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Alabama unemployment drops to 6.9 percent
Gov. Robert Bentley said the preliminary April rate is below the 7.2 percent recorded in March and the 7.4 percent measured a year ago. Bentley said the state saw two positive signs in April. The number of people employed increased and the number of people in the labor force increased. Bentley says that shows people are regaining confidence in the economy and looking for ...
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Pavlof Volcano continues to erupt glow seen 37 miles away
An inmate is on the loose in Etowah County. The Sheriff's department says an inmate kitchen worker escaped the Etowah County Detention Center Friday morning. Justin Wade Hopkins, 30, escaped from ECDC shortly after 4:00 a.m. Hopkins was last seen running toward Tuscaloosa Avenue wearing tan jail pants and a ...
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VT Halter Marines dry dock arrives in Pascagoula
Bill Skinner, CEO of VT Halter Marine, says in a news release that the dry dock is part of an overall expansion at the south yard. VT Halter Marine is adding a repair facility for semi-submersible drilling rigs and Panamax-size ships at the south ...
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Ala judge denies bond for man held in child death
http://bit.ly/15SOmg4 ) reports that a judge denied bond for 23-year-old Diego Pablo Larios of Decatur.Larios was charged with capital murder this week in the death of his infant child, Helias Delacruz.The baby died at Russellville Hospital in July 2011. Authorities say Larios was arrested after autopsy results showed the child died after being shaken violently.Larios has told authorities he was ...
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Man 20 presumed drowned after falling into water
http://bit.ly/14bm6RB ) that Gray and his four friends were fishing near the ramp of the Spring Creek bridge on Lawrence County 400 when Gray fell into the Tennessee River backwater Wednesday night.Coroner Scott Norwood said Wheeler Dam - about 5 miles from the bridge - was pulling water at the time, so the river was swift.Norwood said that search teams would be working with sonar. He said four ...
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Authorities searching for inmate accused of escape
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - Sheriff's officials in Etowah County are searching for an inmate after they say he escaped from the county detention center. Authorities say the inmate was a kitchen worker who slipped away from the Etowah County Detention Center shortly after 4 a.m. Friday. The sheriff's office said in a statement that 30-year-old Justin Wade Hopkins of Collinsville was last ...
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Free health screenings around Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM - AL - The Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour is now in Birmingham. The tour provides free health tests, assessments, education and consulting services to local communities. For people who don't have insurance or think they don't have the time to go to the doctor's office for a check up, the doctor's office on a tour bus is a great option. It is fast and ...
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Hangout Festival Kicks off in Gulf Shores
GULF SHORES - AL - (AP) It's a big weekend for live music on the Alabama coast. The third annual Hangout Festival opens Friday on the public beach in Gulf Shores. Organizers say three-day festival passes are sold out, but single-day tickets are still available. The Hangout Festival provides the coastal tourism industry with a big jumpstart on beach season. Acts this year include Kings of ...
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Tuscaloosa bypass remains contentious
The $250 million interstate bypass to the east of Tuscaloosa is moving ahead with infinite lethargy and recently became bogged down in further delays, which were made necessary in part by the fact that the project had become delayed and certain aspects of it were out of date.
It was decided by the city of Tuscaloosa in 1989 that they needed a bypass to the east to relieve some of the traffic on U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 82, both of which were reaching their carrying capacity and creating massive backlogs and congestion on Woolsey Finnell Bridge, which crosses the Black Warrior River. Read more
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