher said Friday an autopsy by the state Department of Forensic Science showed Crosby died from hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/coroner-gambling-defendants-death-natural/feed/ 0 County commission moves to resolve chronic water issue at Harmony School http://alnotes.com/county-commission-moves-to-resolve-chronic-water-issue-at-harmony-school/ http://alnotes.com/county-commission-moves-to-resolve-chronic-water-issue-at-harmony-school/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/county-commission-moves-to-resolve-chronic-water-issue-at-harmony-school/

The Cullman County Commission signed off on a pair of upgrades to the county’s water infrastructure at its regular meeting, both intended to finally solve a chronic lack of adequate water pressure at Harmony School.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/county-commission-moves-to-resolve-chronic-water-issue-at-harmony-school/feed/ 0 Limestone County farmers to get federal money for tornado recovery http://alnotes.com/limestone-county-farmers-to-get-federal-money-for-tornado-recovery/ http://alnotes.com/limestone-county-farmers-to-get-federal-money-for-tornado-recovery/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:05:40 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/limestone-county-farmers-to-get-federal-money-for-tornado-recovery/

Limestone County farmers will receive $213,000 of federal money to help them recover from the April 27 tornadoes, The Athens News Courier reported.

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