Anniston News

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:04 p.m. SUNDAY 11.8 Northeast Alabama Orchid Society meets at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of Anniston Museum of Natural History.

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An Anniston man is scheduled to get his first day in court this afternoon, a day after he was served with 32 grand jury indictments including sex crime charges related to a series of reported rapes over two years, the Anniston Star reports.

Friends, colleagues and family of state Rep. Lea Fite, D-Jacksonville, gathered Thursday in Anniston to mourn the unexpected death of the respected lawmaker.

Anniston, AL - A new report shows an alarming number of weapons and contraband have been found in the hands of some of Calhoun County's most dangerous criminals.

ANNISTON - Officials in Anniston are trying to determine whether bullying led to the death of a 12-year-old boy who took his own life.

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Two directors closely involved in the emergency preparedness and disaster response of Door County Memorial Hospital recently completed training that will greatly benefit the hospital and the residents of Door County.

One of the oldest fine dining establishments in East Alabama is now seating after being closed for more than a year.

Anniston Police are searching for the person who robbed a bank on Quintard avenue Friday afternoon.

A man convicted of capital murder in a gas station killing will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole.

A fourth suspect in an armed robbery last week in Oxford turned himself in Wednesday, after his mother drove him to police headquarters, the Anniston Star reported this morning.

In Weaver a road widening project got the greenlight. But there's still a road block before the two-lane connecting Anniston and Jacksonville is expanded.

Anniston, AL - On Tuesday Governor Bob Riley broke ground on the last phase of the long-awaited Eastern Bypass road in Anniston.

A convicted sex offender in Calhoun County has been arrested again and charged. According to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, John Gaines Gourley, 67, from Anniston, was arrested and charged with Violation of Community Notification Act.

Two Anniston councilmen and a former councilman filed a lawsuit this week seeking to block the McClellan Development Authority from controlling the former fort, the Anniston Star reports.

An Anniston man is charged with second-degree arson and criminal solicitation to commit arson after a sting operation connected him with at least 3 alleged arsons-for-hire in Alabama, the Anniston Star newspaper reports.

The gunshots that took Kimberly Ware's life continued to resonate months later as her father returned to work.

Rain slick roads apparentely played a role in a wreck that claimed one life and critically injured a 2-year old child.

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