Warrior News

According the Jefferson County Sheriff's office they responded to a call Saturday afternoon of a body in the Warrior River called in from a home near the river in the 500 block of Yellow Creek Rd near the ...

State troopers were on the way to the scene of a fatal wreck in Blount County around 2 p.m. today.

Verizon Wireless said today it has installed a new cell site in Kimberly to improve coverage for voice and data customers along Interstate 65 and U.S. 31 in part of Jefferson County.

J.T. Lyon, Wilsonville. Open seven days a week, sun-up to sundown. $7 a gallon, you pick.

The Tri-State Southern Gospel Homecoming Singers will be in concert at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, 7220 East County Road 22, Headland, today at 6:30 p.m. ---------- Ebenezer Baptist Church near Columbia ...

Earl W. Strange Jr, age 61, of Warrior, Alabama passed away on June 9, 2008 in an automobile accident.

Cullman-Jefferson Counties Gas District customers will no longer be able to pay their bills at the office on Alabama Highway 31 on Fridays - at least for a while.

The City Council passed an ordinance Monday intended to reduce commercial truck traffic in the city.

Alabama state troopers plan increased patrols on roads during the 72-hour Memorial Day weekend.

Police and state troopers today will launch numerous highway blitzes in Jefferson and Shelby counties with checkpoints, road blocks and extra traffic patrols that will run through the end of May. via The Mobile Register Online

D. Jurgens, Homewood, 871-9778, wanted to buy a videotape of the performance by Heather Whitestone when she won the Miss America pageant. via Birmingham News Online

“It was such a good cooperative effort that takes a lot of planning.”

PATRICKM@CULLMANTIMES.COM Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies conducted a massive crackdown on drug activity in Cullman County Monday and Tuesday, arresting 64 people in the process. via Cullman Times

“I am very proud of our detectives for solving this case quickly. They worked almost around the clock to get this poor woman justice”

Posted by Carol Robinson -- Birmingham News May 06, 2008 10:07 AM Preston McCombs, 23, was arrested Monday night and officially charged this morning with capital murder. via Everything Alabama

Sheriff's deputies are questioning a person in a murder investigation. A family member called deputies to the 1200 block of Arkadelphia Road in the Warrior last night around 11 o'clock. That family member found ... via NBC13.com

The Birmingham Water Works' largest reservoir, Inland Lake, is full for the first time in nearly two years. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

“They understand how important education is to rights and responsibilities.”

The NRA Foundation supports a variety of shooting sports programs, including youth education. via Tuscaloosa News

“The state is really re-evaluating projects as far as erosion control”

Crossing Blackwater Creek on AL 69 in Walker County is a harrowing experience, involving a steep hill, a blind curve and a narrow, circa 1932 bridge. via Construction Equipment Guide

“This has come to us at a pretty bad financial time”

A section of the first iron and steel bridge to cross the Black Warrior River is now up for sale. via Tuscaloosa News

“He must have been playing with the gun, and shot her by accident. But, the shot paralyzed her.”

Ann Underwood's family lived in Northport, a small town located on the Black Warrior River near West Alabama, just about 60 miles southwest of Birmingham. via RT-Image

What kind of billing system was Jefferson County running when bills owed by some cities dating back to 2003 hadn't been paid and there was no known follow-up to collect the payments? A pretty shabby one. via Birmingham News Online