Anderson, Alabama

Weather conditions made it just right for things go very wrong for firefighters who battled brush fires today.

The 80-year-old Limestone County resident, whose name was changed to protect her identity, said a telephone conman tried to get the best of her Monday morning.

Daily photos by Gary Cosby Jr. Bennett Anderson and Sammy King make faces at one another while they were at Athens High School during the 22nd annual Hospice of Limestone County Chili Challenge Saturday.

Local bills banning occupational taxes in Morgan and Limestone counties passed the Legislature and are on their way to Gov.

Alabama State Troopers this afternoon identified the woman killed and two people injured in a crash in Limestone County.

The Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests Thursday: A* Sol Anderson, 68, 920 Strain Road, Athens, driving under the influence of alcohol A* Adam Corey Blankenship, 23, 17448 Sewell Road, Athens, DUI and expired tag A* Denise Lynn Ferguson, 42, 30031 Clayton Road, Ardmore, Tenn., Apt.

Three of four Alabama fugitives involved in a standoff with law officers in North Dakota, including one convicted in a Limestone County murder, have been sentenced.

MOULTON a ' Lawrence County Drug Task Force agents have charged a Florence man with trafficking in opiates and possession of a controlled substance.

A Rogersville man who was not wearing his seatbelt was ejected from his vehicle and died early Sunday morning in a Lauderdale County single-car wreck, state troopers told The TimesDaily newspaper.

Revenue Discovery Systems recently awarded Limestone County and Cabinet NG as the inaugural recipient of its Smart Government Award in the public private partnership category.

Two out-of-towners were arrested Tuesday in connection with a burglary at a Limestone County grocery store and the thefts of a car, a pickup truck and air-conditioners from several churches, an official said.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ I have always lived in small towns. If there is one thing I know, it is Small Town, America, and I love it.

It's been nearly four years since The News Courier announced wild hogs were headed this way.

Athens firefighters got a call to a home in the new Hawk's Landing subdivision off North Lindsay Lane Sunday morning to find three separate extinguished blazes.

Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests Saturday: * Stevie Charles Adams Jr., 27, of 20614 Myers Road, Athens, breaking and entering a vehicle and possession of a controlled substance * Anthony Delmar Anderson, 39, of 1927 Cain Drive, Athens, possession/rec of a controlled substance * Joshsua Kenneth Bankston, 28, of ...