Jacksonville State University News

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:42 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:43 p.m. Martha Lavender, assistant to the president of Gadsden State Community College for Cherokee County operations, has been appointed by Gov.

Alabama has experienced dramatic changes since the end of World War II, but two factors beginning with the letter 'A' were among the most important, according to a noted state historian and author.

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April Tucker has been approved as the new Good Hope Middle School principal, following the recent retirement of longtime principal Wayne Weissend.

Five Republicans and one Democrat have qualified to run for the Alabama House District 40 seat vacated by the death of Democratic state Rep.

Its purpose is simple. Its significance is worth celebrating. Veterans Day reflects all that the United States of American represents.

A legislator from southeast Alabama who has the support of Gov. Bob Riley has prefiled a bill to prohibit public universities in Alabama from offering employee benefits to same-sex domestic partners.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:53 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. The induction of four men into the Patriots' Hall of Honor will be the highlight of the 35th Patriots Day Program Wednesday at Convention Hall.

Members of the group that formed after the state's prepaid college tuition plan revealed funding problems are preparing for the 2010 legislative session that members hope will include a bailout.

Mothers Against Methamphetamine is presenting a seminar entitled 'Crystal Meth: They Call it ICE' on Friday and Saturday at Marshall Medical Center North.

Next Saturday the streets of Haralson County will rumble with the sound of more than one hundred motorcycles as they make their way through an 80-mile course to benefit the Haralson County Veterans Association, not to mention the sound of dozens of tennis-shoe clad feet pounding the streets as runners participate in the walk/run to benefit the HCVA ...

This house built by Chris Vann, a 1988 graduate of Coosa High School and a 1994 graduate of Jacksonville State University, has been selected as Atlanta Magazine's first "Dream Home" to be built outside Atlanta and in Big Canoe.

On Wednesday a Jacksonville woman made her national television debut on the show titled "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant." A co-worker at Jacksonville State University contacted the cable network TLC with the story.

The Alabama Department of Industrial Relations reported this week that unemployment in Alabama stands at 10.7 percent or 223,165 people.

The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department recruited corrections officers and other positions on Friday.

One of the oldest fine dining establishments in East Alabama is now seating after being closed for more than a year.

Jacksonville State University students will vote next week on whether they want to spend an extra $ 100 each semester for a recreation center, ending an 11-year tradition that the school does not charge fees.

Published: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. The Walnut Gallery will open at 2 p.m. Sunday in the newly renovated Odd Fellows Hall with a reception for an exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist and educator Anne Wedler.

On Thursday night a free film is screening at Jacksonville State University. It shares the story of a local football coach struggling with depression.

Congratulations to Eliana Almonte for being selected by the faculty and staff as Cedartown High Schoola s Student of the Month for September.