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UNA and NWSCC Partner to Provide Reverse Transfer Program

February 22, 2012
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FLORENCE – Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) and the University of North Alabama (UNA) are teaming up to increase the number of degrees awarded in the Shoals and North Alabama. On February 2, 2012, the two institutions formed a new partnership in the form of a Reverse Transfer Program. The program provides students who transferred from [...]


Alabama Exports: 2011 Best Ever

February 22, 2012
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MONTGOMERY - Alabama’s exports in 2011 continued to grow and recorded the highest-ever total for the value of goods exported during a single year:  $17.9 billion, up 15.4 percent from $15.5 billion in 2010. “Companies in Alabama are remaining competitive in the global marketplace, and we continue to assist them through the Alabama Development Office and [...]


New Muscle Shoals Arrests & Franklin County Booking Photos

February 22, 2012
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We don’t know what is in the water in Franklin County, but here is the latest crop of arrestees. We also have the latest arrest reports from Muscle Shoals. Remember all persons included here are presumed innocent until PROVEN guilty in Court.


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Texting Ban Heads To Alabama Senate

February 22, 2012
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MONTGOMERY - Tuesday afternoon, the Alabama House of Representatives approved a bill which bans texting while driving. House Bill 2, which is sponsored by Springville Representative Jim McClendon  would ban anyone from driving on a public road or highway while manually using a cellphone or other wireless device to communicate by text message, instant message or email. [...]


Isom Pledges Support For Existing Businesses

February 21, 2012
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FLORENCE - Tuscumbia business leader David Isom promised to support existing businesses in The Shoals, even as he searches for new companies to locate here if he is elected to the District 6 Seat on the Colbert County Commission. Isom is running for the Democratic Party nomination for the seat, now held by Commission Chairman, Howard [...]


No Decision On Sheffield Gun Range

February 21, 2012
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SHEFFIELD - The Sheffield City Council took no action last night on the future of the city’s 32-year-old shooting range. The City council is weighing whether or not to close the shooting range because of noise complaints from nearby residents.         The range, located on Village Road, is near Ridgepoint, a 10-year-old upscale [...]


New Tuscumbia Arrests

February 21, 2012
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Check out the new booking photos and arrest information for Tuscumbia.


Local Company Barometer of Improving Economy

February 20, 2012
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TUSCUMBIA - A local automotive parts assembly company is proving to be an important indicator of growth in the United States’ economy. Less than four years ago several people from Troy, Michigan, and a recent immigrant from Honduras made a trip to The Shoals to see the new North American Lighting plant. Their company supplies wiring [...]


New Monday – Booking Photos From Florence/Lauderdale

February 20, 2012
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Check out Law&Order for new booking photos and arrest reports for Florence,  Sheffield and Colbert County Sheriff ‘s Office.


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Tuscumbia Man Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery

February 18, 2012
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BIRMINGHAM—A federal judge today sentenced RICKY WALTER DENTON to 21 years and four months in prison for a 2009 armed bank robbery, less than a month after another federal judge sentenced the Tuscumbia man to nearly six years in prison for a federal tax fraud conspiracy in which he took identifying information of fellow prison [...]



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