Story archive for December 2008
Wednesday, Dec. 31
- Staking out the birds
- New Year's collard greens and black-eyed peas
- Selma City Council takes pay cut
- Fire runs
- Incident report
- Police arrest double murder suspect
Tuesday, Dec. 30
- Saints take rematch 64-62
- Keith earns third place with 56-37 win
- Police search for double murder suspect
- City council makes selection
- Fear grips neighborhood after double homicide
- Police search for double murder suspect
- Deputies arrest school burglary suspect
- Windham to continue New Year’s Day tradition
- Incident report
- Incident report
Monday, Dec. 29
- Saints pull away from Panthers
- Wilcox Central runs doom Keith
- Tigers win fifth straight
- One dead in shooting on Griffin Avenue
- Bill could save lives of women
- Fire runs
- Incident report
- AAA promoting safe driving with New Year’s towing program
- Shooting suspect certified as adult
- City council to review names for three spots
- Jubilee named one of top events in Alabama
- Measure could save women's lives
- Gov. forms task force to probe gambling in Alabama
- Vegas odds favor Giants, Titans to make Super Bowl
- Alabama Troopers: 5 killed in holiday highway accidents
- Civil rights leader hospitalized in Birmingham
Sunday, Dec. 28
Saturday, Dec. 27
- Selma teen dies after late night shooting
- Girl Scouts to begin cookie campaign
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Selma teen dies after shooting-updated
- Selma dominates R.C. Hatch
- Jaguars defend home court
- Wilcox Central knocks off J.F. Shields 64-56
Friday, Dec. 26
- Holiday shopping takes a hit
- Birmingham agents to work inauguration
- New Year’s resolutions for the cynical soul
- Give more than money
- Incident report
Thursday, Dec. 25
Wednesday, Dec. 24
- Keith defeats Southside for title
- Saints take Keith Christmas Tournament
- The List picks the best coach in America
- Santa: ‘Selma is as pretty as a picture in March’
- Troopers give gifts
- Gas prices remain low for now
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Peace on Earth
- Ho! Ho! and other thoughts
- Selma under tornado warning
Tuesday, Dec. 23
- Bears move on to championship game
- Council begins school board selection process
- Saints advance to title game
- Panthers advance in Keith tournament
- The most wonderful time of the year? Not for everybody
- Friends remember former Selma High School player
- Young people continue to give back
- Incident report
- Incident report
- High winds expected tonight
- Grandson of Selma woman leaves wilderness unscathed
Monday, Dec. 22
- Juvenile, adult arrested for burglarizing store
- Man assaults officer
- City council commitee continues interviews
- Fire runs
- Incident report
- Crossing speeds to increase
- Local fire departments accept grants
- Fugitive from justice arrested
- Travels of history
Sunday, Dec. 21
Saturday, Dec. 20
- Police Reports
- The season is a matter of similarities
- Don't decide now
- Children read with Santa, others
- Christmas on 2 wheels
- More city applicants to appear before committee
- Civil rights activist James Bevel dies at age 72
- Raiders crush Panthers
- Southside pulls away late
- Selma squeaks by Demopolis
- Selma avenges earlier loss to Demopolis
- Keith nets first area win over Francis Marion
- Rams overcome deficit in win over Keith
- Keith Christmas tournament starts Dec. 22
- Senators advance to title game
Friday, Dec. 19
- Fire runs
- Man arrested for assault of officer
- Jewish celebration of Hanukkah beginning Sunday
- Airport board continues with renovations
- Guns of war no longer blast in Selma
- Take life and all its bumps
- Winner of the Elf Extravaganza announced
Thursday, Dec. 18
- Changing the view of Alabama
- Protect your house
- Southside PTO works for students
- Police still searching for woman
- Gov. Riley appoints Smothers to Cahawba advisory committee
- Council committee picks three finalists for slot
- Lewis named county MVP
- Pro-Day coming to Orange Beach
- Lighting up the neighborhood
- Arrest report
- Incident report
Wednesday, Dec. 17
- Davis talks about economy, governor's race
- Dallas County, Southside and Keith recognized on all-county football team
- Selma Art Guild show starts Thursday
- Informing isn't tattling
- Did Paterno deserve an extension? Absolutely.
- Selma woman appointed to Old Cahawba Advisory Committee
- Selma city begins search for clerk and treasurer
- Fire runs
- Arrest report
- Incident report
Tuesday, Dec. 16
- Wasden linked to position on Chizik’s staff at Auburn
- Hornets rout Red Devils
- Dallas County jumps on Maplesville
- S-Team offers chance at 10 grand
- Waiting on the turn
- Defense for convicted woman files appeal
- Charities suffer with economy in turmoil
- IP awards grants
- Man arrested, charged with burning father’s home
- Teens to face grand jury for murder
Monday, Dec. 15
- Gill found guilty, faces life in prison
- Proration — Another reason for a new constitution
- Grant allows extra police patrol
- Running to remember
- Search continues for missing Selma woman
- Man injured in wreck with bus
- Arrest report
- Fire runs
- Fire runs
- Incident report
- Incident report
- Bus wreck results in one injury
- Miss. Toyota plant delayed
- Vanessa Gill found guilty
Saturday, Dec. 13
- Auburn’s choice of Chizik raises some questions
- Hatch girls fall to Sunshine 48-43
- Hatch blocks Sunshine
- Man in possession of cocaine arrested
- Holiday safety tips
- Auburn hires Iowa State's Gene Chizik
- Lunch at the Library: Michael Sims
- Creatively encouraging reading
- Incident report
- BCS gaining on Swiss cheese for most holes
- Saints knock off Bears
- Selma dominates Keith
- Francis Marion escapes with win
- Lady Rams fall by 73-23
- Lowe leads Trojans over Marengo
- Central Christian beats Warrior
- Lady Trojans knock off Marengo Academy
Friday, Dec. 12
- Police arrest man on drug charges
- Man, brother arrested after officers stop to help
- Funny holiday story
- Wal-Mart evacuates, no fire
- Fire runs
- Incident report
- Artur Davis a possible in Obama administration
- Fire scare at Wal-Mart turns up empty
- Obasohan proposes changes for school system
- This leads to that … and this and the other
Thursday, Dec. 11
- R.C. Hatch makes it look easy
- Bobcats learn a valuable lesson
- One more for the road
- Crime Stoppers needs your help
- Dallas County participates in 'Operation Debt Net'
- Jury still deliberating woman's fate
- Selma man convicted of rape
- Golden Globe nominees announced
Wednesday, Dec. 10
- Patriots lose lead, game
- Wallace routs Pearl River
- The List
- Pedestrian struck on Broad Street
- Police search for missing woman
- Consider the gifts you give
- Ellington trio begins musical performances at Mutt's on Friday
- Police search for missing woman
- Woman injured in accident
- Selma should escape more severe weather
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Auburn students protest treatment of Tuberville
- No weather damage reported in Selma
- Yankees, Sabathia reportedly close to deal
- Two Alabama schools damaged by severe weather
Tuesday, Dec. 9
- Graduation exam mucks schedule
- Central Christian pulls away for win
- Warriors rumble over Bulldogs
- Incident report
- Cook testifies in trial
- City council tightens belt by cutting travel
- No child left out
- Business After Hours event set for Thursday
- Letting system be was right
- Selma man pleads guilty to burglary, third degree
- Alabama Southern president to leave Monroeville school
- Another On Deadline posted
- Hazardous weather possible Tuesday and Wednesday
- Alabama Farmers Federation president elected to sixth term
- ThyssenKrupp to hold job fairs
- Auburn students plan Tuberville protest
Monday, Dec. 8
- Judge and teen jury
- Arrest made in grocery store robbery
- Robbery suspect caught
- Capital murder trial begins
- Arrest report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Incident report
- I-85 closed for some repairs
Saturday, Dec. 6
- Despite disappointment, Alabama is on the right track
- Senators clinch Pepsi Classic championship
- Central Christian pulls away from Morgan
- Saints knock off Southside
- Incident report
- Lest we forget all who fought
- 'Bama's run good for the state
- Shooting suspect still on the lam
- Melee at Concordia results in two arrests
- New officer has four legs
Friday, Dec. 5
- Selma blows out Tigers
- Lee leads Senators to win
- Lady Saints stunned
- Fort Dale girls rout Morgan
- Lee-Scott girls blow out CCA
- CCA beats Lee-Scott
- Incident report
- Fire runs
- Arrest report
- Authorities still looking for shooting suspect
- City still collecting trash fees
- Enter Christmas Village
- Pettus Bridge briefly closing on Sunday
- What is the logic in this?
- On Deadline
- Kathryn Tucker Windham to lead Selma-Dallas County Christmas Parade
- Gas prices could drop to $1 gallon
- Auburn reportedly looking at Houston Nutt, Jimbo Fisher
- Simpson apologizes at sentencing
Thursday, Dec. 4
- Apathy just as dangerous as needles
- Evans proves he has plan
- More cutback measures discussed
- The day the game changed
- Some city employees will lose jobs
- They're dropping like flies
- Delta State knocks off Concordia
- City does away with TrustBuild
- Man arrested for Sonic robbery
- Joslyn Reddick talks about work at Knox Elementary
- Police arrest man who robbed Sonic
- Automakers seek bailout from Congress (Live)
- Mercedes-Benz plans down time in Vance
Wednesday, Dec. 3
- Jackson to leave Meadowview
- The List
- Wallace falls to Meridian
- Deputies search for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect in shooting
- School board calls meeting
- Auburn dismisses Tuberville
- Deputies search for shooting suspect
- Ollis Grayson resigns from Dallas County School Board
- Give to the red kettles
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Dallas County Sheriff’s Department Report for November
- Folk singer Odetta dies
- Perry County will get Barack Obama Day
- Obama names Richardson to commerce
- Saints run away from Tigers
- Selma girls dominate Chilton County
Tuesday, Dec. 2
- Southside crushes Autaugaville
- Another arrest made in jewelry store robbery
- Drug task force has busy times ahead
- Gas prices fall around county, state
- Delivering Christmas
- A place for the arts
- Jackson resigns as coach at Meadowview Christian
- Jackson leaving Meadowview
- Ethics Commission examines complaints against Ala. Secretary of State
- Sparks says he's weighing gubernatorial options
- Don't be fooled by labels
- Burress returns to Giants Stadium
- Auburn AD, Tuberville plan meetings
- Alabama fraternity disbanded
Monday, Dec. 1
- Meadowview beats Pickens in overtime
- It’s the ups and downs that make life interesting
- The List
- Police arrest suspect in murder of Selma man
- Community prays for Selma
- Sunday's wind damages resident's home
- Selma joins World AIDS Day
- Fire runs
- Fire runs
- Incident report
- Incident report
- On Deadline
- Birmingham mayor pleads not guilty to charges
- Baxley injured in fall
- Giants Burress surrenders to authorities
- Obama picks cabinet
