Priceville News

By David Lazenby davidl@cullmantimes.com Frugal motorists traveling this weekend may want to wait to fill up their tanks.

After eight years in office, Morgan County Commissioner Stacey George will have to step down, after a stunning defeat in Tuesday's District 4 race.

The Alabama League of Municipalities held its annual meeting at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Saturday May 17 through Tuesday May 22.

Alabamagasprices.com has a list of the cheapest gas prices in the state. Four stations are in Decatur.

“If we get another influx of students, then we'll be scrambling again because the state goes on the previous years average daily membership or attendance”

As the school year winds down, administrators have started preparing for next year. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

A Morgan County family of five lost everything in a mobile home fire late this morning. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

A major marijuana bust in Morgan County. The sheriff's department tells us they used their chopper to hone in on an entire field of pot. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

“The edge of the road, it's like if you ran off the road, you were gone. You didn't have a chance to really recuperate, not a lot of sight on the road”

NewsChannel 19's Barry Hiett reports It's been around four months since teenagers Nicole Jernigan and Amberley Peppers died in a car crash near Priceville. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

Agents with the Madison-Morgan County Strategic Counter Drug Team have arrested two men and confiscated 15 kilos of cocaine worth $2 million. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

Posted by Niki Doyle April 15, 2008 3:34 PM Categories: Crime Drug agents found 15 kilos of cocaine worth about $2 million when they stopped a tractor-trailer Monday for a routine safety inspection, police ... via Mobile Register

“While officers were serving the search warrant and pulling up information he had more information coming in at the time”

According to Morgan Couny investigators, a Priceville man sent and received child pornography images while out in public places, allegedly viewing the images right under everyone's noses. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

A highly-visible senior prank was discovered today in Morgan County. The Class of 2008 at Priceville High School decided to "roll the school" for it's senior prank. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

“It's like electrical energy shock. The wave will run through the flint to where I've got my finger pressed. I can prevent it from flaking past that point.”

PRICEVILLE -- Tim Baker Jr. sat in his rustic shop on Quail Lane, flint piled at his feet, a bloodstained buffalo hide across one leg and a wild pig hide across the other. via Montgomery Advertiser

“I think a lot of these places are here because Bass Pro came.”

Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Mar. 23--If the planned Bass Pro Shops has the same effect it has had in other cities, Decatur will never be the same. via Customer Interaction Solutions

“In the mind's eye, in every spall of flint, there's a projectile point or an arrowhead”

Tim Baker Jr. sat in his rustic shop on Quail Lane, flint piled at his feet, a bloodstained buffalo hide across one leg and a wild pig hide across the other. via Alabama Live

Morgan County investigators are looking for a bank robbery suspect. The man walked into the Family Security Credit Union in Priceville about 9:30 Friday morning. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

An expert with Market Graphics Research Group says despite severe problems in parts of the nation, the housing market in North Alabama is healthy, particularly in Morgan County. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

The Priceville Police Department and Morgan County Sheriff's Department are investigating a robbery at the Family Security Credit Union. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

Posted by Kim Albright February 20, 2008 4:05 PM Highway 31 near Falkville in Morgan County is blocked at this hour due to a wreck involving two cars and major entrapment. via Mobile Register

Posted by Kim Albright February 07, 2008 5:27 PM Categories: Traffic Alabama State Troopers are working accidents on Winchester Road near Steele with a minor injury. via Mobile Register