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Monday | Everything Alabama

U.S. Rep. Artur Davis wants feds to clearly determine risks to Alabamians posed by coal ash

Congressman Artur Davis is asking federal environmental officials to act more swiftly to assure the safety of coal ash being shipped into west Alabama for disposal in Perry County.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Artur Davis, Alabama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sat Dec 12, 2009

Selma Times-Journal

Former Uniontown cop indicted

A Perry County grand jury has indicted a former Uniontown police officer. An indictment for third-degree burglary was issued for Michael Hardy, said District Attorney Michael Jackson.

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Related Topix: Uniontown, AL

Thu Dec 10, 2009

WVLT-TV Knoxville

Congressional subcommittee met Wednesday to discuss coal ash spill

" A congressional panel was assembled Wednesday to discuss the ongoing cleanup of last year's coal ash spill at the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Tue Dec 08, 2009

Alabama Live

Officials clash over coal ash in Perry County

A trackhoe scoops up spilled coal ash which is being loaded into rail cars for shipment to an Alabama landfill in Perry County for disposal.

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Related Topix: Uniontown, AL, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Alabama Live

Attorney wants coal ash shipments to Perry County stopped

A trackhoe scoops up spilled coal ash which is being loaded into rail cars for shipment to an Alabama landfill in Perry County for disposal.

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Related Topix: Marion, AL

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Alabama Live

A World War II reunion and weak Perry County, Alabama economy

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Related Topix: Alabama, Country

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Lawyer asks EPA to order end to coal ash shipments to Perry County landfill

This aerial view shows the scale of the Arrowhead landfill in Perry County where TVA coal ash is being disposed.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law, Marion, AL

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Selma Times-Journal

Flowers makes bid for House seat

Johnny L. Flowers of Uniontown has announced his candidacy for the House of Representatives Seat in District 72.

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Related Topix: Uniontown, AL, Bibb County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery Metro, Selma, AL

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Dumping ash, and cash, on Perry County

If she could throw as she once could, Ruby Holmes could walk across the road in front of her house and toss a rock over a treeline and have it land in the sprawling landfill that has been operating there the past two years.

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Related Topix: Marion, AL, Uniontown, AL, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WTIC-TV Hartford

Carnival-like atmosphere leads up to official Barack Obama holiday in poor Alabama county

The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday." The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Alabama, Marion, AL, Uniontown, AL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Perry County will to celebrate an Obama holiday with five days of activities

President Barack Obama is being honored with his own holiday in Perry County. The Alabama Black Belt county that gained national attention when it established a holiday to honor Barack Obama's presidential election is celebrating that holiday with five days of activities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, African-American, Marion, AL, Jackson, AL

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Alabama Live

Former Alabama trooper indicted on sexual abuse charge

A former Alabama State Trooper has been indicted on a first-degree sexual abuse charge stemming from a woman's complaint that he fondled her while in his trooper car along a Perry County Highway last year, according to Perry County's district attorney.

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Related Topix: Alabama

Fri Oct 02, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

TVA speeds shipping of coal ash from giant Tennessee spill to Perry County landfill

A trackhoe scoops up spilled coal ash which is being loaded into rail cars for shipment to an Alabama landfill in Perry County for disposal.

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Related Topix: Alabama

Mon Sep 21, 2009

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Swayze memoir to hit stores

Trauma Injuries Steadily Declining at Children's ... Trauma doctors at Children's have seen a steady decrease in brain and spinal cord injuries since ThinkFirst Alabama got started.

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Related Topix: Uniontown, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Home, Mortgage, Entertainment

Sat Sep 19, 2009

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Controversial Coal Ash Meeting

Millions of pounds of Tennessee coal ash continue to be dumped in a Perry County landfill, leaving many people in the area steaming mad about the situation.

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Thu Sep 17, 2009

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Residents raise concerns over Perry County landfill

A coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee on December 22nd, 2008 has people in Uniontown spilling into city hall.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Sat Sep 05, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

44-year-old civil rights era slaying: DA can keep witnesses secret, Alabama Supreme Court rules

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled today that a prosecutor doesn't have disclose his list of possible witnesses and their expected testimony in the prosecution of a 44-year-old shooting death from the civil rights era.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Marion, AL

Fri Sep 04, 2009

NBC13.com

Prosecutor Doesn't Have To Disclose List Of Possible Witnesses In Old Civil Rights Case

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled a prosecutor doesn't have to disclose his list of possible witnessesand their expected testimony in the prosecution of a 44-year-old shooting death from the civil rights movement.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Marion, AL

Wed Sep 02, 2009

Selma Times-Journal

16-year-old racks up felony charges across 4 counties

" A 16 year-old Uniontown resident is facing a felony charge in Dallas County and possibly two more in two different counties after one free-for-all night through four counties.

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Related Topix: Uniontown, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Montgomery, AL

Tue Sep 01, 2009

Nashville Scene

TVA Turns Perry County, Ala. into an "Ash Hole"

The citizens of poverty-stricken Uniontown in Perry County, Ala. are crying, 'Not in my backyard.' And rightfully so.

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