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UNA’s first African-American student to speak at Spring Commencement
Wendell Wilkie Gunn (’65) By Bryan Rachal FLORENCE –Wendell Wilkie Gunn (’65) will serve as the University of North Alabama’s spring commencement speaker Saturday, May 13, at 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., in...
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UNA Business Society Students Recognized at State Conference
By Guy McClure FLORENCE, Ala. – The University of North Alabama College of Business students had a successful trip April 7 and 8 at the annual Phi Beta Lambda State Conference this year. 14...
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Tennessee educator and 15-year-old kidnap victim located
The Amber Alert has been cancelled. According to authorities, Tad Cummins and Elizabeth Thomas have been located in Northern California. Cummins is under arrest and Thomas has been safely recovered....
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UNA Bands Presents a ‘Revolutionary!’ President’s Concert
FLORENCE – UNA Bands presents the annual President’s Concert Friday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m., in Norton Auditorium. This year’s concert is titled “Revolutionary!” and features revolutionary music as...
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Tuscumbia gets new attorney
Willie Hovater Attorney at Law TUSCUMBIA-Congratulations to Willie Hovater, a 2009 Muscle Shoals High School graduate, on passing the state bar exam. Hovater will practice law with his father, William...
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Safeplace opens new Tuscumbia outreach office
Staff and friends of the new Safeplace office TUSCUMBIA–Safeplace, a domestic violence program serving Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, and Winston counties, has opened a new office in...
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New execution date set as US Supreme Court rejects Arthur appeal
Tommy Arthur (ALDOC) WASHINGTON, D.C.-The appeal for condemned murder-for-hire killer Tommy Arthur has been rejected by the Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court rejected a review of Arthur’s case thus...
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Federal Corrections Officer Charged with Accepting Bribes for Prison Contraband
BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors last week charged a former employee at the Federal Correctional Institution at Aliceville with accepting $5,695 in bribes to smuggle contraband into the prison and...
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Three People Sentenced for Trafficking Heroin and Fentanyl
BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge today sentenced three Birmingham residents for conspiring to traffic nearly $2 million worth of heroin and fentanyl, federal officials announced. U.S. District Court Judge...
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Wright Named Rogersville Municipal Judge
Rogersville Municipal Judge Cliff Wright ROGERSVILLE-Florence attorney Cliff Wright has been named Rogersville’s new municipal judge. Wright, who is also the municipal judge in Killen and St. Florain,...
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Beloved Shoals Area Author Danny Creasy greeting fans at Reader Riot
Danny Creasy FLORENCE–Are you interested in diving into two unique Shoals-based books? Please drop by this weekend’s Reader Riot event in downtown Florence (Florence-Lauderdale Public Library) and...
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Do you recognize this person? Police want to know
FLORENCE–Do you recognize this person? Florence Police Detective Alex Guynn needs to speak with her about a theft case. If you know this individual or where to find this person, please call Detective...
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Two die in Colbert head-on collision
COLBERT COUNTY–Two men from rural Colbert County were killed in a head-on collision Saturday night on Power Line Road. Police tell the Shoals Insider, 63-year-old Donald G. Kimbrough, of Hawk Pride...
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UNA’s Paulk Wins National Award for Advising
Dr. Amber Paulk FLORENCE, Ala. – Dr. Amber Paulk, University of North Alabama associate professor of Sociology and Family Studies, has been awarded the Outstanding Advising Award – Faculty Academic...
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Florence man arrested for rape and sodomy
Matthew Blackburn FLORENCE– According to authorities, Matthew Paul Blackburn, 28, of 209 Jordan Lane, Florence, surrendered to the Lauderdale County Detention Center this morning following an...
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Colbert County Mugshots
HARGETT, JEFFERY SHANE Booking #: 1704281655 Booking Date: 04-27-2017 Charges: BEING HELD FOR FRANKLIN CO View Profile >>> EVANS, BILLY JOE Booking #: 1704281654 Booking Date:...
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Congrats to Leadership Shoals graduates
Congratulations to the graduates of Leadership Shoals 28, class of 2016-2017! These 26 Shoals leaders celebrated the closing of a great year at George’s 217, where they presented the Helen Keller...
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Former Regions Bank Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty in $5 Million Bribery...
BIRMINGHAM – A former senior vice president at Regions Bank has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in a $5 million bribery and wire fraud scheme, according to federal officials. The U.S....
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Tennessee man arrested in rash of burglaries
Tobby Randall Blackstock FLORENCE-Thanks to a quick response by Florence officers a Tennessee man is now in custody on burglary charges. Last night (starting just before 11 pm) officers with the...
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Do you know these people? They are wanted for questioning
Police are trying to identify this man. RUSSELLVILLE–The Russellville Police Department is trying to identify two people thought to be responsible for multiple thefts. They are releasing their pictures...
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