ATHENS — The Athens City Council will name the city's next fire chief at a called meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday. The meeting will be held in the mayor's conference room at City Hall, which is located at the Athens Utilities building on Wilkinson Street. The public is invited.
The Police Department is inviting the public to gather Friday, May 24, at noon on the east side of the Limestone County Courthouse. There will be a short commemorative service for the tornado victims and first responders in Oklahoma.
North Alabama in slight risk category for severe weather; storms possible through Thursday
The Senate's Democratic minority leader, Vivian Davis Figures, called it the worst session of her legislative career.
First responders display tools of trade at exhibition
Children from Plaza Towers Elementary School were among the dead, but several students were pulled alive from the rubble. Rescue workers passed the survivors down a human chain to the triage center in the parking lot.
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