Arab, Alabama

• 4-H'ers show off feathered friends
  

  Twenty-nine children showed their feathers in Boaz this weekend. The Marshall County 4-H Chick Chain project ended its pilot season with a chicken show and auction Saturday night at the Boaz VFW Fairgrounds.

• Arab fire officials investigate suspicious house fire
  

  A fire started at a home on Friendship Road in Arab around 6:30 Wednesday morning.

• Marshall County Democratic Party office opens
  

  Following the Thursday's debate in Arab between the two candidates for governor, Democrat Ron Sparks went to Guntersville.

• A miracle for Meagan
  

  AirEvac Lifeteam program director Mike McCurley, left, was the paramedic in the flight that rescued Meagan Marion, right.

• Library is one of three targets for Arab thieves
  

  Charges are pending for two 17-year-olds for allegedly breaking into three downtown Arab businesses and one in Cullman County.

• Learn to work with government agencies
  

  Area businesses can learn how to work with government agencies at the Government Contracting Forum at Gunters Landing in Guntersville on Wednesday.

• Arab Police Investigating Robbery At Peoples Bank
  

  Police are looking for a suspect in a bank robbery on Brindlee Mountain Parkway in Arab.

• High speed chase ends with motorcycle crashing into back of Arab police car.
  

  A high speed chase started this morning around 4:30 involving a motorcycle at the Conoco gas station in Marshall County.

• Pankey returns home to coach
  

  Paul Pankey started his coaching career at Douglas in the 1990s, working two years for the late Gilmore Brannon and one year for Rex Mitchell while he was completing his bachelor's degree.

• Top breeders converge on Polish Arabian horse fair
  

  True divas among Arabian mares and stallions with centuries-old pedigrees lured some of the world's top breeders to eastern Poland for one of the most exclusive horse fairs on the planet.

City Description

Arab (pronounced /ˈɛəræb/, locally [ˈeɪræəb]) is a city in both Cullman County, Alabama and Marshall County, Alabama in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, located ten miles from Guntersville Lake and Guntersville Dam, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 7,174. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 7,498. The name of the town was an unintentional misspelling by the US Postal Service, in 1882, of the city's intended name, taken from Arad Thompson, the son of the town founder and first postmaster Stephen Tuttle Thompson. Two other proper names for the town were sent to the US Postal Service for consideration: "Ink" and "Bird." Arab was incorporated 1892. Arab is located on top of Brindlee Mountain at 34°19′40″N 86°29′55″W / 34.32778°N 86.49861°W / 34.32778; -86.49861 (34.327863, -86.498613). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.9 square miles (33 km), of which 12.8 square miles (33 km) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) (0.2 km²) (0.62%) is water. The town's elevation is 1,100 feet (340 m) above sea

City Contained By:

• Marshall County
• Alabama
• Cullman County
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 33.4108466233 km squared

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