Florence News

When a Florence woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug distribution came up for parole four months later, people familiar with the case asked why.

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A truck flipped upside down in a ditch on the side of Railroad Avenue in Florence today.

Two men accused of assaulting a Florence police officer had been on the run since Saturday, but not anymore.

The Cullman County Commission's lean 2010 fiscal year budget - which includes approximately $300,000 in cuts to sheriff's office expenses - also includes a $12,000 a year raise to the water department manager's salary.

Florence, Ala., native Bob Stansell recently got back a wallet he lost in 1964 at Calhoun Community College when a maintenance worker found it above a ceiling tile in a men's bathroom, The Decatur Daily reports.

The speed limit in Zip City is a modest 45 mph. Burnout has a volunteer fire department.

Authorities are continuing the search for two men wanted for assaulting a Florence police officer who was dragged by their car Saturday afternoon, officials said in a Florence TimesDaily report.

Former Savannah State football star Shannon Sharpe will be the lone inductee into the NCAA Division II Football Hall of Fame in December, the Denver Post reported Friday.

A new nation wide push is in effect to get more fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias.

A Florence man has been charged with domestic violence after being accused of beating his 56-year-old roommate with an aluminum baseball bat during an argument over money, the TimesDaily newspaper reports.

FLORENCE, AL In the Shoals, there is a new attraction for Halloween, and it is a place that has been off limits until now.

FLORENCE, AL Two Florence City School employees are no longer with the system after allegations of misconduct.

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FLORENCE, AL It has been a week since restaurants had to decide to go smoking or non-smoking in Florence.

Dozens of people in Florence spent Tuesday night outside in the rain. On Wednesday, hundreds more showed up before the sun came up.

Police told the TimesDaily that charges of shooting into an occupied vehicle and second-degree assault were filed against Timothy Alan Malone, 26, 1902 Wildwood St.

FLORENCE, Ala. - The Drury University men's golf team posted the second-lowest round in the program's NCAA Division-II history - a 5-under-par 283 - today, and sits in second place after the first round of the TVA Credit Union Classic hosted by the University of North Alabama.

Always the fourth weekend in October, downtown Florence recreates itself as a 1400s-era small medieval village where hundreds of people in authentic period costumes entertain more than 30,000 people each year.

A Lauderdale County jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding a 33-year-old man guilty of second-degree assault in the beating of a Florence man.