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Development Corporation President Eric String recognizes the board members at the Hobson City Communitye & Economic Development Corporation gala. (Anniston Star photo by Shannon Tucker)
May 25, 2013 | 
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Marshal Holifield, 54, is a lifelong resident of Hobson City, was a classmate of Stringer and has volunteered throughout the park renovation. Standing among the attendees Friday, Holifield talked about the progress he’s seen in his hometown.
May 24, 2013 |
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Hospital board authorizes shelter-strength construction in EMS building
May 24, 2013 |
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May 23, 2013 |
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The public safety radio system that connects first-responders throughout Calhoun County has taken its first big step toward keeping its channels of communication open. The Calhoun County 911 Board of Directors today accepted the takeover of the Calhoun County portion of the 800 megahertz radio system currently operated by the Alabama Regional Communication System, the same day the Calhoun County Commission approved the measure.
May 23, 2013 |
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According to the Alabama Center for Real Estate's latest affordability index, homes in the county were 3.16 percent less affordable in the first quarter of the year compared to the fourth quarter last year.
May 23, 2013 |
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An Anniston mother on Wednesday told police a family member had sexually abused her a 5-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son.
May 23, 2013 |
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Oxford High School principal Trey Holladay was hired Wednesday evening as superintendent of Athens City Schools.
May 23, 2013 |
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The notices typically are issued at the end of the school year because that is when the contracts for non-tenured teachers and contract support staff expire, a state education department spokeswoman said.
May 23, 2013 |
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U.S. Census data shows Calhoun County's population shrank last year, extending a 2011 trend that, if it continues, could stifle the area's economic growth.
May 22, 2013 |
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Cleburne County Schools is again looking to hire a principal for Cleburne County High School, after Wellborn High School principal Rick Carter declined the position, the superintendent said this week.
May 22, 2013 |
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Eleven dogs are being trained at the Auburn University Canine Detection Training Center at McClellan. The Labs are learning the Auburn-patented vapor-wake training, which means they’ll be able to smell a plume of scent left by an explosive device that is worn or carried.
May 22, 2013 |
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Local cities and veterans’ groups are planning observances for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, from somber pomp and circumstance to informal cookout to fundraisers.
May 22, 2013 |
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Ebonee Thompson, the chamber’s director of tourism, invited employees from local hotels, restaurants and businesses to board a charter bus today and spend the day seeing their backyards through the eyes of out-of-town visitors.
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