Story archive for May 2009

Sunday, May 31

• Authorities find piece of truck in river search

• Authorities searching for car, possible victim in Alabama River

Saturday, May 30

• Police still investigating 2008 murder of Selma man

• Summer at the library

• Police to hold watch meeting

• Dayton Lovelady, owner of Lovelady Construction, dies at age 80

• Speak up for the family

• Selma City Pond opens Monday

• Dream grabs slim win

• Ware enjoying golden years

• Pleasant evening leads to reflection on Black Belt

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Community gifts make senior's prom night perfect

• Officers deserve praise for this week's arrests

• Hendrick shakes things up, fires Little E’s crew chief

• Selma U. considers basketball rebirth

Friday, May 29

• Grilling for a good cause

• Business owner indicted for employee’s death

• Orrville teen charged with third robbery this week

• Bond set for 2 attempted murder suspects

Thursday, May 28

• 24-hour race brings crowds

• School name change could be in the works

• Selma man dies in house fire

• Search for missing Selma man continues

• Grant-financed traffic code enforcement nears end

• Windham’s example is one to follow

• Arrest report

• Fire runs

• Incident report

Wednesday, May 27

• City hopes to replace Memorial Stadium lighting system

• Dallas County retirees honored

• Attempted murder suspects go before judge

• Taylorville grand opening set for today

• Pitching in can make all the difference

• Selma woman demands accountability

• 3 Orrville teens jailed for robbery

• Selma U. adds baseball signee

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Incident report

• Special weather statement for Dallas County until 5:30 p.m. Wednesday

• Area Flood Advisory for Dallas, Marengo, Perry until 7 p.m.

• 2 escape from private prison in Perry County

• Black Belt 100 Lenses: Changing the view

• Closed session reveals little about missing vehicle

• Alabama State Council on the Arts honors Windham

• Open meetings necessary for public business

Tuesday, May 26

• DCHS football gets additions

• Local softball players show talent and poise

• Craig Field receives financial boost

• Wet fields cancel Tuesday's games

• Live Blog City Council

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Tuesday's Selma City Council Agenda

• Coloring book teaches the meaning, purpose of Memorial Day

• Welcome to Storyville, U.S.A.

Monday, May 25

• Suspects expected to go before judge this week

• Fallen soldiers honored

• Selma films to premiere Thursday

• Selma to serve as law enforcement training site

• Rainouts on the decline

• The importance of the 2010 Census

• Remembering Justin Harvell

• Arrest report

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Incident report

Sunday, May 24

• 10 graduates walk at MMI

• Dallas County to honor veterans on Monday

• Times-Journal garners advertising excellence awards

• Better safe than sorry

• Incident report

• Centerville duo takes tourney

• Take advantage of estate planning seminar

• More than soldiers or numbers

Saturday, May 23

• Pay your respects on Monday

• The classes of 2009

• 2 men in jail for attempted murder

• Perkins launches bid for congressional seat

• The best of times or the worst of times?

• Observing Memorial Day

• Selma U. baseball to return

Friday, May 22

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Two arrested in G.W.C. Homes shooting

• 2 suspects taken into custody

• Shooting at G.W.C. Homes

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Coleman receives recognition

• Selma City Schools honors 12 retiring teachers

• CCA graduates 2009 class

• Police in search of unknown theft suspect

• Memory is a gift of God that death cannot destroy

• Legislation to save lives

• Bass tourney still taking applications

• Make sure boat ready to run

Thursday, May 21

• Selma woman sentenced for stabbing

• Selma High graduate list

• Selma graduates 2009 class

• Services for prominent Selma businessman to be held Friday

• Selma man in jail for attempted murder

• Wallace signs four players to basketball scholarships

• The war of words needs to end

Wednesday, May 20

• To build or not to build

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Fire runs

• Police arrest Selma man for Wednesday afternoon shooting

• Motocross trio qualifies for nationals

• Time to go to work

• Meeting raises questions on future of Selma High

• Jewelry robbers sentenced in court

• Selma man accused of attempted murder pleads not guilty

• Chuckwagon Steakhouse coming to Valley Grande

• Burnsville man charged with 2 counts of burglary

Tuesday, May 19

• Spend your $20 in Selma

• Arrest report

• Fire runs

• Incident report

• Live Blog of Selma Schools Town Hall Meeting

• Spend $20 on the 20th

• Valley Grande woman faces embezzlement charge

• Cemetery wall suffers damage in wreck

• Perkins to pursue District 7 seat

• Program gives youth work opportunity

• Selma man arrested for attempted murder indictment

• Hanning wins invitational

Monday, May 18

• Summer jobs help community

• Indiana guard Nick Williams transfers to Ole Miss

• James Perkins Jr. to seek District 7 congressional seat

Sunday, May 17

• Hanning captures Selma CC Men’s Invitational

• Ward 4 receives makeover

• Many crime statistics down in Selma, report says

• Future of Selma High School to be discussed Tuesday

• Playgrounds on Selma’s horizon

• Are our police protecting us?

• Phoenix Park just a taste of what’s to come

• Police reports

• Selma CC Men's Invitational results, tee times

• Decatur golfer leads Selma event

Friday, May 15

• Morgan graduates senior class

• Board securing high school

• Local shopping pays off

• Father asked for rights, but it feel on deaf ears

• Fire runs

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• GM dealers in Selma still doing business

• The future of newspapers

• House burn goes 'smoothly'

• Debate over Phoenix Park continues

• Fire on Lauderdale Street inflicts severe damage

• Black Belt ghost trail expected to boost tourism

• Moving in a positive direction

• Work together to stop crime

• Police reports

• Arrest reports

• Tee times set for Selma CC Invitational

• ‘D’ shines in scrimmage

Thursday, May 14

• Coming up at 5 p.m. LIVE BLOGGING Selma City Council Administrative Committee

• Hazardous weather expected through weekend

Wednesday, May 13

• President Obama gets an F

• What comes next?

• Grants boost public safety in city and county

• No road stimulus yet for Dallas County

• School of Discovery gets reprieve

• CNN comes to Selma

• Selma CC golfer aces par-4 No. 11 for double eagle

• Jamborees end spring work

• Proposed memorandum will likely see park through

• Peanuts with a cause

• Selma man pleads guilty to Southern Pantry robbery

• Grant to bolster enforcement of traffic code

• Montgomery holds off Mobile, 5-4

• You get what you pay for

Tuesday, May 12

• High school girls show they play like true champions

• Arrest report

• Arrest report

• Arrest report

• Fire runs

• Incident report

• Incident report

• Incident report

• Live blog of Selma City Council begins at 5 p.m.

• Selma teen pleads guilty to murder

• Local heroes honored by Dallas County Commission

• Stacey wins scholarship

• Charges upgraded to murder

• Hearings on missing cars still necessary

• Davis not looking out for constituents’ best interests

• Strong greets team, fans

Monday, May 11

• First-class stamp up 2 cents

Sunday, May 10

• Severe THUNDERSTORM WATCH Sunday until 1 a.m. Monday; UPDATE AT 12:08 a.m.

• Meadowview welcomes coach Monday

• Dallas County splits two games, ends 4A softball season

• Selma’s Strong captures state Class 5A 400 crown

Saturday, May 9

• The end of an era

• Artists lend talents to aid historic Selma landmark

• Selma students win big

• Valley Grande Founder’s Day goes off without a hitch

• The greatest gift of all on Mother’s Day

• Mothers warm the heart

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Incident report

• Graduates gain advantage

• High school alumni touched by war reunion

• Schools rewarded for work

• Sacrifice can yield large rewards

• Grimes, Stallworth advance

• Windham dazzles at library

• Dallas County earns split

• After a 5-year absence, Southern 500 returns

Friday, May 8

• GRADUATION AT WALLACE COMMUNITY COLLEGE --- Broadcast replay now

• Free park proposed for vacant lot on Water Avenue

• Keith named to Artur Davis election committee

• Rivers to crest on Saturday

• Progress from outside government

• Expressing gratitude to all mothers

• Morgan coach believes history teaches strong lesson for school

• Selma Country Club prepares for invitational

Thursday, May 7

• Robertson named DKG Girl of the Year

• Flooding forces Ala. Legislature out of Statehouse

• Potential flooding along the Cahaba River

• Morgan Academy’s football coach will address boosters today

• Lady Hornets set for Jackson

• Selma Water Board rapidly becoming a battleground

• Area circuit court judge suspended

• Catfish farm future up in the air pending decision on imports

• Windham tells her tales

• Water board needs to take care of business

Wednesday, May 6

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Gilmer wins Grist Boy of the Year

• Tornado Watch continues for Dallas County until 6 p.m.

• LIVE BLOGGING IN STANDBY MODE -

• WEATHER UPDATE-MORNING 10:25 A.M.

• List of Selma athletic award winners

• Savarese: Decisions will decide for you

• Scholarships can be endowed through tag sales

• School of Discovery’s fate could change Thursday

• No action taken on Sunday sales

• National day of prayer

• Two Selma residents arrested for trafficking methamphetamines

• Selma man in jail for attempted murder

• Unsung clerks serve as useful link

Tuesday, May 5

• Incident report

• LIVE BLOGGING WEATHER

• WEATHER UPDATE - EVENING - 7:15 P.M.

• WEATHER UPDATE - EVENING

• Live blogging Selma City Council Meeting at noon

Monday, May 4

• Kathryn Tucker Windham to speak at the library on Wednesday

• Valley Grande project still on the books

• Gov. pledges $5,000 to arrest and conviction in Warner Rose disappearance

• Strong storms expected to roll through Chilton, Perry counties tonight

• Reader questions motive for a recent letter’s allegations

• Judge shows smarts during flu scare

• Arrest report

• Fire runs

• Incident report

• Incident report

• BREAKING WEATHER: Severe Thunderstorm WARNING expired for Bibb, Perry counties

• Weather update - afternoon

• High school sports tournaments back on

• Weather update - Noon

Sunday, May 3

• Archibald Reeves, attorney, dies

• It’s sometimes good to be a little fish in a large ocean

Saturday, May 2

• Analyzing Evans’ first hundred days in office

• Juvenile system making impressive strides

• Times-Journal welcomes new sports editor

• Reflecting on my 11 months as a sports editor

• Honoring the athletes

• Becoming a town of action

• Reader responds to letter regarding Allen McConnell

• Elkdale pastor states his purpose and thanks attendees

• Obasohan recognizes student advisors

• Art Walk adds variety

• Selma City Council passes resolution on properties

• Walking for a cure

• Bartholomew staying close to home

• Talladega had an unusally exciting finish

Friday, May 1

• Federal Reserve Bank cause of current and past economic woe

• Panicking does not cure swine flu

• Arrest report

• Incident report

• Still no swine flu in Black Belt region

• C.H.A.T. students write, sing songs

• May Day coming to Selma on Saturday

• Art Walk switching gears

• State sports affected by swine flu