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State And Nation

Former Alabama speaker transferred to prison for sentence

MONTGOMERY (AP) — Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been moved to a state prison from a ... Read more

Local News

Alabama jail going to digital mail system for inmates

HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Inmates in one Alabama county jail will no longer get their mail in the usual ... Read more

Local News

Athens Council approves new jail agreement

Approving a new agreement with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office on housing people arrested by Athens Police Department ... Read more

State And Nation

Pell City jail to temporarily close Monday

PELL CITY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jail is temporarily closing on Monday. The St. Clair County Jail, ... Read more

State And Nation

Six months after ’60 Days In,’ jail much improved

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Almost six months after all the camera crews and undercover inmates left the Etowah ... Read more

Local News

Athens man charged in Monday night shooting

A man accused of shooting into the vehicle his ex-girlfriend was driving Monday has been arrested and charged, ... Read more

Cnhi Network

Editor of tiny Texas newspaper wins Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing

Jeffrey Gerritt, editor of the Palestine, Texas, Herald-Press, Monday won journalism’s most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prize for ... Read more

Covid-19

Alabama prison system reports COVID-19 death, cases

MONTGOMERY (AP) — The first Alabama prisoner has died after testing positive for the new coronavirus, the state ... Read more

Covid-19

Limestone County offices closed to public

Editor’s note: All COVID-19 updates and stories from The News Courier will be posted as breaking news. These ... Read more

Local News

Athens woman charged with chemical endangerment of child

An Athens woman accused of exposing a child to opiates remains free on bond following her arrest this ... Read more