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15 hrs ago | Times Daily

Election '08: On the Ballot

The following people have announced plans to seek office during the August municipal elections: Sheffield Steve Stanley Position sought: Council, District 5 Biographical information: Native and 50-plus year ...

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Florence, AL

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Times Daily

Firm pleased with pool of applicants

When National Alabama officials begin hiring workers for the Barton facility in September, they'll be able to choose from a huge pool.

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

Times Daily

Schools seek businesses to assist fundraiser

Area businesses have the opportunity to help the local city schools before the school year even begins.

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Florence, AL, Tuscumbia, AL, Muscle Shoals, AL, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford (University of Pittsburgh)

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Times Daily

Election '08: On the Ballot

The following people have announced plans to seek office during the August municipal elections: Sheffield Steve Stanley Position sought: Council, District 5 Biographical information: Native and 50-plus year ...

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Florence, AL

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Times Daily

3 of 4 mayors face opposition

Municipal Qualifiers Mayors in three of the four largest cities in the Shoals will face opposition during municipal elections in August.

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Muscle Shoals, AL, Florence, AL, Tuscumbia, AL

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Times Daily

EMS 'open for business'

Lauderdale EMS re-stickered an ambulance from Keller EMS to show the new logo. A quick look The issue: Lauderdale EMS has been preparing for several months to begin providing emergency medical service to much ...

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Related Topix: Lauderdale County, AL, Florence Metro, Florence, AL, Rogersville, AL

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Times Daily

Woman charged in unborn baby's death

A local woman has been arrested after she was accused of killing her unborn child by cutting the umbilical cord, authorities said Monday.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Florence Metro, Florence, AL

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Times Daily

Election '08

The following people have announced plans to seek office during the August municipal elections: Sheffield Waylon W. Huguley Jr.

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Related Topix: Huguley, AL, Tuscumbia, AL

Wed Jul 09, 2008

WAFF-TV Huntsville

One street in the Shoals has a litter problem

It's hard to imagine so much trash on one street, but it's hard to go anywhere in this neighborhood without stepping on something.

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

Times Daily

Running on empty

With high gas prices, many consumers aren't filling their gas tanks up to capacity - and running out of gas on the road.

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Related Topix: St. Florian, AL, Tuscumbia, AL, Birmingham Metro, Alabama, Florence, AL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Fire destroys a Sheffield home

Three people are lucky to be alive on the 4th of July after a fire destroyed their home.

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WAFF-TV Huntsville

Bumpy ride an issue in the Shoals

Residents are fed up with a bumpy ride in the Shoals. The road is one of the main entrances going into Colbert County.

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Related Topix: Colbert County, AL, Florence Metro

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Times Daily

Fire gets lots of attention, but little damage reported

Water comes down from a Sheffield Fire Department ladder truck onto a debris fire on a Birmingham Avenue lot, creating a large volume of smoke.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Times Daily

Church porch collapses; 6 injured

Emergency personnel remove a ladder from the hole where they rescued six people after the front porch of Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church, south of Red Bay, fell in Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, AL, Red Bay, AL, Vina, AL, Russellville, AL

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Times Daily

Breast-feeding is back

Breast-feeding is a no-brainer for Andrea Akers. As a nurse at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield , she said it's something she does for her new baby, 3-month-old Laurie Anne, because studies have shown ...

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

Times Daily

Put your records on

Pegasus Records and Tapes owner Eli Flippen holds the vinyl recordings in his store.

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Florence, AL, Punk, The Wednesdays

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Times Daily

Lunch programs press on despite struggle to keep food on tables

With food prices soaring, programs that provide lunches for children during the summer are struggling to make ends meet.

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Related Topix: Tuscumbia, AL, Leighton, AL, Family, Kids

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Times Daily

Police chief candidates talk morale

Morale and the desire to serve Tuscumbia were major topics brought up Monday by three candidates vying for the city's police chief position.

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Related Topix: Muscle Shoals, AL, Florence Metro, Florence, AL, Tuscumbia, AL

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Times Daily

Readers' verdict: I'm a Shoals native

This past week I talked about my family living in Florence in the early 1960s before moving to Tennessee and how chance returned me to the Shoals 10 years ago.

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Florence, AL

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Alabama Live

Police: Sister charged in brother's slaying in Sheffield

A Sheffield woman has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the shotgun slaying of her older brother.

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Related Topix: Colbert County, AL

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