Oneonta News

The National Weather Service has issued a significant weather alert until 11:30 a.m. for Jefferson County, warning of storms and strong winds of up to 40 mph.

Birmingham attorney Jeremy Sherer said Wednesday he'll officially announce next week he's running for state treasurer on a platform to fix the troubled prepaid college tuition program.

Investigators gather information at the scene of a wreck where one person was killed about 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Martin Road and Andrew Way in Chalkville, Ala., Friday, June 26, 2009.

An investigation is underway to determine how a Blount County man died. Coroner John Mark Vaughn tells NBC13HD News the body of Michael Shannon Watkins, 37, was found in his home on St.

A routine traffic stop in Arab leads deputies to a huge drug bust in Blount County.

I've mentioned the wonders of shopping Oneonta before . Well, now you have an even better reason to go check it out.

I'm hoping for a rain-free cruise-in in downtown Oneonta, Alabama this Saturday.

A Florida man was killed Thursday evening after a two-vehicle accident in Blount County.

While current economic news is generally grim, every now and then there is a hint of hope at a recovery not being far away.

Shop Talk is a weekly column featuring locally owned and operated businesses. This week, we hear from Rick and Mary Robinson, founders of www.OneontaOnTheMap.com, who submitted their answers in writing.

Ms. Donna Hardy Troncale of Birmingham, Alabama, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joseph Troncale, Jr., of Oneonta, Alabama, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shannon Elizabeth, to Gantt Oliver Rawls of Lawrence, Kansas, son of Mr.

Otelco Inc. , a wireline telecommunication services provider in Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri and West Virginia, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a distribution of $0.42 per Income Deposit Security , which will be made on June 30, 2009 to holders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2009.

National Weather Service storm survey teams today will try to determine if tornadoes downed trees and power lines across Blount and Walker counties Wednesday.

The drive-through and ATM area at the Colonial Bank in Jasper was damaged this morning by severe weather.

Sheron Alexander, left, and Debbie Heath,right, make boxes to pack up remaining belongings from Earnestine Dickie's home.

Volunteers search through the rubble today to round up chickens that survived a Sunday night tornado.

Eugene Jones, Nick Isbell, and Kenneth Paul of Alagasco repair a broken gas line in Alabaster.

ONEONTA _ A former Oneonta resident was arrested Friday for selling crack cocaine and later possessing a quantity with the intent to sell it in the city of Oneonta, Otsego deputies said.

On a recent Sunday morning at Mount Ebell Church in Rosa, 15 people sat scattered across 16 pews.

Republican State Auditor Samantha Shaw says she plans to run for re-election in 2010 even though other statewide Alabama offices will be coming open.