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WTOK
February 20, 2018
CHOCTAW CO., Ala. (WTOK) - The shortage of Alabama State Troopers is a critical ongoing issue. A recent study showed that Alabama needs at least 1000 troopers to man state highways. State Trooper Roy Napp says there are currently less than 300. “Each trooper if you looked at it in terms of registeredÃÂ ...
WKRG
January 24, 2018
Free Alabama flu clinics - The State of Alabama is fighting the outbreak by opening free flu clinics across the state. Thursday they will open clinics in Conecuh ... also be a clinic from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Then on Friday they will have clinics in Baldwin County in Robertsdale and in Choctaw County in Butler.
AL.com
January 17, 2018
Snow fell across Alabama on Tuesday, and some cities even reported seeing flurries Wednesday morning. Accumulations were higher than two inches in some places, and those totals stayed on roadways overnight because of freezing temperatures. Low temperatures were into the single digits as far southÃÂ ...
AL.com
January 15, 2018
Every public school system in Alabama is closed Wednesday due to the threat of icy roads and winter weather. Nearly ... The NWS said a band of snow moved into northwest Alabama Tuesday morning and spread east and south throughout the day Tuesday. All of the ... Anna Beahm | abeahm@al.com.
Chron.com
January 12, 2018
A.L. Johnson 66, Sweet Water 46. Alma Bryant 62, Theodore 43. Altamont 57, West End-Walnut ... Choctaw County 57, Leroy 50. Clay-Chalkville 53, Gardendale 40. Cleveland 77, Tarrant 50 .... Thompson 49, Vestavia Hills 31. Victory Chr. 41, Alabama School for the Deaf 16. West Point 62, Hayden 36ÃÂ ...
FOX10 News
January 2, 2018
Alabama State Troopers have made an arrest in the death of 68-year-old Robert Ellis Thompson of Choctaw County. According to officials, on Friday, December 22, Thompson was critically injured when he was struck by a vehicle on Choctaw County 33, approximately two miles north of Pennington.
AL.com
January 2, 2018
The superintendent of Jefferson County Schools is paid more than $260,000 per year, but the Choctaw County Schools superintendent is paid $75,781, according to the Alabama State Department of Education. The following is a list of the top 15 superintendent salaries for public schools in Alabama for theÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 31, 2017
A second winter weather advisory has been issued for southwest Alabama's Choctaw County and will be in effect from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sunday. It had originally been set to go into effect at noon but was pushed forward. The weather service said freezing rain will be possible on Sunday and it could causeÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 23, 2017
A pedestrian was killed late Friday night in a hit-and-run crash in Choctaw County, according to troopers. Robert Ellis Thompson, 58, of Pennington was critically injured when he was struck by a vehicle on Choctaw County 33, about two miles north of Pennington, troopers said. He later died. The subjectÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 21, 2017
She was one of the first three African American registered to vote in the northern part of Choctaw County in 1952 at the young age of twenty-four. To vote, she had to pass a three page ... Selma, Alabama, which is apart of the Black Belt, is home to the Voting Rights Museum. The Museum has a cotton ballÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 9, 2017
But, one report in Gilbertown in Choctaw County, points toward an alleged outlier of five inches, Lindsey says. Numbers aside, Alabamians across the state took to social media to share their collective glee regarding the uncommon Southern snowfall. For many Facebook, Instagram and Twitter users inÃÂ ...
WTOK
December 8, 2017
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -- Ice and snow caused scattered power outages Friday. Mississippi Power said it's working to restore service. Dixie Electric Power Association reported over a thousand power outages initially in Wayne County.
Anniston Star
December 8, 2017
Northeast Alabama awoke Friday to a winter storm much worse than had been predicted, with snow blanketing the ground, slushing roads and continuing to fall ..... Hastings said a swath of Alabama from Choctaw County to Cherokee County would see those subfreezing temperatures in the evening.
AL.com
December 8, 2017
The weather service in Birmingham said light snow will continue eastward across central Alabama with a gradual dissipation from west to east toward .... 1:11 p.m.: 5 inches of snow reported in Gilbertown in Choctaw County. ... 1115am - Washington County, AL EMA reports 1.5" snowfall in Millry area.
AL.com
December 7, 2017
Some Alabama schools are announcing closures and delays ahead of the possibility of snow Friday. A winter weather advisory for the central and southwestern parts of the state will go into effect early tomorrow morning. The central Alabama advisory will be in effect from 3 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday, accordingÃÂ ...
WTOK
September 14, 2017
CHOCTAW COUNTY, Ala. (WTOK) - An elderly Choctaw County, Ala., man accused of killing his daughter has died in jail. ... was under hospice care while in jail. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is conducting a death investigation, which is standard procedure any time an inmate dies while in custody.
AL.com
August 16, 2017
In comparison, there were 2.1 million ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election, when 62 percent of Alabama's 3.3 million registered voters came out to the polls. Tuesday's primary vote total was equal to the total ballots casts in only four counties - Jefferson, Madison, Montgomery and Cleburne - in theÃÂ ...
AL.com
August 10, 2017
A Choctaw County Man was arrested for fatally shooting his daughter with a shotgun, according to court documents. Choctaw County Sheriff's Office said deputies received a report that 84-year-old Evan Lamor Todd shot his daughter on Tuesday morning in a home at 3805 Land Road in Butler. AccordingÃÂ ...
AL.com
June 26, 2017
A Waynesboro, Mississippi died after his vehicle struck an embankment in Choctaw County on Monday morning, Alabama State Troopers said. Donald Lamar Page, 42, was killed when his 1998 Ford F-150 he was driving left the road at Alabama 17 about two miles west of Butler at 3 a.m. Page, who wasÃÂ ...
WSFA
December 31, 1999
Twenty-six Alabama cities, counties, and towns are set to share more than $6.3 million awarded by Gov. ... Choctaw County, Clarke County, Coosa County, Covington County, DeKalb County, Geneva County, Jackson County, Lamar County and St. Clair County Commissions all received grants rangingÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 31, 1999
The newest list of Alabama's 75 "failing" public schools was quietly posted to the Alabama State Department of Education's web site today. As in 2017, most on the list are high schools, but 11 elementary schools are also on the list. In most high schools only the 10th grade is tested, and proficiency levelsÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 9, 2017
Lindsey says preliminary numbers were tallied late Friday night, but recorded snowfall is being measured throughout the state. Most counties who got snow yesterday are hovering around two inches, at the most. But, one report in Gilbertown in Choctaw County, points toward an alleged outlier of five inchesÃÂ ...
WTOK
December 8, 2017
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -- Ice and snow caused scattered power outages Friday. Mississippi Power said it's working to restore service. Dixie Electric Power Association reported over a thousand power outages initially in Wayne County.
AL.com
December 8, 2017
Some Alabama schools are announcing closures and delays ahead of the possibility of snow Friday. A winter weather advisory for the central and southwestern parts of the state will go into effect early tomorrow morning. The central Alabama advisory will be in effect from 3 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday, accordingÃÂ ...
Anniston Star
December 8, 2017
Northeast Alabama awoke Friday to a winter storm much worse than had been predicted, with snow blanketing the ground, slushing roads and continuing to fall ..... Hastings said a swath of Alabama from Choctaw County to Cherokee County would see those subfreezing temperatures in the evening.
AL.com
December 8, 2017
The weather service in Birmingham said light snow will continue eastward across central Alabama with a gradual dissipation from west to east toward .... 1:11 p.m.: 5 inches of snow reported in Gilbertown in Choctaw County. ... 1115am - Washington County, AL EMA reports 1.5" snowfall in Millry area.
AL.com
November 14, 2017
He also said he's been told generally to stay out of the Alabama contest ... of the Choctaw County Republican Party in rural southwest Alabama.
TIME
November 4, 2017
... photos of the 50th anniversary commemoration of the march in Selma, Ala., ... Gordon Parks' 1956 photograph “Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama" — the first ... to leave their jobs and home in Choctaw County after facing white intimidation. ... Causey's nephew Michael Wilson told AL.com in 2015 that that LIFE photo ...
AL.com
October 29, 2017
Parts of west Alabama in blue will be under a frost advisory overnight. ... The frost advisory for south Alabama affects only Choctaw County and ...
Chron.com
October 14, 2017
Brilliant 26, Alabama School for the Deaf 22. Brooks 54 ... Linden 43, A.L. Johnson 0. Lowndes ... Washington County 35, Choctaw County 21.
WTVM
October 14, 2017
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -. Check out scores from some of the games taking place during Week 7 of the high school football season. We will ...
WTOK
September 14, 2017
(WTOK) - An elderly Choctaw County, Ala., man accused of killing his daughter ... The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is conducting a death ...
AL.com
August 25, 2017
Alabama foresters feared that 2017 would be a bad year for the Southern ... Clarke County had the highest number of infestations with 260, followed by Choctaw County with 211. ... Alabama pine foresters know the small Southern pine beetle -- no bigger ... Alabama megachurch hires new pastorAL.com.
AL.com
August 16, 2017
Getting voters to the polls on Tuesday was the point of emphasis for candidates in the days leading up to Tuesday Senate primaries.
AL.com
August 10, 2017
A Choctaw County Man was arrested for fatally shooting his daughter with a shotgun, according to court documents. Choctaw County Sheriff's ...
WTOK
August 9, 2017
(WTOK) - An 84-year-old man is charged with murder in Choctaw County, Ala. Sheriff Scott Lolley says deputies responded to a murder call in ...
AL.com
July 28, 2017
... of Choctaw County, split into two factions of eight people each in 2012, ... but Taylor appealed all the way to the Alabama Supreme Court.
AL.com
July 14, 2017
Leada Gore | lgore@al.com. ... The figures listed are the percent of specialty Alabama or Auburn license plates sold for the most popular ...
FOX10 News
June 26, 2017
Page, who was not using a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene by Choctaw County Deputy Coroner Broderick Bumpers, Cook said.
AL.com
June 26, 2017
A Waynesboro, Mississippi died after his vehicle struck an embankment in Choctaw County on Monday morning, Alabama State Troopers said.
AL.com
May 10, 2017
Authorities have recovered a body of a Choctaw County man who ... boat at Tombigbee River in Sumter County, Alabama State Troopers said.
WTOK
March 10, 2017
Brown found guilty of murder in Choctaw County ... BUTLER, Ala. (WTOK) A Choctaw County jury has found Joe Lee Brown guilty of the murder ...
AL.com
December 31, 1999
Four registrars told AL.com this week that they were not entirely clear about the ... A number of election officials across Alabama remain confused about the ... June Ezell, a Choctaw County registrar, said she was similarly ...
Chron.com
September 23, 2017
Alabama Christian Academy 35, Trinity Presbyterian 21. Aliceville ... Leroy 48, Choctaw County 12. Lincoln 24 ... Marengo 38, A.L. Johnson 0.
WTVM
September 15, 2017
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -. Check out scores from some of the games taking place during week three of the high school football season.
AL.com
September 8, 2017
In a follow up email AL.com Meadows said she was "astonished" by the ... that had died, were rescued from a puppy mill in Choctaw County.
AL.com
August 26, 2017
Alabama. Change Region. Real-Time News from AL.com ... Aerial surveys performed by the Alabama Forestry Commission identified ... Clarke County had the highest number of infestations with 260, followed by Choctaw County with 211. ... Alabama pine foresters know the small Southern pine beetle -- noÃÂ ...
AL.com
August 16, 2017
Getting voters to the polls on Tuesday was the point of emphasis for candidates in the days leading up to Tuesday Senate primaries.
WTVY, Dothan
August 11, 2017
(AL.com) — A Choctaw County man was arrested for fatally shooting his daughter with a shotgun, according to court documents. ChoctawÃÂ ...
AL.com
August 11, 2017
A Choctaw County Man was arrested for fatally shooting his daughter with a shotgun, according to court documents. Choctaw County Sheriff'sÃÂ ...
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