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Person killed after being hit by car in Marshall County
MARSHALL CO., Ala. (WAFF) - Marshall County authorities are investigating after a person was hit and killed by a car on U.S. Highway 431. The Marshall County Coroner’s Office was called to U.S. Highway 431 near the Massey Rd. intersection in Albertville just before five Tuesday morning. They pronounced...
5-month burn ban starts May 1 for folks in 12 Alabama counties
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Wednesday kicked off the annual warm-weather ban on open burning. Twelve counties are under that burn ban. They include Jefferson, Shelby, Etowah and Talladega. The ban runs until Oct. 31. According to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, this ban is in effect every year as...
Alabama high school softball playoffs: How Gadsden area teams fared in area tournaments
The Alabama high school softball area tournaments have wrapped up and plenty of Gadsden area teams took home area crowns. The most important thing though was to get to the championship game as that secured a spot in the regional round starting Monday in Albertville, for most area teams. Here's...
Gadsden area high school football: How we graded the 5 new coaching hires
Etowah − B- ETOWAH FOOTBALL:'Get things back on track': What new Etowah football coach Scott Peavey said about goals. The hire: Scott Peavey, Haralson County (GA) head coach. Reasoning: Peavey holds a career record of 112-115 and is coming off of a 2-8 season in Georgia. He has a better record in Alabama going 68-55 over 12 seasons. What helps this hire, is that Peavey seems to be a steady force and that's what Etowah needs after a tumultuous Glover tenure and him being the fourth coach in the last four seasons.
Alabama man dies days after truck accident, state troopers say
An Alabama man died Tuesday of injuries he sustained Friday when his pickup truck struck another truck on an Alabama highway, state troopers said. The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 2:50 p.m. Friday, and claimed the life of a Fyffe, Alabama, man. James R. Posey, 68, was critically injured when...
High water causes train to derail in Limestone County
Limestone Co. (FOX 44/KWKT) — Limestone County Emergency Management says high waters created by severe storms caused a train to derail Wednesday evening. It happened west of Shiloh, near the intersection of County Roads 456 and 460. There are reports that five sand hauler cars were knocked over. At...
Alabama high school soccer playoffs: How Gadsden area teams fared in first round
The Alabama high school soccer playoffs kicked off this week for the whole state, while Class 6A played their second round and it was pretty successful for Gadsden-area teams. On the girls side, four of the top five teams in the last regular-season Gadsden Times top five advanced to the second round, with Westbrook Christian doing so in dominating fashion. On the boys side, the top four teams found their way to the second round, but Gadsden City fell in the 6A bracket.
Jeana Ross wins Alabama House District 27 seat
Former Aabama Secretary of Early Childhood Education Jeana Ross won a special election Tuesday to represent Alabama House District 27, which includes most of Marshall County. As of 8:43 p.m. Tuesday, Ross had 1,611 votes (53.31%) in unofficial returns. Arab City Councilman Alan Miller had 1,411 votes (46.69%). A message seeking comment was left with […] The post Jeana Ross wins Alabama House District 27 seat appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
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